Axel Erik Roos (August 12, 1684 – December 14, 1765) was a baron, lieutenant general in the Swedish army of Charles XII of Sweden, and governor of Älvsborg County.

[1] Roos was born in Årnäs in Västergötland and at 16 started as a page in the court of the two year older king Charles XII in 1700.

Roos gave a detailed account of the skirmish in a letter which he personally delivered to the Swedish Queen Ulrika Eleonora.

In 1740, after a stint as military commander, he was appointed governor of Älvsborg County, finally retiring as a lieutenant general.

The speech was distributed in printed form with the title: "Åminnelsetal öfver General, landshöfdingen mm Baron Axel Erik Roos."

Roos' sword and spurs were stored for nearly two hundred years in the church of Gestad until they were stolen in the 1980s during a burglary.