Daniel Jonsson was born in 1599 in Bengtsarvet, Sollerön as the son of ensign Jon Andersson and Sara Olofsdotter.

He fought in the Thirty Years' War, and eventually advanced to the rank of Major and commander of Mora kompani.

The rest was not long, however, and in the spring of 1634 the regiment had been supplemented to full strength and Daniel Jonsson was conscripted as lieutenant.

However, in 1659 he was again in command, over "dalaallmogens utskottsfolk" (~"Dalarna peasantry militia") during an expedition against Norway, and it was probably during this campaign that he received his appointment to major.

During Daniel Jonsson's campaign it had been decided that the men from Mora and Siljansnäs should march from their respective town, and the place at which they met should be the border.

When Daniel Jonson came back and found out that the border had been moved, he was infuriated and took the Sollerö men with him and burned down the Leksand ridge.

The Major found no better occupation than to cook a little pitch on the open fireplace, and in the middle of the night, a cat sat and meowed and cried.

the major asked in his still extant native tongue, and then he threw his pitch boiling kettle straight in the face of the cat, which immediately disappeared.