In 1622 he became a weapon page to Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, then he was a captain in Queen Kristina's honor guard.
He was promoted to major general in the cavalry, a commanding officer for the Finnish militia, and later the governor of the Finland.
Cavalry captain in queen Kristina's Mounted Life Guards 1648, major 1648, discharge from the Army 1650.
Major general of the Cavalry and chief of the Finnish Military and governor of Finland 26 Jun 1673.
'He followed as page king Gustav II Adolf with zeal and faithfulness in the Polish and German wars until the death of the king; he was an excellent soldier and he got in the battle of Wittstock eighteen severe wounds; he beat during the war in Poland in the 1650th (1655) with his regiment 5.000 Poles, during which he captured two colonels, 60 officers and 520 ranks and he defended then Riga bravely against the Russian by sally and by taking prisoners and victory symbols; he got at raising to the baronial rank his heart escutcheon increased by ten golden stars in memory of his ten sons, of which seven was then alive and all of them had allowed courageously to be used in the service of the State.