Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A cikin Russo-Swedish War (1554<unk>1557)
, shi ne rittmeister na rundunar sojan doki "Upplandsfan". Ya zama wanda ke da alhakin shiga aikin soja a Finland, a cikin 1563. A yakin Axtorna, a 1566, an kama shi a matsayin fursunonin yaki, amma an sake shi a 1569. A matsayin babban kwamandan Estonia (1572<unk>1574), ya ci Rasha a yakin Lode a 1573, kafin Pontus de la Gardie ya maye gurbinsa saboda mummunan sakamakon Siege na Wesenberg (1574).