The involvement of the famous Protestant general and King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden in the Thirty Years' War gave rise to the saying that he was the incarnation of "the Lion of the North" (German: "Der Löwe von Mitternacht").
A implicación do famoso xeneral protestante e rei Gustavo Adolfo de Suecia na guerra dos Trinta Anos deu orixe ao dito de que era a encarnación do "León do Norte" (alemán: "Der Löwe von Mitternacht").