Hugo Gadd

Major General Hugo Adolf Magnus Christoffer Gadd (13 March 1885 – 13 December 1968) was a senior Swedish Army officer.

Hugo Gadd
Birth nameHugo Adolf Magnus Christoffer Gadd
Born(1885-03-13)13 March 1885
Malmö, Sweden
Died13 December 1968(1968-12-13) (aged 83)
Stockholm, Sweden
Allegiance Sweden
Service/branchSwedish Army
Years of service1906–1946
RankMajor General
Commands held

Career

Gadd was born on 13 March 1885 in Malmö, Sweden, the son of Christoffer Gadd, a wholesaler, and his wife Augusta Lammers.[1] Gadd was commissioned as an officer in 1906 and was assigned to Göta Artillery Regiment with the rank of Underlöjtnant. He attended the Artillery and Engineering College from 1908 to 1909 and the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 1913 to 1914. Gadd was then assigned to the General Staff as an officer aspirant from 1916 to 1918.[1] In 1918, Gadd conducted a war history study trip to Kliszów, Poland.[2] He became Captain of the General Staff in 1920 and served as a staff adjutant[2] and then as a teacher at the Artillery and Engineering College from 1920 to 1928 when he was promoted to Major and appointed head of the General Staff's Organization Department.[1]

In 1932, Gadd was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel of the General Staff and appointed senior adjutant.[2] The same year he was appointed Vice Chief of the Military Office of the Land Defence (Lantförsvarets kommandoexpedition). In 1935, Gadd was promoted to Colonel and assumed the position of regimental commander of Wendes Artillery Regiment in Kristianstad.[1] Gadd then served as Deputy Division Commander of the 1st Army Division (I. arméfördelningen) in Kristianstad and in 1942 he received the corresponding post as Deputy Military Commander of the I Military District. He was promoted to Major General in 1942 and served from 1943 to 1946 as Chief of the Army Staff and of the General Staff Corps, after which Gadd retired from the military.[1] After his retirement, Gadd became chairman of the Swedish Women's Auxiliary Veterinary Corps (Svenska Blå Stjärnan) and its central board in 1949.[3]

Personal life

In 1916, he married Margot Hill-Lindquist (1894–1944), the daughter of Herman Lindquist and Maggie Hill.[3]

Death

Gadd died on 13 December 1968 in Stockholm.[4] He was interred at Stadskyrkogården in Alingsås in 1969.[5]

Dates of rank

Awards and decorations

Gadd's awards:[2]

Swedish

Foreign

Honours

References
  1. Bohman, Nils; Dahl, Torsten, eds. (1946). Svenska män och kvinnor: biografisk uppslagsbok. 3 G-H (in Swedish). Stockholm: Bonnier. pp. 3–4. SELIBR 53802.
  2. Harnesk, Paul, ed. (1945). Vem är vem?. D. 1, Stockholmsdelen [Who's Who?. D. 1, Stockholm part] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Vem är vem bokförlag. p. 237. SELIBR 8198269.
  3. Burling, Ingeborg, ed. (1956). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1957 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1957] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 312.
  4. Sveriges dödbok 1860-2016 [Swedish death index 1860-2016] (in Swedish) (Version 7.0 förhandsutgåva ed.). Sveriges släktforskarförbund. 2017. ISBN 978-91-88341-15-0. SELIBR 22365549.
  5. "Gadd, Hugo Adolf Magnus Christ". www.svenskagravar.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 14 August 2020.
Military offices
Preceded by
Henry Tottie		 Chief of the Army Staff
General Staff Corps
1943–1946		 Succeeded by
Ivar Backlund
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