# Carl Bonde
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{{short description|Swedish Army officer, equerry and horse rider}}
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Count '''Carl Gustaf Bonde af Björnö''' (28 April 1872 – 13 June 1957) was a [Swedish Army](/source/Swedish_Army) officer, [equerry](/source/equerry) and [horse rider](/source/Equestrianism) who competed at the 1912 and 1928 Olympics.[{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/11645 |title=Carl Bonde |work=Olympedia |access-date=11 May 2021}}]
==Military career==
Bonde was born in [Stockholm](/source/Stockholm), Sweden and was the son of landowner, count [Gustaf ''Fredrik'' Bonde af Björnö](/source/Gustaf_Fredrik_Bonde) and his English wife ''Ida'' Horatia Charlotta Marryat. After passing his ''[studentexamen](/source/studentexamen)'' in 1892, Bonde became a sergeant in the [Life Regiment Hussars](/source/Life_Regiment_Hussars) (K 3) in 1893, second lieutenant in 1894 and lieutenant there in 1900. He retired in 1908 and became [cavalry captain](/source/Rittmeister) in the reserve in 1910. The year before, in 1909, Bonde was appointed [Equerry](/source/Equerry) of [the court](/source/King_in_Council_(Sweden)) and advanced in 1916 to [Crown Equerry](/source/Crown_Equerry_(Sweden)), a position he held for decades.[{{cite book |editor1-last=Harnesk |editor1-first=Paul |date=1945 |title=Vem är vem?. D. 1, Stockholmsdelen |trans-title=Who is Who?. D. 1, Stockholm part |location=Stockholm |publisher=Vem är vem bokförlag |language=Swedish |url=https://runeberg.org/vemarvem/sthlm45/0122.html |pages=106–107}}]
==Sports career==
Bonde was a prominent horse rider. In 1912, he won the gold medal in the [individual dressage competition](/source/Equestrian_at_the_1912_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Individual_dressage) with his horse ''Emperor''. Sixteen years later, he won the silver medal as a member of the Swedish team. He also competed in the [1928 Olympic individual dressage competition](/source/Equestrian_at_the_1928_Summer_Olympics) with his horse ''Ingo'' and finished 19th.[{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/carl-count-bonde-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417205130/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/carl-count-bonde-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |publisher=Sports-reference.com |title=Carl, Count Bonde |access-date=18 September 2015}}]
==Other work==
Bonde possessed a wide range of [entailed](/source/Fee_tail) estates, including [Vibyholm Castle](/source/Vibyholm_Castle) and [Hörningsholm Castle](/source/H%C3%B6rningsholm_Castle) in [Södermanland](/source/S%C3%B6dermanland), [Katrineholm](/source/Katrineholm%2C_Aneby), [Bordsjö](/source/Bordsj%C3%B6), [Askeryd](/source/Askeryd) and [Herrestad](/source/Herrestad%2C_Marb%C3%A4ck) in [Småland](/source/Sm%C3%A5land) and [Sävstaholm](/source/S%C3%A4vstaholm) and [Toftaholm](/source/Toftaholm).[{{cite web |url=http://sok.se/idrottare/idrottare/c/carl-bonde.html |publisher=[Swedish Olympic Committee](/source/Swedish_Olympic_Committee) |title=Carl Bonde |access-date=17 February 2016 |language=Swedish}}]
==Personal life==
Bonde was married and divorced twice. He was married 1896–1919 to Blanche Charlotte Eleonore Dickson (1875–1960), daughter of James Fredrik Dickson and Blanche Dickson. Bonde was married a second time 1920–1941 to Ebba Wallenberg (1896–1960), daughter of the banker [Marcus Wallenberg, Sr.](/source/Marcus_Wallenberg%2C_Sr.) and Amalia Hagdahl.