Hilding Kring

{{Short description|Swedish Army officer (1899–1971)}} {{Infobox military person | honorific_prefix = | name = Hilding Kring | image = Hilding Kring MILIF.001227.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Kring in 1951. | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = Knut Georg Hilding Kring | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1899|4|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Färila, Sweden | death_date = {{Death date and age|1971|9|22|1899|4|24|df=y}} | death_place = Täby, Sweden | burial_place = | burial_label = | burial_coordinates =  | allegiance = Sweden | branch = Swedish Army | service_years = 1920–1964 | rank = Lieutenant General | service_number =  | unit = | commands = {{bulleted list|Royal Swedish Army Staff College|Småland Artillery Regiment|Commandant, Boden Fortress|Inspector, Army Signal Troops|VII Military District|Quartermaster-General|Swedish Army Quartermaster Corps|Royal Swedish Army Supply Administration|Quartermaster Administration}} | battles = | battles_label = | awards = | memorials = | spouse =  | relations = | other_work = | signature = | signature_size = | signature_alt = | website =  | module = }}

Lieutenant General '''Knut Georg Hilding Kring''' (24 April 1899 – 22 September 1971) was a Swedish Army officer. His senior commands include Commandant in Boden Fortress, Inspector of the Army Signal Troops, military commander of the VII Military District, Quartermaster-General of the Swedish Army and head of the Swedish Army Quartermaster Corps and Vice Chief of the Royal Swedish Army Supply Administration and commanding officer of the Quartermaster Administration of the Swedish Armed Forces.

==Early life== Kring was born on 24 April 1899 in Färila, Sweden, the son of ''fanjunkare'' Eric Kring and his wife Alma (née Jonzon).<ref name="Lagerström (1966), p. 495">{{cite book |editor-last=Lagerström |editor-first=Sten |year=1966 |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1967 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1967 |location=Stockholm |publisher=Norstedt |language=sv |id={{LIBRIS|3681518}} |url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1967/0511.html |page=495}}</ref>

==Career== Kring was commissioned as an officer in Uppland Artillery Regiment (A 5) in 1920 with the rank of second lieutenant. Kring was promoted to lieutenant in 1925, served as a ''répétiteur'' at the Artillery and Engineering College from 1926 to 1928, and served in the Svea Artillery Regiment (A 1) in 1928.<ref name="Harnesk (1962), pp. 715-716"/> He then served as captain in the General Staff in 1933 and as a teacher at the Artillery and Engineering College from 1934 to 1937. Kring served in the Gotland Artillery Corps (A 7) in 1937 and was head of the Communications Department in the Defence Staff from 1939 to 1945. He was also a member of the National Swedish Transport Commission (''Statens trafikkommission'') from 1939 to 1945 and the Board for the Wartime Protection of Power Stations (''Krigsskyddsnämnden för kraftanläggningar'') from 1942 to 1945, as well as of the 1942 Aviation Investigation (''1942 års flygutredning'')<ref name="Lagerström (1966), p. 495"/> and the 1942 Investigation for Protective Measures of Power Stations (''1942 års utredning för skyddsåtgärder vid kraftanläggningar'').<ref name="Harnesk (1962), pp. 715-716"/>

Kring was promoted to major in 1940 and to lieutenant colonel in 1942. He was promoted to colonel in 1945 and served in the Småland Artillery Regiment (A 6) the same year. Kring became colonel in the General Staff Corps in 1946 and served as head of the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 1946 to 1949.<ref name="Lagerström (1966), p. 495"/> He was then regimental commander of Småland Artillery Regiment from 1949 to 1951 and served as Commandant in Boden Fortress from 1951 to 1954. During this time, Kring also served as acting military commander of the VI Military District from 1951 to 1954. He served as Inspector of the Swedish Army Signal Troops from 1954 to 1955 when he was promoted to major general.<ref name="Lagerström (1966), p. 495"/> Kring's next appointment was as military commander of the VII Military District in Gotland from 1955 to 1957. He was a member of the National Swedish Board of Economic Defence from 1957 to 1964 and he served as the Quartermaster-General of the Swedish Army and Vice Chief of the Royal Swedish Army Supply Administration from 1957 to 1963. In 1963, Kring was appointed head of the Quartermaster Administration of the Swedish Armed Forces, serving until 1964 when he retired from active service and was promoted to lieutenant general.<ref name="Lagerström (1966), p. 495"/>

==Personal life== In 1933, he married Anna Wetterling (1898–1998), the daughter of Sven Wetterling and Ida Högström.<ref name="Lagerström (1966), p. 495"/> They had one daughter, Britta (born 1935).<ref name="Harnesk (1962), pp. 715-716"/>

==Death== Kring died on 22 September 1971 and was buried on 27 October 1971 in Djursholm Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://finngraven.se/(S(oudqdtkulhqrwt3mc0aqmfz3))/DisplayInfo.aspx?id=2004178 |website=www.finngraven.se |title=Knut Georg Hilding Kring |access-date=4 October 2019 |language=sv}}</ref>

==Dates of rank== *1920 – Second lieutenant *1922 – ''Underlöjtnant'' *1925 – Lieutenant *1933 – Captain *1941 – Major *1942 – Lieutenant colonel *1949 – Colonel *1955 – Major general *1964 – Lieutenant general

==Awards and decorations==

===Swedish=== * 50x50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword (6 June 1962)<ref>{{cite book |url=https://gupea.ub.gu.se/bitstream/2077/65665/1/gupea_2077_65665_1.pdf |title=Sveriges statskalender. 1969 |editor-first=Bengt |editor-last=Sköldenberg |year=1969 |publisher=Fritzes offentliga publikationer |location=Stockholm |language=sv |id={{LIBRIS|3682754}} |page=94}}</ref> * 50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Knight of the Order of the Polar Star<ref name="Harnesk (1962), pp. 715-716">{{cite book |url=https://runeberg.org/vemarvem/sthlm62/0739.html |editor1-last=Harnesk |editor1-first=Paul |date=1962 |title=Vem är vem? |volume=1, Stor-Stockholm |trans-title=Who's Who? |edition=2nd |location=Stockholm |publisher=Vem är vem bokförlag |language=sv |id={{SELIBR|53509}} |pages=715–716}}</ref> * 50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Knight of the Order of Vasa<ref name="Harnesk (1962), pp. 715-716"/> * 50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Home Guard Medal of Merit in Gold (6 June 1959)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1959-06-06/SVNY/13 |newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet |title=Hemvärnsmedaljer |trans-title=Home Guard medals |page=A13 |date=1959-06-06 |access-date=22 April 2025 |language=sv |url-access=subscription}}</ref> * 50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Swedish Central Federation for Voluntary Military Training Medal of Merit in silver<ref name="Harnesk (1962), pp. 715-716"/> * {{flagicon|Sweden}} Swedish Naval Volunteers' Gold Medal (''Sjövärnskårens guldmedalj)''<ref name="Harnesk (1962), pp. 715-716"/>

===Foreign=== * 50px {{flagicon|Denmark}} Commander Second Class of the Order of the Dannebrog<ref name="Harnesk (1962), pp. 715-716"/> * 50px {{flagicon|Denmark}} King Christian X's Liberty Medal<ref name="Harnesk (1962), pp. 715-716"/> * 50px {{flagicon|Norway}} Commander of the Order of St. Olav (1 July 1950)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kongehuset.no/tildelinger.html?tid=28028&sek=27995&q=Kring%2C+K.G.H.&type=&aarstall= |publisher=Royal Court of Norway |website=www.kongehuset.no |title=Tildelinger av ordener og medaljer |trans-title=Awards of medals and medals |access-date=2022-02-17 |language=no}}</ref> * 50px {{flagicon|Norway}} King Haakon VII Freedom Cross<ref name="Harnesk (1962), pp. 715-716"/> * 50px {{flagicon|Finland}} Order of the Cross of Liberty, 3rd Class with swords<ref name="Harnesk (1962), pp. 715-716"/> * 50px {{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} 2nd Class of the Order of the German Eagle<ref name="Harnesk (1962), pp. 715-716"/>

==Honours== *Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1943)<ref name="Lagerström (1966), p. 495"/>

==Bibliography== *{{cite book |last1=Kring |first1=Hilding |last2=Hallgren |first2=Yngve |title=Fältartilleriets teknik och taktik |series=Skrifter / Militärlitteraturföreningens förlag, 99-0578882-4; 168 |year=1933 |location=Stockholm |language=sv |id={{SELIBR|1349146}}}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=11763 Article] at ''Svenskt biografiskt lexikon'' {{in lang|sv}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kring, Hilding}} Category:1899 births Category:1971 deaths Category:Swedish Army lieutenant generals Category:People from Ljusdal Municipality Category:Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences Category:Commanders Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword Category:Knights of the Order of the Polar Star Category:Knights of the Order of Vasa

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