Hugo Gadd

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

==Early life== Gadd was born on 13 March 1885 in Malmö, Sweden, the son of Christoffer Gadd, a wholesaler, and his wife Augusta Lammers.<ref name="Bohman & Dahl (1946), pp. 3-4">{{cite book |url=https://runeberg.org/smok/3/0015.html |editor-last1=Bohman |editor-first1=Nils |editor-last2=Dahl |editor-first2=Torsten |title=Svenska män och kvinnor: biografisk uppslagsbok. 3 G-H |year=1946 |publisher=Bonnier |location=Stockholm |language=sv |id={{SELIBR|53802}} |pages=3-4}}</ref>

==Career== 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.<ref name="Bohman & Dahl (1946), pp. 3-4"/> In 1918, Gadd conducted a war history study trip to Kliszów, Poland.<ref name="Harnesk (1945), p. 237"/> He became captain of the General Staff in 1920 and served as a staff adjutant<ref name="Harnesk (1945), p. 237"/> 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.<ref name="Bohman & Dahl (1946), pp. 3-4"/>

In 1932, Gadd was promoted to lieutenant colonel of the General Staff and appointed senior adjutant.<ref name="Harnesk (1945), p. 237"/> 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.<ref name="Bohman & Dahl (1946), pp. 3-4"/> 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.<ref name="Bohman & Dahl (1946), pp. 3-4"/> After his retirement, Gadd became chairman of the Swedish Women's Auxiliary Veterinary Corps (''Svenska Blå Stjärnan'') and its central board in 1949.<ref name="Burling (1956), p. 312">{{cite book |editor-last=Burling |editor-first=Ingeborg |year=1956 |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1957 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1957 |location=Stockholm |publisher=Norstedt |language=Swedish |url= |page=312}}</ref>

==Personal life== In 1916, he married Margot Hill-Lindquist (1894–1944), the daughter of Herman Lindquist and Maggie Hill.<ref name="Burling (1956), p. 312"/>

==Death== Gadd died on 13 December 1968 in Stockholm.<ref>{{cite book |title=Sveriges dödbok 1860-2016 |trans-title=Swedish death index 1860-2016 |edition=Version 7.0 förhandsutgåva |year=2017 |publisher=Sveriges släktforskarförbund |language=sv |isbn=978-91-88341-15-0 |id={{SELIBR|22365549}}}}</ref> He was interred at ''Stadskyrkogården'' in Alingsås in 1969.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://svenskagravar.se/gravsatt/56860061 |website=www.svenskagravar.se |title=Gadd, Hugo Adolf Magnus Christ. |access-date=14 August 2020 |language=Swedish}}</ref>

==Dates of rank== *1906 – ''Underlöjtnant'' *1912 – Lieutenant *1920 – Captain *1928 – Major *1932 – Lieutenant colonel *1935 – Colonel *1942 – Major general

==Awards and decorations==

===Swedish=== *50x50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} King Gustaf V's Jubilee Commemorative Medal (1928)<ref name="Harnesk (1945), p. 237">{{cite book |url=https://runeberg.org/vemarvem/sthlm45/0253.html |editor1-last=Harnesk |editor1-first=Paul |date=1945 |title=Vem är vem?. D. 1, Stockholmsdelen |trans-title=Who's Who?. D. 1, Stockholm part |location=Stockholm |publisher=Vem är vem bokförlag |language=Swedish |id={{SELIBR|8198269}} |page=237}}</ref> *50x50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Commander 1st Class of the Order of the Sword (15 November 1941)<ref>{{cite book |url=https://gupea.ub.gu.se/bitstream/2077/65026/1/gupea_2077_65026_1.pdf |title=Sveriges statskalender för skottåret 1968 |year=1968 |publisher=Fritzes offentliga publikationer |location=Stockholm |language=sv |id={{LIBRIS|8261599}} |page=96}}</ref> *50x50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Knight of the Order of the Polar Star<ref name="Harnesk (1945), p. 237"/> *50x50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Knight of the Order of Vasa<ref name="Harnesk (1945), p. 237"/> *50x50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Swedish Voluntary Motor Transport Corps Medal of Merit in gold<ref name="Harnesk (1945), p. 237"/> *50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Swedish Women's Auxiliary Veterinary Corps Medal of Merit (''Svenska Blå Stjärnans förtjänstmedalj'')<ref name="Harnesk (1945), p. 237"/> *{{flagicon|Sweden}} Landstorm Medal of Merit (''Landstormens förtjänstmedalj'')<ref name="Harnesk (1945), p. 237"/> *{{flagicon|Sweden}} Swedish Red Cross Medal of Merit (''Svenska Röda Korsets förtjänstmedalj'')<ref name="Harnesk (1945), p. 237"/>

===Foreign=== *50x50px {{flagicon|Finland}} Commander of the Order of the White Rose of Finland<ref name="Harnesk (1945), p. 237"/> *50x50px {{flagicon|Poland }} Commander Second Class of the Order of Polonia Restituta<ref name="Harnesk (1945), p. 237"/> *50x50px {{flagicon|France}} Officer of the Legion of Honour<ref name="Harnesk (1945), p. 237"/>

==Honours== *Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1930)<ref name="Bohman & Dahl (1946), pp. 3-4"/>

==References== {{Reflist}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gadd, Hugo}} Category:1885 births Category:1968 deaths Category:Swedish Army major generals Category:Military personnel from Malmö Category:20th-century Swedish military personnel Category:Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences

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