# Hugo Gadd

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[Major General](/source/Generalmajor_(Sweden)) **Hugo Adolf Magnus Christoffer Gadd** (13 March 1885 – 13 December 1968) was a senior [Swedish Army](/source/Swedish_Army) officer.

## Early life

Gadd was born on 13 March 1885 in [Malmö](/source/Malm%C3%B6), Sweden, the son of Christoffer Gadd, a wholesaler, and his wife Augusta Lammers.[1]

## Career

Gadd was commissioned as an officer in 1906 and was assigned to [Göta Artillery Regiment](/source/G%C3%B6ta_Artillery_Regiment) with the rank of *[underlöjtnant](/source/Underl%C3%B6jtnant)*. He attended the [Artillery and Engineering College](/source/Artillery_and_Engineering_College) from 1908 to 1909 and the [Royal Swedish Army Staff College](/source/Royal_Swedish_Army_Staff_College) from 1913 to 1914. Gadd was then assigned to the [General Staff](/source/General_Staff_(Sweden)) as an officer aspirant from 1916 to 1918.[1] In 1918, Gadd conducted a war history study trip to [Kliszów](/source/Klisz%C3%B3w,_%C5%9Awi%C4%99tokrzyskie_Voivodeship), [Poland](/source/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](/source/Wendes_Artillery_Regiment) in [Kristianstad](/source/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](/source/Southern_Military_District_(Milo_S)). He was promoted to major general in 1942 and served from 1943 to 1946 as [Chief of the Army Staff](/source/Chief_of_the_Army_Staff_(Sweden)) and of the [General Staff Corps](/source/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](/source/Stockholm).[4] He was interred at *Stadskyrkogården* in [Alingsås](/source/Alings%C3%A5s) in 1969.[5]

## Dates of rank

- 1906 – *[Underlöjtnant](/source/Underl%C3%B6jtnant)*
- 1912 – [Lieutenant](/source/L%C3%B6jtnant)
- 1920 – [Captain](/source/Kapten)
- 1928 – [Major](/source/Major_(Sweden))
- 1932 – [Lieutenant colonel](/source/%C3%96verstel%C3%B6jtnant)
- 1935 – [Colonel](/source/%C3%96verste)
- 1942 – [Major general](/source/Generalmajor_(Sweden))

## Awards and decorations

### Swedish

- [King Gustaf V's Jubilee Commemorative Medal](/source/Swedish_Royal_Jubilee_Commemorative_Medals) (1928)[2]
- Commander 1st Class of the [Order of the Sword](/source/Order_of_the_Sword) (15 November 1941)[6]
- Knight of the [Order of the Polar Star](/source/Order_of_the_Polar_Star)[2]
- Knight of the [Order of Vasa](/source/Order_of_Vasa)[2]
- [Swedish Voluntary Motor Transport Corps Medal of Merit](/source/National_Association_of_Volunteer_Motor_Transport_Corps_Medal_of_Merit) in gold[2]
- Swedish Women's Auxiliary Veterinary Corps Medal of Merit (*Svenska Blå Stjärnans förtjänstmedalj*)[2]
- [Landstorm](/source/Landstorm) Medal of Merit (*Landstormens förtjänstmedalj*)[2]
- [Swedish Red Cross](/source/Swedish_Red_Cross) Medal of Merit (*Svenska Röda Korsets förtjänstmedalj*)[2]

### Foreign

- Commander of the [Order of the White Rose of Finland](/source/Order_of_the_White_Rose_of_Finland)[2]
- Commander Second Class of the [Order of Polonia Restituta](/source/Order_of_Polonia_Restituta)[2]
- Officer of the [Legion of Honour](/source/Legion_of_Honour)[2]

## Honours

- Member of the [Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences](/source/Royal_Swedish_Academy_of_War_Sciences) (1930)[1]

## References

1. Bohman, Nils & Dahl, Torsten (eds.) (1946). [*Svenska män och kvinnor: biografisk uppslagsbok. 3 G-H*](https://runeberg.org/smok/3/0015.html) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Bonnier. pp. 3–4.

1. [*Vem är vem?. D. 1, Stockholmsdelen*](https://runeberg.org/vemarvem/sthlm45/0253.html) [Who's Who?. D. 1, Stockholm part] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Vem är vem bokförlag. 1945. p. 237.

1. Burling, Ingeborg (ed.) (1956). *Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1957* [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1957] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 312.

1. *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.

1. ["Gadd, Hugo Adolf Magnus Christ."](http://svenskagravar.se/gravsatt/56860061) (in Swedish). *www.svenskagravar.se*. Retrieved 14 August 2020.

1. [*Sveriges statskalender för skottåret 1968*](https://gupea.ub.gu.se/bitstream/2077/65026/1/gupea_2077_65026_1.pdf) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1968. p. 96.

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