Ivar Gewert

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Lieutenant General '''Gustav Ivar Vilhelm Gewert''' (4 August 1891 – 25 February 1971) was a Swedish Army officer. His senior commands include Inspector of the Swedish Army Service Troops, Quartermaster-General of the Swedish Army and head of the Swedish Army Quartermaster Corps, vice chief of the Royal Swedish Army Materiel Administration and vice chief of the Royal Swedish Army Supply Administration.

==Early life== Gewert was born on 4 August 1891 in Hällefors, Sweden, the son of Gustaf Gewert, a factory manager, and his wife Amalia (née Abenius). Gewert passed ''studentexamen'' in 1909.<ref name="Harnesk (1945), p. 245"/>

==Career== Gewert was commissioned as an officer in the Värmland Regiment (I 22) with the rank of ''underlöjtnant'' in 1911. Gewert was promoted to lieutenant in 1915 and to captain in 1920. From 1920, Gewert belonged to the Swedish Army Quartermaster Corps and he served as regimental quartermaster in Dalarna Regiment (I 13) from 1920 to 1923. He was commanding officer of the ''Intendenturtruppernas studentkompani'' from 1923 to 1925 and served as adjutant of the Quartermaster-General of the Swedish Army Axel Hultkrantz from 1925 to 1934, when he was promoted to major.<ref name="Harnesk (1945), p. 245">{{cite book |url=https://runeberg.org/vemarvem/sthlm45/0261.html |editor1-last=Harnesk |editor1-first=Paul |date=1945 |title=Vem är vem? |volume=D. 1, Stockholmsdelen |trans-title=Who's Who? |location=Stockholm |publisher=Vem är vem bokförlag |language=sv |id={{SELIBR|8198269}} |page=245}}</ref>

Gewert was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1936 and served as head of the Equipment Office in the Commissary Department (''Intendenturdepartementets utrustningsbyrå'') from 1936 to 1942. He was promoted to colonel in 1939. In 1942, Gewert was appointed Inspector of the Swedish Army Service Troops.<ref name="Harnesk (1945), p. 245"/> He was promoted to major general in 1945 and in 1946 he was appointed Quartermaster-General and head of the Swedish Army Quartermaster Corps. Gewert was a member of the Swedish National Board for Economic Defense Preparedness (''Riksnämnden för ekonomisk försvarsberedskap'') from 1947 to 1957. He served as vice chief of the Royal Swedish Army Materiel Administration from 1949 to 1954. In 1954, he was appointed vice chief in the Royal Swedish Army Supply Administration. Gewert retired three later in 1957<ref name="Burling (1956), p. 321">{{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=sv |url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1957/0345.html |page=321}}</ref> and was then promoted to lieutenant general.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1969/0325.html |editor-last=Lagerström |editor-first=Sten |year=1968 |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1969 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1969 |location=Stockholm |publisher=Norstedt |language=sv |id={{LIBRIS|3681519}} |page=309}}</ref>

Gewert was editor of the ''Svensk intendenturtidskrift'' from 1926 to 1941. He was president of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences from 1957 to 1959,<ref name="Lagerström (1968), p. 309">{{cite book |editor-last=Lagerström |editor-first=Sten |year=1968 |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1969 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1969 |location=Stockholm |publisher=Norstedt |language=sv |id={{LIBRIS|3681519}} |url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1969/0325.html |page=309}}</ref> and chairman of the Military Society in Stockholm from 1958 to 1963.<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Dahl |editor-first=Claes-Göran |title=Militärsällskapet i Stockholm 1952-2002: minnesskrift |year=2002 |publisher=Militärsällsk. |location=Stockholm |language=sv |isbn=91-631-3322-9 |id={{LIBRIS|8865191}} |page=96}}</ref> He was also chairman of the ''Officerares Ideella Stödförening'' ("Officer's Nonprofit Support Association") from 1961 to 1965.<ref>{{cite book |url=http://oisf.se/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/OISF-Minnesskrift-100-%C3%A5r.pdf |editor-last=Molin |editor-first=Johan |title=OISF [Officerares ideella stödförening] 100 år: 1917-2017 |year=2017 |publisher=Officerares ideella stödförening |location=Stockholm |language=sv |id={{LIBRIS|21819642}} |page=16}}</ref>

==Personal life== In 1920, he married Lisa Nilsson (1892–1985), the daughter of wholesaler Gottfrid Nilsson and Augusta (née Bokelin). They had two children; Marianne (born 1921) and Susanne (born 1927).<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 440">{{cite book |url=https://runeberg.org/vemarvem/sthlm62/0464.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}} |page=440}}</ref>

==Death== Gewert died on 25 February 1971 and was buried at Laxarby Cemetery in Bengtsfors Municipality.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://finngraven.se/(S(2drm5x1g0itbhae2sbxfybct))/DisplayInfo.aspx?id=2343165 |publisher=Finngraven.se |title=Ivar Gewert |access-date=12 March 2019 |language=sv}}</ref>

==Dates of rank== *1911 – ''Underlöjtnant'' *1915 – Lieutenant *1920 – Captain *1934 – Major *1936 – Lieutenant colonel *1939 – Colonel *1945 – Major general *1957 – Lieutenant general

==Awards and decorations== Gewert's awards:<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 440"/>

===Swedish=== * 50x50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword (11 November 1952)<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> * 50x50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Knight of the Order of the Polar Star * 50x50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Knight of the Order of Vasa

===Foreign=== * 50x50px {{flagicon|Finland}} 2nd Class of the Order of the Cross of Liberty with swords * 50x50px {{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} 1st Class of the Order of the German Eagle  * 50x50px {{flagicon|Finland}} Knight 1st Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland

==Honours== *Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1935)<ref name="Burling (1956), p. 321"/> (president 1957–1959)<ref name="Lagerström (1968), p. 309"/>

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{S-start}} {{S-mil}} {{Succession box | title = Inspector of the Swedish Army Service Troops | years = 1942–1946 | before = Axel Bredberg | after = Gottfrid Björck }} {{Succession box | title = Quartermaster-General of the Swedish Army<br>Swedish Army Quartermaster Corps | years = 1946–1957 | before = Helge Söderbom | after = Hilding Kring }} {{Succession box | title = Vice chief of the Royal Swedish Army Materiel Administration | years = 1949–1954 | before = ? | after = None }} {{Succession box | title = Vice chief of the Royal Swedish Army Supply Administration | years = 1954–1957 | before = None | after = Hilding Kring }} {{s-npo|pro}} {{succession box | title = {{no wrap|President of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences}} | years = 1957–1959 | before = Axel Ljungdahl | after = Erik Samuelson }} {{S-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gewert, Ivar}} Category:1891 births Category:1971 deaths Category:Swedish Army lieutenant generals Category:People from Hällefors Municipality 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 Category:Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences Category:20th-century Swedish military personnel

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