Hugo Gadd


Major General Hugo Adolf Magnus Christoffer Gadd 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.

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. In 1918, Gadd conducted a war history study trip to Kliszów, Poland. He became captain of the General Staff in 1920 and served as a staff adjutant 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.
In 1932, Gadd was promoted to lieutenant colonel of the General Staff and appointed senior adjutant. The same year he was appointed Vice Chief of the Military Office of the Land Defence. In 1935, Gadd was promoted to colonel and assumed the position of regimental commander of Wendes Artillery Regiment in Kristianstad. Gadd then served as Deputy Division Commander of the 1st Army Division 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. After his retirement, Gadd became chairman of the Swedish Women's Auxiliary Veterinary Corps and its central board in 1949.

Personal life

In 1916, he married Margot Hill-Lindquist, the daughter of Herman Lindquist and Maggie Hill.

Death

Gadd died on 13 December 1968 in Stockholm. He was interred at Stadskyrkogården in Alingsås in 1969.

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Awards and decorations

Swedish

Foreign

Honours