Axel Rappe

Friherre General Axel Emil Rappe (2 October 1838 – 18 December 1918) was a Swedish Army officer and Minister of War from 1892 and 1899.

Early life Rappe was born on 2 October 1838 in Christinelund manor in Arby, Kalmar County, the son of county governor Baron and his wife Lisette Björnstjerna. He passed studentexamen in 1857 and then kansliexamen in 1860, both in the city of Uppsala.

Career Rappe was commissioned as an officer in 1859 and was appointed underlöjtnant and was assigned to Uppland Regiment (I 8) the same year. He became a general staff officer in 1865. Rappe served in the French Army during the Franco-Prussian War from 1870 to 1871 and then in the French Army in Algeria from 1871 to 1872. Back in Sweden, Rappe became captain in the Swedish Army in 1870 and of the General Staff in 1873. He was the father of opera singer Signe Rappe-Welden (1879–1974), Axel Rappe (1884–1945) who also became a military officer, and five more children. He was a member of the men's organization Sällskapet Idun.

Death Rappe died on 18 December 1918 in Stockholm. He was interred on 22 December 1918 at Norra begravningsplatsen in Stockholm.

Dates of rank Rappe's dates of rank:

Honours Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1873) Honorary member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences (1890)