Bert Carpelan

Lieutenant General Ivar Bert Tyko Carpelan (2December 1895 – 16November 1981) was a Swedish Army officer. Carpelan's senior commands include Chief of the Army Staff and the General Staff Corps, commanding officer of the IV Military District and Commandant General in Stockholm.

Early life Carpelan was born on 2 December 1895 in Nås, Kopparberg County, Sweden, the son of Axel Carpelan, a postmaster, and his wife Tekla (née Jäde). He passed studentexamen in Luleå in 1913. He became an aerial reconnaissance officer in 1925 and a sergeant pilot in 1927. In 1928 Carpelan was promoted to lieutenant in the Swedish Air Force. He then attended the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 1929 to 1931. Carpelan served in Karlsborg Artillery Regiment (A 9) in 1930 and he was promoted to captain in 1932.

Carpelan served as a staff adjutant and captain of the General Staff in 1934 and in the Norrbotten Artillery Corps (A 5) in 1937. In 1938 he became major of the General Staff and served as chief of the general staff of the 1st Army Division from 1938 to 1941. Carpelan then served as lieutenant colonel in Wendes Artillery Regiment (A 3) in 1941 and as colonel and commanding officer of the Gotland Artillery Corps (A 7) from 1943 to 1945. He was colonel in the General Staff Corps in 1945 and served as Vice Chief of the Army Staff from 1945 to 1947 and then as commanding officer of Svea Artillery Regiment (A 1) from 1947 to 1951.