Bertil Uggla

Bertil Gustafsson Uggla (19 August 1890 – 29 September 1945) was a Swedish officer, track and field athlete, modern pentathlete, and fencer.

Early life Uggla was born on 19 August 1890 at Karlberg Palace, Stockholm, Sweden, the son of General Gustaf Uggla (1846–1924) and his wife Augusta von Post (1851–1921). He had nine siblings: Carl Gustafsson (born 1875); Louise (born 1877); Eva Thurinna (born 1879); Gustaf Gustafsson (born 1880); Elsa (born 1882); Signe (born 1883); Axel (born 1888); Thorsten Gustafsson (born 1892) and Bengt Gustafsson (born 1894).

Career

Military career He was commissioned as an officer in the Svea Life Guards in 1910 with the rank of underlöjtnant. Uggla became a lieutenant in 1913, received an upper secondary school teacher's degree in 1915 and was a teacher at the Military Academy Karlberg from 1916 to 1918 and studied at the École normale militaire d’éducation physique in Joinville-le-Pont, France from 1919 to 1920.

Death Colonel Uggla died on 29 September 1945 while preparing for an eventing competition in a forest outside Karlstad.

Dates of rank 1910 – Underlöjtnant 1913 – Lieutenant 1925 – Captain 1933 – Major 1937 – Lieutenant colonel 1939 – Colonel

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