Bror Munck

Lieutenant General Friherre Bror Oliver Claes Munck af Fulkila (21 October 1857 – 18 July 1935) was a Swedish Army officer. Munck served as commanding officer of the Crown Prince's Hussar Regiment, the Life Guards of Horse, as the Inspector of the Cavalry and as commanding officer of the 3rd Army Division. He is also known as the organizer and head of the so-called Munckska kåren, a secret right-wing paramilitary group.

Early life Munck was born on 21 October 1857 in Jönköping, Sweden, the son of the colonel and the regimental commander of the then Jönköping Regiment Carl Jacob Munck and his wife in the second marriage, baroness Henriette Ulrika Antoinetta Carolina Cederström and thus brother to the princess Ebba Bernadotte. His father's family was probably of Finnish origin and dates back to the 16th century. The mother was the daughter of the "hero from Bornhöft", later the General Friherre Bror Cederström, who for his bravery in the battle in this place became the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword, the highest military award in Sweden. Munck is named after this grandfather, and he also became a cavalryman. Munck was promoted to vice corporal in Småland Hussar Regiment in 1874 and passed mogenhetsexamen the following year. Munck served with the 7th German Ulan Regiment and 16th German Dragoon Regiment in 1906. In 1906 he was appointed lieutenant colonel of the Life Regiment Dragoons and two years later he became colonel and commanding officer of the Crown Prince's Hussar Regiment before transferring in 1913 to the Life Guards of Horse where he served as executive officer for two years. a secret right-wing paramilitary group. Munck was also chairman of the executive board of the King's Hospital (Konungens hospital), a member of numerous committees for investigations of military issues, attended by the King of Italy in 1913, and the State Regent of Finland Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim in 1919. He was also the Swedish Army's representative to the funeral of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria in 1916 and at a ceremony in Fredrikshald on King Charles XII's day of death, as well as the Swedish Army officer's representative at the horse races at 1924 Summer Olympics.

Personal life On 20 October 1886 in Stockholm, Munck married Baroness Ebba Elisabet De Geer af Leufsta (born 15 December 1863 in Frötuna), the daughter of Marshal of the Court, Friherre Louis De Geer af Leufsta, and his first wife Vendla Mariana Johanna Sofia von Wright.

Death Munck died on 16 February 1935 in Oscar Parish, Stockholm.

Dates of rank 1874 – Vice korpral 1877 – Underlöjtnant 1887 – Andre löjtnant 1888 – Förste löjtnant 1896 – Ryttmästare 1904 – Major 1906 – Lieutenant colonel 1908 – Colonel 1915 – Major general 1922 – Lieutenant general

Awards and decorations Knight Second Class of the Order of the Red Eagle (1908) Commander of the Order of the Crown