Carl Gustaf Hammarskjöld

General Carl Gustaf Valdemar Hammarskjöld (22 April 1865 – 27 February 1940) was a Swedish Army officer and conservative politician.

Early life Hammarskjöld was born on 22 April 1865 at Väderum farm in Tuna Parish, Vimmerby Municipality, Sweden, the son of lieutenant Knut Hammarskjöld (1818–1891) and Wilhelmina Mimmi (née Cöster) (1832–1901). Carl Gustaf Hammarskjöld was brother to Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, cousin to and Hugo Hammarskjöld, all of which were born in the same room, on the same farm, and became all (cabinet) ministers. Carl Gustaf was uncle to Dag Hammarskjöld.

Career Hammarskjöld was commissioned as an officer in Värmland Rifle Corps (Värmlands fältjägarkår, No 26) in 1885 with the rank of underlöjtnant. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1891 and served as a staff adjutant and lieutenant in the General Staff in 1895. Hammarskjöld was promoted to captain in the army and in the General Staff in 1899 and he served as a teacher at the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 1899 to 1903. He then served as captain in Vaxholm Grenadier Regiment in 1903 and as a general staff officer in the staff of the 2nd Army Division (II. arméfördelningen) from 1903 to 1905. Hammarskjöld served as chief of staff in the 1st Army Division (I. arméfördelningen) from 1905 to 1906 then he was promoted to major in the General Staff and appointed vice chief of the Military Office of the Ministry of Land Defence. In 1910, Hammarskjöld was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the 1st Life Grenadier Regiment. Hammarskjöld was secretary in several military committees and assisted the General Staff in drafting proposals for a new conscript law in 1911 and experimental mobilization in 1912. He was promoted to colonel in the army in 1913. They had two children, Carl (born 1904) and Bengt (born 1905).

Death Hammarskjöld died on 27 February 1940 in Hedvig Eleonora Parish, Stockholm.

Dates of rank 1884 – Sergeant 30 October 1885 – Underlöjtnant 6 August 1891 – Lieutenant 7 April 1899 – Captain 16 February 1906 – Major 12 June 1909 – Lieutenant Colonel 14 February 1913 – Colonel 14 July 1919 – Major General 23 April 1926 – Lieutenant General 23 April 1930 – General

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Foreign

Honours Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1907) and President (1931–1933).