Carl-Gustaf Regardh

Carl Gustaf (Carl-Gustaf) Bore Regårdh (25 March 1921 – 20 March 2009) was a Swedish engineer. Regårdh had a distinguished senior career in the Swedish Army, starting as an engineer and progressing through various roles of increasing responsibility and rank. Noteworthy positions included serving as an assistant military attaché in Washington, D.C., where he facilitated technology transfers to Sweden. Upon returning to Sweden, he held administrative positions in the Royal Swedish Army Materiel Administration. He eventually became Chief of the Swedish Army Electrical and Mechanical Engineers' Corps, overseeing significant advancements in maintenance systems and advocating for technical education reform. After two terms, he transitioned to private business, where he conducted investigations for prestigious institutions and government agencies.

Early life Regårdh was born on 25 March 1921 in in Malmöhus County, the son of Carl Regårdh and his wife Lilly (née Ohnell). Regårdh passed studentexamen in Helsingborg in 1941. He began his military career at the Karlskrona Coastal Artillery Regiment and became a second lieutenant in the Swedish Coastal Artillery reserve on 1 September 1944. After that, he pursued studies at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, where he obtained a Master of Science degree in mechanical engineering in 1948. On 11 April 1950, he was already assigned to the Army Staff's Anti-Aircraft Department in Stockholm and was appointed as a first-grade army engineer (arméingenjör av 1. graden) with the rank of captain on 1 October 1951. He later joined the Royal Swedish Army Materiel Administration's Ordnance Department, where he was assigned to the Fire Control Section of the First Weapons Office (Första vapenbyrån), starting on 1 October 1953.

Death Regårdh died on 20 March 2009 in , Stockholm County, Sweden. He was interred on 12 June 2009 at in Djursholm, Stockholm County.

Awards and decorations

Swedish Curling Association (Svenska Curlingförbundet) Merit Badge (Svenska Curlingförbundets förtjänstmärke, 1981/82)

Honours Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1973)