Carl Johan Wachtmeister

Count Carl Johan Wachtmeister (1 February 1903 – 22 May 1993) was a Swedish Army officer and fencer. He served as commanding officer of Norrland Dragoon Regiment (1952–1957) and the Stockholm Defence District (1957–1963).

Early life Wachtmeister was born on 1 February 1903 in Skövde, Sweden, the son of Lieutenant Colonel, Count Fredrik Wachtmeister and his wife Greta Lindström.

Career Wachtmeister was commissioned as an officer after graduating from the Royal Military Academy in 1925 with the rank of second lieutenant. He attended the Royal Central Gymnastics Institute from 1928 to 1930 and the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 1937 to 1939. and to captain of the General Staff Corps in 1942. He then served as Aide-de-camp to His Majesty the King Gustaf V from 1942 to 1950.

He was chairman of the Swedish Fencing Association (Svenska Fäktförbundet) from 1948 to 1952.

Personal life In 1929, he married Birgit Thuresson (1906–1986), the daughter of the major in the Road and Waterway Construction Service Corps, Elis Thuresson and Carin Santesson. They had two children: Carl-Fredrik (born 1936) and Caroline (born 1939). He was buried on 7 July 1993 in Galärvarvskyrkogården in Stockholm.

Dates of rank 1925 – Second lieutenant 1939 – Ryttmästare 1942 – Captain 1944 – Major 1948 – Lieutenant Colonel 1952 – Colonel

Awards and decorations

Swedish

Foreign

Commander 1st Class of the Order of the Crown of Thailand