Carl-Oscar Agell

Colonel Carl-Oscar Agell (29 August 1894 – 12 October 1983) was a Swedish Army officer. He served in Finland during the Winter War and back in Sweden he became commanding officer of the Jämtland Ranger Regiment. Agell headed the Swedish Delegation to the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission and became the civil defence chief in Norrköping before retiring in 1958.

Early life Agell was born on 29 August 1894 in Hjo, Sweden, the son of Nils Andersson, a mill and saw owner, and his wife Blenda (née Samuelson). He passed the studentexamen in Växjö in 1913.

He was acting head of the Royal Military Academy in 1937 and became a lieutenant colonel in the Finnish Army as part of the Swedish Volunteer Corps during the Winter War in 1940. Back in Sweden, Agell was a lieutenant colonel with the Norrbotten Regiment (I 19) the same year. He was promoted to colonel two year later in 1942 and assumed command of the Jämtland Ranger Regiment (I 5) in 1942. with a temporary rank of major general. He then was the civil defence chief in Norrköping from 1956 to 1958.

Awards and decorations

Swedish

Jämtland County Shooting Federation's gold medal (Jämtlands läns skytteförbunds guldmedalj) Linköping Association for Volunteer Military Training's gold medal (Linköping's befäls (utbildnings) förbunds guldmedalj) Swedish Military Sports Association's silver medal (Sveriges militära idrottsförbunds silvermedalj) Swedish Women's Voluntary Defence Organization's silver medal (Sveriges lottakårers silvermedalj) Army Shooting Medal (Arméns skyttemedalj)

Foreign

Finnish War Memorial Medal