Hemming Gadd

General Hemming Gadd (6 November 1837 – 14 January 1915) was a Swedish Army officer. His senior commands included regimental commander of the 2nd Life Grenadier Regiment and Svea Life Guards, as well as commander of the 4th Army Division. Gadd served as Chief of His Majesty's Military Staff from 1905 to 1907.

Early life Gadd was born on 6 November 1837 in Harlösa, Sweden, the son Johan Niklas Gadd, a provost, and his wife Sofia Dahlberg. In 1857 he served as a non-commissioned officer in the North Scanian Infantry Regiment (I 6), and he was commissioned as an officer the following year. He was promoted to lieutenant in the army in 1865 and in the regiment in 1867. Gadd was promoted to lieutenant general in 1902 After the Commandant General in Stockholm, Lieutenant General Sven Lagerberg, died in March 1905, Gadd took over the position between March and November 1905.

Gadd was appointed as ADC to King Oscar II in 1881 and as senior ADC to the King in 1888. and of the Executive Board of the Army Pension Fund (Arméns pensionskassa) from 1905 Gadd also served as Chief of His Majesty's Military Staff from 1905 to 1907.

Dates of rank 1858 – Underlöjtnant 1865 – Lieutenant 1872 – Captain 1880 – Major 1883 – Lieutenant colonel 1888 – Colonel 1892 – Major general 1902 – Lieutenant general 1905 – General

Awards and decorations

Swedish

Foreign

Honours Member of the second class of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1880) Member of the first class of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1892)