Henry Tottie

Lieutenant General Carl Henry Tottie (14 June 1888 – 2 May 1952) was a Swedish Army officer. Tottie's senior commands include Executive Officer of Svea Life Guards, Chief of the Army Staff and the General Staff Corps and military commander of the II Military District.

Early life Tottie was born on 14 June 1888 in Hedvig Eleonora Parish, Stockholm, Sweden, the son of Colonel Charles Tottie and his wife Elisabeth Uggla. Tottie passed studentexamen in Gävle in 1907.

Career Tottie was graduated from Military Academy Karlberg in 1909 and was commissioned as an officer with the rank of Underlöjtnant the same year and was assigned to Bohuslän Regiment, where he was promoted to lieutenant in 1914. He served in the Topographic Department of the General Staff in 1915 and 1916, and transferred in 1951 as lieutenant general to the reserve. He was interred at Norra begravningsplatsen in Stockholm on 15 May 1952.

Personal life In 1922 he married Elsa Söderhielm (1897–1978), the daughter of Major General Erik Söderhielm and Signe Gadd.

Honours Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1935)