Hilding Kring

Lieutenant General Knut Georg Hilding Kring (24 April 1899 – 22 September 1971) was a Swedish Army officer. His senior commands include Commandant in Boden Fortress, Inspector of the Army Signal Troops, military commander of the VII Military District, Quartermaster-General of the Swedish Army and head of the Swedish Army Quartermaster Corps and Vice Chief of the Royal Swedish Army Supply Administration and commanding officer of the Quartermaster Administration of the Swedish Armed Forces.

Early life Kring was born on 24 April 1899 in Färila, Sweden, the son of fanjunkare Eric Kring and his wife Alma (née Jonzon).

Career Kring was commissioned as an officer in Uppland Artillery Regiment (A 5) in 1920 with the rank of second lieutenant. Kring was promoted to lieutenant in 1925, served as a répétiteur at the Artillery and Engineering College from 1926 to 1928, and served in the Svea Artillery Regiment (A 1) in 1928.

Dates of rank 1920 – Second lieutenant 1922 – Underlöjtnant 1925 – Lieutenant 1933 – Captain 1941 – Major 1942 – Lieutenant colonel 1949 – Colonel 1955 – Major general 1964 – Lieutenant general

Awards and decorations

Swedish

Honours Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1943)