Hugo Gadd

Major General Hugo Adolf Magnus Christoffer Gadd (13 March 1885 – 13 December 1968) was a senior Swedish Army officer.

Early life Gadd was born on 13 March 1885 in Malmö, Sweden, the son of Christoffer Gadd, a wholesaler, and his wife Augusta Lammers.

Career Gadd was commissioned as an officer in 1906 and was assigned to Göta Artillery Regiment with the rank of underlöjtnant. He attended the Artillery and Engineering College from 1908 to 1909 and the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 1913 to 1914. Gadd was then assigned to the General Staff as an officer aspirant from 1916 to 1918.

Personal life In 1916, he married Margot Hill-Lindquist (1894–1944), the daughter of Herman Lindquist and Maggie Hill. He was interred at Stadskyrkogården in Alingsås in 1969.

Dates of rank 1906 – Underlöjtnant 1912 – Lieutenant 1920 – Captain 1928 – Major 1932 – Lieutenant colonel 1935 – Colonel 1942 – Major general

Awards and decorations

Swedish

Landstorm Medal of Merit (Landstormens förtjänstmedalj) Swedish Red Cross Medal of Merit (Svenska Röda Korsets förtjänstmedalj)

Foreign

Honours Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1930)