Ivar Gewert

Lieutenant General Gustav Ivar Vilhelm Gewert (4 August 1891 – 25 February 1971) was a Swedish Army officer. His senior commands include Inspector of the Swedish Army Service Troops, Quartermaster-General of the Swedish Army and head of the Swedish Army Quartermaster Corps, vice chief of the Royal Swedish Army Materiel Administration and vice chief of the Royal Swedish Army Supply Administration.

Early life Gewert was born on 4 August 1891 in Hällefors, Sweden, the son of Gustaf Gewert, a factory manager, and his wife Amalia (née Abenius). Gewert passed studentexamen in 1909.

Gewert was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1936 and served as head of the Equipment Office in the Commissary Department (Intendenturdepartementets utrustningsbyrå) from 1936 to 1942. He was promoted to colonel in 1939. In 1942, Gewert was appointed Inspector of the Swedish Army Service Troops. and was then promoted to lieutenant general.

Gewert was editor of the Svensk intendenturtidskrift from 1926 to 1941. He was president of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences from 1957 to 1959, and chairman of the Military Society in Stockholm from 1958 to 1963. He was also chairman of the Officerares Ideella Stödförening ("Officer's Nonprofit Support Association") from 1961 to 1965.

Personal life In 1920, he married Lisa Nilsson (1892–1985), the daughter of wholesaler Gottfrid Nilsson and Augusta (née Bokelin). They had two children; Marianne (born 1921) and Susanne (born 1927).

Death Gewert died on 25 February 1971 and was buried at Laxarby Cemetery in Bengtsfors Municipality.

Dates of rank 1911 – Underlöjtnant 1915 – Lieutenant 1920 – Captain 1934 – Major 1936 – Lieutenant colonel 1939 – Colonel 1945 – Major general 1957 – Lieutenant general

Awards and decorations Gewert's awards:

Foreign

Honours Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1935) (president 1957–1959)