Karl Amundson

Major General Karl Albert Byron Amundson (KABA) (29 November 1873 – 21 February 1938) was a Swedish Air Force officer, ballooner and military attaché. He was the first Swedish Chief of the Air Force (1926–31).

Career Amundson was born on 29 November 1873 in Grythyttehed, Grythyttan, Sweden, the son of Colonel Johan Albert Amundson (born 1840) and Alma Helena Albertina Godtknecht (born 1854). Amundson became second lieutenant in the Swedish Fortification Corps in 1894, and was promoted to captain in 1904. He was a teacher at the Artillery and Engineering College from 1906 to 1910 and at the Royal Swedish Naval Staff College from 1910 to 1912.

Amundson was promoted in 1915 to major and was elected the same year as a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences. He was commander of the Field Telegraph Corps from 1915 to 1920 and 1924 to 1925 and Arméns flygväsende in 1915. (1928)

Swedish Military Sports Association's gold medal (Sveriges militära idrottsförbunds guldmedalj) Swedish Sports Confederation's badge of merit in gold (Riksidrottsförbundets förtjänsttecken i guld)

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