Karl Eric Holm

Lieutenant General Karl Eric Holm (3 June 1919 – 27 July 2016) was a Swedish Army officer. His senior commands include Chief of the Army Staff and the General Staff Corps (1968–1972), military commander of the Southern Military District (1972–1980) and the Chief of Home Guard (1981–1983).

Early life Holm was born on 3 June 1919 in Falköping, Sweden, the son of Carl Holm, a station master, and his wife Olga (née Södergren). He passed studentexamen in Skövde in 1937 and then served in the Swedish Volunteer Corps during the Winter War in Finland from 1939 to 1940.

Career Holm was commissioned as an officer in the Swedish Army Service Troops in 1941 with the rank of fänrik Holm attended the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 1949 to 1951 and the British Army Staff College in England in 1954. In 1972, Holm was promoted to lieutenant general and was appointed military commander of the Southern Military District (Milo S). As Chief of Home Guard, Holm undertook a reorganization of the National Home Guard Staff's (Rikshemvärnstaben) work, including a planning section to investigate the Home Guard's future organization. In 1982 discussions with the Swedish Navy were also initiated and the issue of setting up a Home Guard with naval tasks was raised. Holm retired from active service in 1983.

Finnish War Commemorative Medal (Finsk krigsminnesmedalj)