Karl-Gösta Lundmark

Lieutenant General Karl Gösta (Karl-Gösta) Olof Lundmark (18 January 1919 – 16 November 1995) was a senior Swedish Army officer. Lundmark served as chief of staff of the IV Military District (1961–1965), of the Bergslagen Military District (1972–1974) and of the Upper Norrland Military District (1974–1976). He also served as Commanding General of the Upper Norrland Military District (1976–1980).

Early life Lundmark was born on 18 January 1919 in Överluleå Parish, Boden Municipality, Sweden, the son of Hjalmar Lundmark, a farmer, and his wife Bertha (née Karlsson). He passed studentexamen in Boden in 1940.

Career Lundmark graduated from the Military Academy Karlberg in 1943 and was commissioned as an officer with the rank of second lieutenant, He attended the Artillery Officers' School at the Artillery and Engineering College from 1947 to 1948 and the Higher Artillery Course there from 1949 to 1951. He was promoted to captain in Boden Artillery Regiment in 1952, and served as a General Staff officer in the staff in IV Military District from 1956 to 1961.

Lundmark was promoted to major in the General Staff Corps in 1961, and was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1964 In 1966, Lundmark was promoted to colonel and appointed regimental commander of Boden Artillery Regiment. Two years later, he was promoted to senior colonel and then served as head of Operations Command 1 in the Defence Staff from 1968 to 1972.