Karl Toll

Lieutenant General Karl Osvald Toll (2 November 1862 – 13 October 1936) was a Swedish Army officer. Toll's senior commands include commanding officer of the 4th Army Division and the position of Commandant General in Stockholm. Toll laid down a sacrificial work on the development of the landstorm organization.

Early life Toll was born on 2 November 1862 in Hacksta, Uppsala County, Sweden, the son of major general Gustaf Toll and his wife Hedvig von Post. Toll became a volunteer in Närke Regiment on 12 November 1878 and passed mogenhetsexamen in Uppsala on 25 May 1880. Toll attended the Military Academy Karlberg from 14 July the same year and graduated on 25 October 1881. He transferred to Second Göta Artillery Regiment in 1897 and served as 2nd teacher at the Military Academy Karlberg from 1896 to 1899 and as 1st teacher from 1899 to 1903. Furthermore, Toll was a member of the Directorate of the Royal Central Gymnastics Institute from 1920 to 1930 and chairman of the board of the Central Association of the Swedish Landstorm Associations (Sveriges landstormsföreningars centralförbund) from 1920 to 1933 and of the Central Board of the National Swedish Rifle Clubs (Skytteförbundens överstyrelse) from 1924 to 1934. He became chairman of the board of the AB Kreditbanken in 1921 and of the board of Kreditkassan's Issuing Company (Emissionsbolag) from 1921 to 1926 and Toll became chairman and a member of the Directorate of the Swedish Nobility Foundation in 1930. They had five children: Louise (born 1892), Gustaf (born 1894), Axel (born 1897), Elsa (born 1900) and Carl (born 1902).

Dates of rank 1881 – Underlöjtnant 1890 – Lieutenant 1895 – Captain 1906 – Major 1909 – Lieutenant colonel 1911 – Colonel 1918 – Major general 1925 – Lieutenant general

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