Ludvig Hammarskiöld

Lieutenant General Peder Adolf Ludvig Regnell Hammarskiöld (26 June 1869 – 4 July 1958) was a Swedish Army officer. Hammarskiöld's senior commands include commanding officer of the 2nd Army Division and the Eastern Army Division, the position of Commandant General of Stockholm Garrison, Master-General of the Ordnance and Inspector of the Artillery. As a military historian, he researched the ancient history of the Swedish artillery.

Early life Hammarskiöld was born on 26 June 1869 in Dingtuna Parish, Västmanland County, Sweden, the son of major Per Theodor Hammarskiöld and his wife Sofia Gustafva Regnell. He was grandnephew of Lorenzo Hammarsköld.

Career Hammarskiöld was commissioned as an officer in First Svea Artillery Regiment in 1889 with the rank of underlöjtnant. Hammarskiöld attended the Artillery and Engineering College from 1893 to 1897 and served as a dispatch officer in staff of the IV Army Division in 1898. He became an artillery staff officer in 1899 and was secretary in artillery commissions from 1900 to 1902 and was promoted to captain in 1903. He participated in the work of the Boden Committee in 1905

Dates of rank 1889 – Underlöjtnant 1895 – Lieutenant 1903 – Captain 1909 – Major 1913 – Lieutenant colonel 1915 – Colonel 1926 – Major general 1933 – Lieutenant general

Awards and decorations

Swedish

Landstormens Silver Medal (LandstSM) Member of the Royal Society for Publication of Manuscripts on Scandinavian History (1903) Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1907) President of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1935–1937)