Per Sylvan

Lieutenant General Per Gustaf Sylvan (23 April 1875 –19 September 1945) was a senior Swedish Army officer. He served as the first Chief of the Army from 1937 to 1940.

Early life Sylvan was born on 23 April 1875 in Malmö, Sweden, the son of Ph.D. Per Gustaf Sylvan (1827–1903) and Tina Löfvengren (1844–1893). He was the brother of Major General , Colonel , and politician .

Career Sylvan was commissioned as an officer in 1895 with then rank of underlöjtnant. He attended the Artillery and Engineering College higher course and became a lieutenant in 1898 and did refresher training at the same college from 1900 to 1902. Sylvan was an artillery staff officer from 1902 to 1904 and was an artillery teacher at the Artillery and Engineering College from 1904 to 1912. Sylvan was the leader of the Artillery Committee in 1910 and 1918 to 1920 and the Fortification Committee in 1919.

Personal life

He married the first time in 1906 with Signild Sylvan (1875–1908). They were the parents of Ph.D. Nils Sylvan (1907–1998). He married a second time in 1913 with Märta Santesson (1884–1963).

Foreign

Honours Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences