Rudolf Kolmodin

Lieutenant General Karl Rudolf Kolmodin (17 January 1896 – 29 August 1978) was a Swedish Coastal Artillery officer. Kolmodin's senior commands include postings as commanding officer of the Gothenburg Coastal Artillery Defence and Stockholm Coastal Artillery Defence and as Inspector of the Swedish Coastal Artillery.

Early life Kolmodin was born on 17 January 1896 in Bromma Parish, Stockholm, Sweden, the son of Professor Adolf Kolmodin (1855–1928) and his wife Nelly (née von Post) (1858–1944). He was the brother of Colonel Gustaf Kolmodin (1893–1975) and Diplomat Johannes Kolmodin (1884–1933). Kolmodin passed studentexamen in Uppsala in 1914.

Career Kolmodin was commissioned as an officer in the Swedish Coastal Artillery in 1916 with the rank of second lieutenant. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1918. He served as an Adjutant in the staff of the commanding officer of the Swedish Coastal Artillery from 1925 to 1928 and as a mathematics, physics and artillery teacher at the Royal Swedish Naval Staff College and the Swedish Coast Artillery School (Kustartilleriets skjutskola, KAS) from 1927 to 1937.

Dates of rank 1916 – Second lieutenant 1918 – Lieutenant 1929 – Captain 1936 – Major 1941 – Lieutenant colonel 1942 – Colonel 1953 – Major general 1961 – Lieutenant general

Awards and decorations Kolmodin's awards:

Swedish Military Sports Association's Gold Medal (Sveriges militära idrottsförbunds guldmedalj) 2 x Sjövärnsflottiljens Gold Medal (Sthlmsförsv:KGM) Stockholm Officers’ Association's Silver Medal (Stockholms befälsförbunds silvermedalj) Coastal Artillery Reserve Officer's Badge of Honor (Kustartilleriets reservofficerares hederstecken)

Foreign

Honours Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1939) President of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1961–1963) Member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences (1943) Honorary member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences (1953)