Thord Bonde

General Count Thord C:son (Carlsson) Bonde af Björnö (17March 1900 – 18October 1969) was a Swedish officer. He was Chief of Army from 1957 to 1963.

Military career
Bonde was born in Stockholm, Sweden and was the son of Equerry of the court, Count Carl Bonde and his first wife Blanche Dickson and half-brother of financier and cabinet chamberlain Peder Bonde.

Bonde became second lieutenant in the Life Regiment Hussars (K 3) in 1920 and captain of the General Staff in 1932. He was promoted to major in 1941, lieutenant colonel in 1943 and was military attaché in Washington, D.C. from 1943 to 1945. He was promoted to colonel in 1946 and became head of Section 1 and Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff the same year. Bonde was Chief of Staff of United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) from May 1948 to July 1948 when Åge Lundström succeeded him.

He was second-in-command of the Svea Life Guards (I 1) from 1950 to 1953 and head of the Swedish Defence University from 1953 to 1955. Bonde was promoted to major general in 1954. Bonde was the military commander of the VII. Military Area in 1955 and the III. Military Area from 1955 to 1957 when he was promoted to lieutenant general. He was Chief of Army from 1957 to 1963 and was appointed general upon his retirement in 1963.

Other work
Bonde was head of His Royal Majesty's staff from 1963 to 1969 and chairman of the Directorate of the House of the Nobility (Riddarhusdirektionen) from 1965. He became a member of Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences in 1945.

Personal life
In 1926, Bonde married Anna-Greta Sjöberg (1900–1983), the daughter of the state agricultural engineer A. L. G. Sjöberg and his wife. He was the father of Birgitta (born 1927), Margaretha (born 1931) and Claes (born 1941).

Awards and decorations
Bonde's awards:
 * Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword
 * Commander of the Order of Vasa
 * Knight of the Order of the Polar Star
 * Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland
 * Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav
 * Commander of the Legion of Merit