Carl Gustaf Hammarskjöld



Carl Gustaf Valdemar Hammarskjöld, born 22 April 1865 in Väderum, Tuna socken, Småland, Kalmar county, died 27 February 1940 in Stockholm, was a Swedish military officer and conservative politician.

Biography
Carl Gustaf Hammarskjöld graduated from Uppsala 1883, graduated as an officer 1885, became second lieutenant in Värmlands field volunteer corps 1885, lieutenant 1891, general staff 1895, captain 1899 in the Vaxholms branch. Regiment 1903, major at the general staff 1906, colonel in the Swedish army 1909. Regiment 1910, colonel (2) in the army 1913, colonel and chief for 1st Life Grenadier Regiment 1914, chief for the 3rd brigade 1917, major general and chief for the 6th army division in Östersund 1918.

Hammarskjöld implemented extra repetitions at Krigshögskolan, Karlskoga 1892-93, got promoted to company officer at Krigsskolan 1895, assisting teacher at Krigshögskolan 1897-98 and teacher 1899-03, general staff officer at the 2nd army division stab 1903-05, staff chief at the 1st army division 1905-06, under chief (Swedish: souschef) at Country of Defences commission expedition 1906-10. He got promoted year 1922 to chief of the general staff and 1930 to general, at the same time he left all his other positions.

Hammarskjöld represented the Swedish conservative right party from 1918 to 1920 in the andra kammaren (second chamber in the Swedish riksdag) and 1925-1932 in the första kammaren (first chamber). When Louis De Geer formed his caretaker government Hammarskjöld got appointed to the minister of defense the 27 October 1920 and sat to the 6 Juni 1921. As the minister of defense he wanted to increase the defense spending, opposite to the opposition in the riksdag. Hammarskjöld was, like the most in the right party, critical to the Social democrat's proposal to women's right to vote and the most other big reforms that the social democrats proposed. He also supported the resistance when the riksdagen put up a proposal to increase the public military service and later left the conservatives party.

Hammarskjöld was a member in the city council of Linköping from 1916 to 1919.

Carl Gustaf Hammarskjöld was a Commander of first class to the swords order. Commander of second class to the Vasa order. Knight of the Nordic star order. Knight of second class of the Russian Saint Anna order. Knight of the Royal Danish Dannebrogsorden. Knight of the third class of the Prussian red eagle order. Member of the Swedish royal military-science academy.



Family
Carl Gustaf Hammarskjöld was son to lieutenant Knut Hammarskjöld (1818-1891) and Wilhelmina Mimmi Hammarskjöld, born Cöster (1832-1901). The 28 November 1903 he married with Dora Almgren, daughter to director general Fredrik Almgren and Johanna Hanna Almgren, born Wasenius.

Children:
 * Carl, born 1904
 * Bengt, born 1905.

Carl Gustaf Hammarskjöld was brother to Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, cousine to Carl Hammarskjöld and Hugo Hammarskjöld, also uncle to Dag Hammarskjöld.

He's buried in Norra begravningsplatsen, Solna kommun.