Hugo Cederschiöld

General Hugo Montgomery Cederschiöld (25 September 1878 – 17 March 1968) was a senior officer in the Swedish Army.

[2] He attended the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 1906 to 1908 and served as regimental adjutant in 1908.

He was a teacher at the Infantry Combat School from 1919 to 1923, an expert and secretary in the Drill Regulations Committee from 1921 to 1922, and was promoted to major in 1921 before serving at Svea Life Guards (I 1) in 1922.

[2] Cederschiöld was promoted to colonel in 1936 and was appointed commanding officer of the Svea Life Guards on 16 November 1936.

On 14 January 1938, it was decided that Cederschiöld would leave his post from 1 October 1938 to become the Commandant of Stockholm from the same date until 30 September 1943.

[4] In November 1950, Cederschiöld was appointed 1st Adjutant and Chief of His Majesty's Military Staff[4] and was promoted to lieutenant general in the reserve,[2] where he remained until 31 December 1954.

Cederschiöld was also member of the European Rotary International Council from 1948 and was chairman of numerous associations.

[6] In 1908 he married Baroness Margareta Wrangel von Brehmer (1888–1967), the daughter of the senior valet de chambre (överstekammarjunkare), Baron Wolmer Wrangel von Brehmer and Countess Ingeborg Ehrensvärd.

Chief of the General Staff Major General Bo Boustedt (right), Colonel Hugo Cederschiöld (left).