Axel Rappe

Axel Rappe
Ministers for War
In office
22 June 1892 – 27 October 1899
Prime Minister Erik Gustaf Boström
Preceded by Hjalmar Palmstierna
Succeeded by Jesper Crusebjörn
Personal details
Born Axel Emil Rappe
(1838-10-02)2 October 1838
Arby, Kalmar Municipality, Sweden
Died 18 December 1918(1918-12-18) (aged 80)
Stockholm, Sweden
Resting place Norra begravningsplatsen
Nationality Swedish
Occupation Military officer
Military service
Service/branch Swedish Army
Years of service 1859–1903
Rank General
Commands General Staff
Battles/wars Franco-Prussian War

Baron Axel Emil Rappe (2 October 1838 – 18 December 1918) was a Swedish Army general and Minister for War from 1892 and 1899.

Career

Rappe was born in Christinelund manor in Arby, Kalmar County, the son of county governor, Baron A.L. Rappe and his wife Lisette Björnstjerna.[1] He passed studentexamen in 1857 and then kansliexamen in 1860, both in the city of Uppsala.[2] He became underlöjtnant in Uppland Regiment (I 8) in 1859 and general staff officer in 1865. Rappe served in the French Army during the Franco-Prussian War from 1870 to 1871 and then in the French Army in Algeria from 1871 to 1872. Back in Sweden, Rappe became captain in the Swedish Army in 1870 and of the General Staff in 1873.[2]

He was promoted to major in 1874[2] and major of the General Staff in 1876[1] and served as Chief of Staff of the 4th Military District from 1878 to 1879.[2] Rappe was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the Bohuslän Regiment (I 17) in 1879 and was promoted to colonel in the army in 1881. He was appointed commanding officer of Bohuslän Regiment in 1882 and Acting Chief of the General Staff the same year.[2] In 1885, Rappe was promoted to major general and was appointed Chief of the General Staff. He served as such until 1892 when he was promoted to lieutenant general and appointed Minister for War and head of the Ministry of Land Defence.[1] In 1899 he resumed his duty as Chief of the General Staff and served as such until 1905. Rappe was promoted to general in 1903.

He has been called the spiritual father of Boden Fortress.

Personal life

Rappe married on 2 May 1875 to Anna Sandahl (1855–1946), the daughter of Professor Oskar Theodor Sandahl and Jenny Magdalena Fredrika Huss.[3] He was the father of opera singer Signe Rappe-Welden (1879–1974), Axel Rappe (1884–1945) who also became a military officer, and five more children. Rappe died in 1918 and was buried in Norra begravningsplatsen in Stockholm.[4]

Dates of rank

Rappe's dates of rank:[3]

Awards and decorations

Honours

References

  1. 1 2 3 Vem var det?: biografier över bortgångna svenska män och kvinnor samt kronologisk förteckning över skilda ämbetens och tjänsters innehavare [Who was it?: biographies of deceased Swedish men and women and chronological list of different office and services holders] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1944. p. 156. LIBRIS 8079633.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Hildebrand, Albin; Bergenstråhle, Edvard, eds. (1899). Svenskt porträttgalleri. 3, Konungens statsråd, Konungens högsta domstol, Kungl. Maj:ts kansli, Kungl. Maj:ts beskickningar till främmande makter samt svenska och norska aflönade generalkonsuler, konsuler och vice konsuler (in Swedish). Stockholm: Tullberg. p. 8. LIBRIS 384675.
  3. 1 2 Åselius, Gunnar (1995–1997). "Axel E Rappe". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). 29. National Archives of Sweden. p. 687. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Norra begravningsplatsen, kvarter 07B, gravnummer 39" (in Swedish). Hittagraven.se. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Sveriges statskalender för år 1905 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1904. p. 123.
Government offices
Preceded by
Hjalmar Palmstierna		 Minister for War
1892–1899		 Succeeded by
Jesper Crusebjörn
Military offices
Preceded by
Axel Ryding		 Chief of the General Staff
1885–1892		 Succeeded by
Ernst von der Lancken
Preceded by
Knut Gillis Bildt		 Chief of the General Staff
1899–1905		 Succeeded by
Knut Gillis Bildt
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