Carl-Oscar Agell

Carl-Oscar Agell
Agell during the Winter War in 1940.
Birth name Carl-Oscar Agell
Born (1894-08-29)29 August 1894
Hjo, Sweden
Died 12 December 1983(1983-12-12) (aged 89)
Uppsala, Sweden
Allegiance Sweden
Service/branch Swedish Army
Years of service 1915–1958
Rank Colonel
Unit Swedish Volunteer Corps
Commands held Jämtland Ranger Regiment
Battles/wars Winter War

Carl-Oscar Agell (29 August 1894 – 12 October 1983) was a Swedish Army officer. He served in Finland during the Winter War and back in Sweden he became commanding officer of the Jämtland Ranger Regiment. Agell headed the Swedish contingent of the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission (NNSC) and became the civil defense chief in Norrköping before retiring in 1958.

Career

Agell was born in Hjo, Sweden, the son of mill and saw owner Nils Andersson and Blenda Samuelson. He passed the studentexamen in Växjö in 1913 and became a second lieutenant in the Kronoberg Regiment (I 11) in 1915. Agell was promoted to lieutenant in 1918 and to captain in 1930. He served on the General Staff in 1932 and with the Göta Life Guards (I 2) in 1935 and was promoted to major in 1936.[1]

He was acting head of the Royal Military Academy in 1937 and became a lieutenant colonel in the Finnish Army as part of the Swedish Volunteer Corps during the Winter War in 1940.[1] After Lieutenant Colonel Magnus Dyrssen was killed on 1 March 1940, Agell took command of the I. battlegroup.[2] Back in Sweden, Agell was a lieutenant colonel with the Norrbotten Regiment (I 19) the same year. He was promoted to colonel two year later in 1942 and assumed command of the Jämtland Ranger Regiment (I 5) in 1942.[1]

Agell was appointed commander of the Norrköping-Linköping defence area in 1949 and was the head of the Swedish contingent of the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission (NNSC) from 1954 to 1955, with a temporary rank of major general. He then was the civil defense chief in Norrköping from 1956 to 1958.[1]

Personal life

In 1925, he married Anna-Lisa Lundbohm (born 1898), the daughter of managing director Ferdinand Lundbohm and Anna Möller. Agell was the father of Margaretha (born 1929), Christer (born 1931) and Elisabeth (born 1936). He was a member of Rotary International.[1] Agell and his wife moved to Weda seat farm in Lästringe, Nyköping Municipality in July 1959 and then in the spring of 1964 they moved to Hörningsholm Castle, where they rented a villa in the castle's parkland.[3]

Awards and decorations

Agell's awards:[1]

  • Knight First Class of the Order of the Sword
  • Fourth Class of the Order of the Cross of Liberty with swords
  • Finnish War Memorial Medal
  • Home Guard Gold Medal of Merit (Hemvärnets förtjänstmedalj i guld)
  • Jämtland County Shooting Federation's gold medal (Jämtlands läns skytteförbunds guldmedalj)
  • Linköping Association for Volunteer Military Training's gold medal (Linköping's befäls(utbildnings)förbunds guldmedalj)
  • Swedish Central Federation for Voluntary Military Training's silver medal (Centralförbundet för befälsutbildnings silvermedalj)
  • Swedish Military Sports Association's silver medal (Sveriges militära idrottsförbunds silvermedalj)
  • Swedish Women's Voluntary Defence Service's silver medal (Sveriges lottakårers silvermedalj)
  • Army Shooting Medal (Arméns skyttemedalj)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Harnesk, Paul, ed. (1964). Vem är vem?. 2, Svealand utom Stor-Stockholm [Who is Who?. 2, Svealand excluding Greater Stockholm] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Bokförlaget Vem är vem. p. 5.
  2. ↑ Tigerstedt, Örnulf, ed. (1940). I österled: en bokfilm om svenska frivilligkåren (in Swedish). Stockholm: Självständighetsförb. p. 26. LIBRIS 1372129.
  3. ↑ "Ansedel Carl-Oscar Agell". www.molins.nu (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
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