Carl August Ehrensvärd (1892–1974), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Swedish count and general
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Place of Birth: Royal Karlskrona Admiralty Parish, Blekinge County, Sweden
About Carl August Ehrensvärd (1892–1974)
- Count Carl August Ehrensvärd (3 August 1892 – 24 April 1974) was a Swedish Army general.
- He was born in Karlskrona, and was son of the admiral and Minister for Naval Affairs, Carl August Ehrensvärd.
- Ehrensvärd left the Swedish Army in 1918 and joined the Finnish Army and saw action during the Finnish Civil War.
- Ehrensvärd rejoined the Swedish Army the same year and served until 1940 when he became general Ernst Linder's Chief of Staff during the Winter War as part of the Swedish Volunteer Corps.
- Back again in the Swedish Army, Ehrensvärd held positions such as Chief of the Defence Staff and Chief of the Army.
- He retired in 1957.
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