Carl Pontus Gahn
Carl Pontus Gahn | |
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Birth name | Carl Pontus Gahn |
Born | Falun, Sweden | 1 March 1759
Died | 9 May 1825 Stockholm, Sweden | (aged 66)
Allegiance | ![]() |
Service/ | Swedish Army |
Rank | Major general |
Battles/wars | Anglo-French War (1778–1783)
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Other work | President of the Martial Court of Appeals (Krigshovrätten) |
Carl Pontus Gahn (1 March 1759 – 9 May 1825) was a Swedish military officer who participated in the Russo-Swedish War in Finland in 1788–1789, the Finnish War campaign in Norway in 1808 and the unsuccessful invasion of Norway at Eidskog in 1814.[1] He was ennobled in 1809, taking the title Gahn af Colquhoun in acknowledgement of his Scottish ancestry (Gahn was itself a contraction via Cahun of the family name of Colquhoun).[2] He was promoted to the rank of Major General in 1814 and became president of the (Krigshovrätten) in 1824.[1]
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