Regner Leuhusen

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Regner Leuhusen
Birth nameRegner Niels Carlsson Leuhusen
Born(1900-12-22)22 December 1900
Stockholm, Sweden
Died10 March 1994(1994-03-10) (aged 93)
Båstad, Sweden
AllegianceSweden
Service/branchSwedish Army
Years of service1921–1966
RankLieutenant General
Commands heldInfantry Gunnery School
Värmland Regiment
VII Military District
V Military District

Lieutenant General Friherre Regner Niels Carlsson Leuhusen (22 December 1900 – 10 March 1994) was a Swedish Army officer. Leuhusen served as commander of Värmland Regiment (1951–1953), and as Commanding General of the VII Military District (1957–1959) and the V Military District (1963–1966).

Early life[]

Leuhusen was born on 22 December 1900 in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of ryttmästare, Friherre Carl Leuhusen and his wife Lizinka (née Sörensen).[1]

Career[]

Leuhusen was commissioned as an officer in 1921 and was assigned as a second lieutenant to Svea Life Guards. He was promoted to underlöjtnant in 1923[2] and to lieutenant in 1926.[3] Leuhusen became captain in the General Staff in 1935 and he served in Norrbotten Regiment in 1939 and was major at Military Academy Karlberg in 1941.[4] He served as a teacher of land warfare at the Royal Swedish Air Force Staff College in 1941.[5] Leuhusen was major in the General Staff Corps in 1942[1] and served as head of the Central Department in the Army Inspectorate (Arméinspektionen) from 1942.[6]

He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1944 and served in Jönköping-Kalmar Regiment in 1945. He was promoted to colonel in 1947 and was assigned to Svea Life Guards. Leuhusen then served as commander of the Swedish Infantry Gunnery School from 1946 to 1951 and of Värmland Regiment from 1951 to 1953. He was colonel in the General Staff Corps and served as chief of Section II in the Army Staff in 1953.[7] Leuhusen was promoted to major general in 1957 and served as Commanding General, VII Military District between 1 April 1957 and 30 September 1959.[8] He was then Commanding General, V Military District from 1959 to 1966. He retired from active service in 1966 and was promoted to lieutenant general on the reserve list.[1]

Besides his military career, Leuhusen was the King in Council's representative at the Central Board of the National [Swedish] Rifle Clubs (Skytteförbundens överstyrelse) from 1947.[9] He has also been credited by Major General Claës Skoglund with inventing motorized bikejoring (cykeltolkning),[10] based on skijoring, which is a way to pull military bicycles on a wire behind a motor vehicle to move large masses of light infantry faster.

Personal life[]

In 1933, Leuhusen married Marie-Louise Cervell (1902–1994), the daughter of consul Gustaf Johanson and Anna (née Valentin).[1] They had two children: Carl Herman (1934–2010[11]) and Caroline (born 1938).[12] Leuhusen's brother-in-law was colonel Frank Cervell.

From 1936 to 1963, Leuhusen owned a villa on Kopparbovägen 48 in Kopparbo in Kolmården.[13] He was the owner of Boxholm's manor in Östergötland[12] from 1962.

Death[]

Leuhusen died on 10 March 1994. He was interred at Båstad's new burial ground, south of St. Mary's Church in Båstad.[14]

Dates of rank[]

Awards and decorations[]

Swedish[]

Foreign[]

Honours[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e Uddling, Hans; Paabo, Katrin, eds. (1992). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1993 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1993] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 648. ISBN 91-1-914072-X. SELIBR 8261513.
  2. ^ Sveriges statskalender för året 1925 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksell. 1925. p. 231.
  3. ^ Sveriges statskalender för året 1931 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1931. p. 242.
  4. ^ Burling, Ingeborg, ed. (1956). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1957 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1957] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 566.
  5. ^ Sveriges statskalender för året 1942 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1942. p. 431.
  6. ^ Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1945 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1945] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1945. p. 634. SELIBR 8261511.
  7. ^ Sveriges statskalender för året 1955 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1955. p. 107.
  8. ^ Hammarhjelm, Bengt (1999). Beredskap på Gotland 175 år: 1811-1986 (in Swedish) (2nd, ext., plus complementary to 2000 ed.). Visby: Ödin. pp. 251–252. ISBN 91-85716-84-7. SELIBR 7751982.
  9. ^ Sveriges statskalender för året 1950 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1950. p. 1079.
  10. ^ Skoglund, Claës (2004). Hugemark, Bo (ed.). Fel sort och för mycket?: arméns avvägningsfrågor under det kalla kriget : vittnesseminarium armén 16 september 2004 (PDF). Publikation / Försvaret och det kalla kriget (FOKK), 1652-5388 ; 1 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Försvarshögskolan. p. 29. ISBN 9163155397. SELIBR 9687875.
  11. ^ "Carl Herman Regner Leuhusen". www.gravar.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Harnesk, Paul, ed. (1964). Vem är vem?. 2, Svealand utom Stor-Stockholm [Who's Who?. 2, Svealand excluding Greater Stockholm] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Bokförlaget Vem är vem. p. 476. SELIBR 53510.
  13. ^ "Kopparbovägen 48". www.kopparbo.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  14. ^ "Regner Nils Carlsson Leuhusen". www.gravar.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  15. ^ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1969). Sveriges statskalender. 1969 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. p. 94. SELIBR 3682754.
  16. ^ Sveriges statskalender för året 1955 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1955. p. 10.
  17. ^ Sveriges statskalender för året 1947 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1947. p. 30.
  18. ^ Sveriges statskalender för året 1955 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1955. p. 96.
  19. ^ Sveriges statskalender för året 1955 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1955. p. 218.
  20. ^ "Tildelinger av ordener og medaljer" [Awards of medals and medals]. www.kongehuset.no (in Norwegian). Royal Court of Norway. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
Military offices
Preceded by
Sven Ramström
Swedish Infantry Gunnery School
1946–1951
Succeeded by
Wilhelm Reuterswärd
Preceded by
Fredrik Grevillius
Värmland Regiment
1951–1953
Succeeded by
Sven Holmberg
Preceded by Commanding General, VII Military District
1957–1959
Succeeded by
Preceded by Commanding General, V Military District
1959–1966
Succeeded by
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