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'' Friherre'' Bror Oliver Claes Munck af Fulkila (21 October 1857 – 18 July 1935) was a

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officer. Munck served as commanding officer of the

Crown Prince's Hussar Regiment The Crown Prince's Hussar Regiment ( sv, Kronprinsens husarregemente), designated K 7, was a Swedish Army cavalry regiment located in the province of Scania that traced its origins back to the 18th century. It had a number of names over its histo ...

, the

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, as the Inspector of the Cavalry and as commanding officer of the 3rd Army Division. He is also known as the organizer and head of the so-called Munckska kåren, a secret right-wing paramilitary group.

Early life

Munck was born on 21 October 1857 in

Jönköping Jönköping (, ) is a city in southern Sweden with 112,766 inhabitants (2022). Jönköping is situated on the southern shore of Sweden's second largest lake, Vättern, in the province of Småland. The city is the seat of Jönköping Municipali ...

, Sweden, the son of the colonel and the regimental commander of the then Jönköping Regiment Carl Jacob Munck and his wife in the second marriage, baroness Henriette Ulrika Antoinetta Carolina Cederström and thus brother to the princess

Ebba Bernadotte Princess Ebba Bernadotte (''née'' Ebba Henrietta Munck af Fulkila; 24 October 1858 – 16 October 1946), was a Swedish noble, lady-in-waiting and a titular princess, the spouse of Prince Oscar Bernadotte. Life She was the daughter of Finnish-b ...

. His father's family was probably of Finnish origin and dates back to the 16th century. The mother was the daughter of the "hero from Bornhöft", later the General ''Friherre''

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, who for his bravery in the battle in this place became the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword, the highest military award in Sweden. Munck is named after this grandfather, and he also became a cavalryman. Munck was promoted to vice corporal in Småland Hussar Regiment in 1874 and passed '' mogenhetsexamen'' the following year.

Career

Munck graduated from the Military Academy Karlberg, where he in 1877 he was appointed ''

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''. As such, he was commissioned as a messenger officer (''ordonnansofficer'') in the 2nd Army Division (''II. arméfördelningen'') from 1883 to 1887. In the latter year he was promoted to lieutenant and later served from 1892 to 1895 as the messenger officer of the Inspector of the Cavalry, during which time he served as secretary of the Committee for the Revision of the Exercise Regulations for the Cavalry. Later, he advanced as a '' ryttmästare'' in the Swedish Army in 1896 and in the regiment in 1897. He participated in imperial military exercises in

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in 1901, and served as commanding officer of the Cavalry School (''Kavalleriskolan'') from 1902 to 1903, and was a member of the Army Delegate (''Arméns fullmäktige'') in 1902. He was promoted to major in the Scanian Dragoon Regiment (''Skånska dragonregementet'') in 1904. Munck served with the 7th German Ulan Regiment and 16th German Dragoon Regiment in 1906. In 1906 he was appointed lieutenant colonel of the Life Regiment Dragoons and two years later he became colonel and commanding officer of the

before transferring in 1913 to the

where he served as executive officer for two years. Munck was promoted to major general in 1915 and served as Inspector of the Cavalry from 1915 to 1917, and then as commanding officer of the 3rd Army Division (''III. arméfördelningen'') from 1917 to 1922 when he retired and was promoted to lieutenant general. Munck was a leading expert in cavalry and equestrian sports, and represented the Swedish Army on several occasions abroad. He was also known as the organizer and head of the so-called Munckska kåren, a secret right-wing paramilitary group. Munck was also chairman of the Executive Board of the King's Hospital (''Konungens hospital''), a member of numerous committees for investigations of military issues, attended by the

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in 1913, and the State Regent of Finland

Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (, ; 4 June 1867 – 27 January 1951) was a Finnish military leader and statesman. He served as the military leader of the Whites in the Finnish Civil War of 1918, as Regent of Finland (1918–1919), as comma ...

in 1919. He was also the Swedish Army's representative to the funeral of Emperor

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in 1916 and at a ceremony in Fredrikshald on King Charles XII's day of death, as well as the Swedish Army officer's representative at the horse races at

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Personal life

On 20 October 1886 in Stockholm, Munck married Baroness Ebba Elisabet De Geer af Leufsta (born 15 December 1863 in Frötuna), the daughter of

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, ''Friherre'' Louis De Geer af Leufsta, and his first wife Vendla Mariana Johanna Sofia von Wright.

Death

Munck died on 16 February 1935 in Oscar Parish, Stockholm. He was buried in Norra begravningsplatsen in Stockholm on 23 February 1935.

Dates of rank

*1874 – ''Vice korpral'' *1877 – ''

Underlöjtnant ''Underlöjtnant'' (from the German word ''Unterleutnant'') was the lowest officer rank in the Swedish Army from 1835 to 1937 instead of the previous ranks of ''fänrik'' and cornet. was reintroduced in 1914 with the same position as , from 1926 ...

'' *1887 – ''Andre löjtnant'' *1888 – ''Förste löjtnant'' *1896 – '' Ryttmästare'' *1904 –

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*1906 –

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*1908 –

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*1915 –

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*1922 –

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Awards and decorations

*Knight Second Class of the Order of the Red Eagle (1908) *Commander Second Class of the

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(3 May 1909) *Commander Second Class of the Order of the Sword (

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1911) *Grand Officer of the

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(July 1913) *Commander First Class of the Order of the Sword (

1915) *Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (1919) *Commander First Class of the

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(February 1919) *Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword (

1923) *Grand Cross of the Order of the Black Star (18 July 1927) *Grand Cross of the

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*Commander of the Order of the Crown *Knight First Class of the Order of the White Falcon

Honours

*Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1902)

References

External links

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Svenskt biografiskt lexikon ''Svenskt biografiskt lexikon'' () is a Swedish biographical dictionary, started in 1917. The first volume, covering names ''Abelin'' to ''Anjou'', was published in 1918. As of 2017, names from A to S are covered. Volumes # ABELIN – ANJOU (1 ...

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