Oscar Nygren
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| Birth name | Oscar Eugéne Nygren |
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26 September 1872 Gävle, Sweden |
| Died | 12 January 1960 (aged 87) , Sweden |
| Buried at | Norra begravningsplatsen |
| Allegiance | Sweden |
| Service/branch | Swedish Army |
| Years of service | 1892–1937, 1939–1941 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands held |
Svea Life Guards General Staff Chief of the Army 2nd Army Corps |
Oscar Eugéne Nygren (26 September 1872 – 12 January 1960) was a Swedish Army general. He was Chief of the General Staff from 1933 to 1937 and acting Chief of the Army from 1936 to 1937. Although retired from active service in 1937, he was called back in service after World War II broke out, as commander of the 2nd Army Corps. He finally retired from the Army in 1941.
Nygren was born in Gävle, Sweden, the son of city broker Richard Nygren and his wife Thekla (née Engelmark). He became a second lieutenant in Hälsingland Regiment (I 14) in 1892 and studied at the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 1896 to 1898 and was a cadet at the General Staff from 1898 to 1901. Nygren became a lieutenant at the General Staff in 1902 and was promoted to captain in 1904. He was adjutant to the head of the Ministry of Land Defence from 1907 to 1910 and was transferred to Hälsingland Regiment (I 14) in 1909. Nygren was major at the General Staff in 1912 and was appointed Chief of Staff in the III. Army Division in 1912.
He was vice chief at the Military Office of the Ministry of Land Defence (Lantförsvarsdepartementets kommandoexpedition) in 1915 and was lieutenant colonel at the General Staff in 1915. Nygren was appointed head of the Royal Swedish Army Staff College in 1917 and conducted study trips to Germany, Bulgaria, Turkey, the Western Front and the Macedonian Front in 1918. Back in Sweden he became colonel in the General Staff in 1919. He was appointed head of the kommandoexpedition in 1919 conducted a study trip to the Italian Front in 1922. Back in Sweden he became executive officer of the Svea Life Guards (I 1) in 1923.
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