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Carl Pontus Gahn

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Carl Pontus Gahn
Birth nameCarl Pontus Gahn
Born(1759-03-01)1 March 1759
Falun, Sweden
Died9 May 1825(1825-05-09) (aged 66)
Stockholm, Sweden
AllegianceSweden Sweden
Service / branchSwedish Army
RankMajor general
Battles / wars
Other workPresident of the Court-Martial of Appeal

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 Court-Martial of Appeal in 1824.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "Gahn".
  2. ^ "Scots in Sweden - Sixteenth Century".