Occupation Military officer Preceded by Hjalmar Palmstierna Succeeded by Jesper Crusebjorn | Full Name Axel Emil Rappe Name Axel Rappe Nationality Swedish Role Free lord | |
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Children Axel Rappe, Signe von Rappe Similar People Prince Friedrich Karl of Pr, Albrecht von Roon, Alva Myrdal, Ernst Linder, Prince Carl - Duke of Vaster | ||
Prime Minister Erik Gustaf Bostrom Grandchildren Gunnar Lunden-Welden | ||
Baron Axel Emil Rappe (2 October 1838 – 18 December 1918) was a Swedish Army general and Minister for War from 1892 and 1899.
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Career
Rappe was born in Christinelund manor in Arby, Kalmar County, the son of county governor, Baron A.L. Rappe and his wife Lisette Björnstjerna. He passed studentexamen in 1857 and then kansliexamen in 1860, both in the city of Uppsala. He became underlöjtnant in Uppland Regiment (I 8) in 1859 and general staff officer in 1865. Rappe served in the French Army during the Franco-Prussian War from 1870 to 1871 and then in the French Army in Algeria from 1871 to 1872. Back in Sweden, Rappe became captain in the Swedish Army in 1870 and of the General Staff in 1873.
He was promoted to major in 1874 and major of the General Staff in 1876 and served as Chief of Staff of the 4th Military District from 1878 to 1879. Rappe was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the Bohuslän Regiment (I 17) in 1879 and was promoted to colonel in the army in 1881. He was appointed commanding officer of Bohuslän Regiment in 1882 and Acting Chief of the General Staff the same year. In 1885, Rappe was promoted to major general and was appointed Chief of the General Staff. He served as such until 1892 when he was promoted to lieutenant general and appointed Minister for War and head of the Ministry of Land Defence. In 1899 he resumed his duty as Chief of the General Staff and served as such until 1905. Rappe was promoted to general in 1903.
He has been called the spiritual father of Boden Fortress.
Personal life
Rappe married on 2 May 1875 to Anna Sandahl (1855–1946), the daughter of Professor Oskar Theodor Sandahl and Jenny Magdalena Fredrika Huss. He was the father of opera singer Signe Rappe-Welden (1879–1974), Axel Rappe (1884–1945) who also became a military officer, and five more children. Rappe died in 1918 and was buried in Norra begravningsplatsen in Stockholm.
Dates of rank
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