Allegiance Sweden Died 1825 Name Carl Gahn | Commands held - Rank Major General Battles and wars Finland, Norway | |
Battles/wars Finland 1788-1789
Norway 1808
Norway 1814 Other work President of the Martial Court of Appeals (Krigshovratten) Similar People Andreas Samuel Krebs, Bernhard Ditlef von Staffeldt, Frederik Wilhelm Stabell | ||
Carl Pontus Gahn (1759–1825) 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 where he was imprisoned. 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). He was promoted to the rank of Major General in 1814 and became president of the Martial Court of Appeals (Krigshovrätten) in 1824.
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