Carl Pontus Gahn
Swedish military officer
- Anglo-French War (1778–1783)
- Siege of Gibraltar
- Siege of Port Mahón
- Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790)
- Battle of Parkumäki
- Battle of Kärnakoski (WIA)
- Battle of Savitaipal
- Dano-Swedish War (1808–1809)
- Battle of Trangen (POW)
- Swedish–Norwegian War
- Battle of Lier
- Battle of Matrand
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]
References
- ^ a b "Gahn".
- ^ "Scots in Sweden - Sixteenth Century".
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