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| birth_name = Oscar EugéneEugène Nygren

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[[General (Sweden)|General]] '''Oscar EugéneEugène Nygren''' (26 September 1872 – 12 January 1960) was a [[Swedish Army]] officer. HeNygren's wasmilitary Chiefcareer spanned over four decades, marked by a series of senior appointments. Beginning as a second lieutenant in the [[GeneralHälsinge StaffRegiment]] (Sweden)|Generalin 1892, he underwent extensive training, including attending the [[Royal Swedish Army Staff College]] fromand 1933serving toas 1937a andcadet actingat the [[ChiefGeneral of ArmyStaff (Sweden)|ChiefGeneral of the ArmyStaff]]. fromNygren 1936steadily toascended 1937.the Althoughranks, retiredreaching fromthe activepositions serviceof in 1937major, heVice wasChief calledof back in service afterthe [[WorldMilitary WarOffice II]]of brokethe out,Land asDefence|Military commanderOffice of the 2ndMinistry Armyof Corps.Land HeDefence]], finallyand retiredlieutenant fromcolonel at the ArmyGeneral in 1941Staff.

Nygren was borncommissioned inas [[Gävle]],an Sweden,officer the son of city broker Richard Nygren1892 and hiswas wifeassigned Thekla (née Engelmark).<ref name="Harnesk (1945), pp. 615-616">{{cite book |editor1-last=Harnesk |editor1-first=Paul |date=1945 |title=Vem är vem?. D. 1, Stockholmsdelen |trans-title=Who is Who?. D. 1, Stockholm part |location=Stockholm |publisher=Vem är vem bokförlag |language=Swedish |url=http://runeberg.org/vemarvem/sthlm45/0631.html |pages=615–616}}</ref> He becameas a second lieutenant into [[Hälsinge Regiment]] (I 14) inthe 1892same andyear. He studied at the [[Royal Swedish Army Staff College]] from 1896 to 1898 and was a cadet at the [[General Staff (Sweden)|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 Hälsinge Regiment (I 14) in 1909.<ref name="Cronenberg (1990-1991), p. 704">{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=8472 |publisher=[[National Archives of Sweden]] |encyclopedia=[[Svenskt biografiskt lexikon]] |title=Oscar E Nygren |first=Arvid |last=Cronenberg |year=1990–1991 |volume=27 |page=704 |access-date=2016-07-11 |language=Swedishsv}}</ref> Nygren was major at the General Staff in 1912 and was appointed Chief of Staff in the [[3rd Army Division (Sweden)|III Army Division]] in 1912.<ref name="Harnesk (1945), pp. 615-616"/>

He was viceVice chiefChief atof the [[Military Office of the Land Defence|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 [[German Empire|Germany]], [[Kingdom of Bulgaria|Bulgaria]], [[Ottoman Empire|Turkey]], the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] and the [[Macedonian front]] in 1918.<ref name="Lindblad (1924), p. 563">{{cite book |editor1-last=Lindblad |editor1-first=Göran |date=1924 |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1925 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1925 |location=Stockholm |publisher=P. A. Norstedt & Söners |language=Swedishsv |url=httphttps://runeberg.org/vemardet/1925/0569.html |page=563}}</ref> Back in Sweden he became colonel in the General Staff in 1919. He was appointed headChief of the ''kommandoexpedition''Military Office of the Ministry of Land Defence in 1919 conducted a study trip to the [[Italian Front (World War I)|Italian Front]] in 1922.<ref name="Lindblad (1924), p. 563"/> Back in Sweden he became executive officer of the [[Svea Life Guards]] (I 1) in 1923.<ref name="Harnesk (1945), pp. 615-616"/>

Nygren was appointed commanding officer of the 7th Infantry Brigade in 1926 and [[Boden Fortress#Commandants|Commandant in Boden Fortress]] in 1928. He was promoted to major general in 1929 and was appointed military commander of [[Upper Norrland]]'s Troops in 1930.<ref name="Harnesk (1945), pp. 615-616"/> Nygren was after that [[Chief of the General Staff (Sweden)|Chief of the General Staff]] from 1933 to 1937 and acting [[Chief of Army (Sweden)|Chief of the Army]] from 1936 to 1937 when he was promoted to lieutenant general. He was promoted to general upon retirement in 1937<ref name="Harnesk (1945), pp. 615-616"/> and was placed in the reserve the year after.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Burling |editor1-first=Ingeborg |date=1956 |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1957 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1957 |location=Stockholm |publisher=Norstedt |language=Swedishsv |url=httphttps://runeberg.org/vemardet/1957/0757.html |page=733}}</ref> In 1939, when [[World War II]] broke out, Nygren was appointed commander of the newly formed 2nd Army Corps in Upper Norrland and in 1940 he became commanding officer of the same in [[West Sweden]]. Nygren left the position in August 1941.<ref name="Cronenberg (1990-1991), p. 704"/>

In 1905 he married Jenny Öhgren (1886–1959), the daughter of rådmannen G. A. Öhgren and Ina (née Granberg).<ref>{{cite book |date=1932 |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1933 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1933 |location=Stockholm |publisher=Norstedt |language=Swedishsv |url=httphttps://runeberg.org/vemardet/1933/0641.html |page=641}}</ref> He was the father of colonel Hans Nygren (1906–1982).<ref>{{cite book |date=1976 |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1977 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1977 |location=Stockholm |publisher=Norstedt |language=Swedishsv |isbn=91-1-766022-X |url=httphttps://runeberg.org/vemardet/1977/0786.html |page=766}}</ref>

==Death==
Nygren died on 12 January 1960 in Stockholm and was buried in [[Norra begravningsplatsen]] in Stockholm.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hittagraven.stockholm.se/sv/Norra-begravningsplatsen/1/10C/10/1 |publisher=Hittagraven.se |title=Norra begravningsplatsen, kvarter 10C, gravnummer 10 |access-date=16 March 2015 |language=Swedishsv}}</ref>

*11 November 1892 – [[Unterleutnant|''[[Underlöjtnant'']]''

*7 August 1896 – [[Löjtnant|Lieutenant 2nd Class]]

*9 November 1900 – [[Löjtnant|Lieutenant 1st Class]]

*190531 December 1904 – [[Kapten|Captain]]

*20 November 1909 – [[Kapten|Captain 1st Class]]

*10 January 1913 – [[Major (Sweden)|Major]]

*191717 December 1915 – [[Överstelöjtnant|Lieutenant Colonelcolonel]]

*16 July 1919 – [[Överste|Colonel]]

*22 November 1929 – [[Generalmajor (Sweden)|Major Generalgeneral]]

*1 July 1936 – [[Generallöjtnant|Lieutenant Generalgeneral]]

*1 October 1937 – [[General (Sweden)|General]]

*First Class{{flagicon|Poland}} Grand Cross of the [[Order of MeritPolonia Restituta]]<ref name="Harnesk (Chile1945)|Order, ofpp. Merit]]615-616"/>

* {{flagicon|Denmark}} Commander 1st Class of the [[LegionOrder of Honourthe Dannebrog]]<ref name="Harnesk (1945), pp. 615-616"/>

* {{flagicon|Norway}} Commander with Star of the [[Order of theSt. Black StarOlav]]<ref name="Harnesk (1945), pp. 615-616"/>

* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Commander with Sword of the [[Order of theSaint CrownAlexander (Bulgaria)|Order of ItalySaint Alexander]]<ref name="Harnesk (1945), pp. 615-616"/>

*Knight First{{flagicon|France}} ClassCommander of the [[Order of the ZähringerBlack LionStar]]<ref name="Harnesk (1945), pp. 615-616"/>

*Knight of the Third{{flagicon|Italy}} ClassCommander of the [[Order of the Crown of Italy]]<ref name="Harnesk (Prussia1945)|Order, ofpp. the Crown]]615-616"/>

*[https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=8472 Article] in ''[[Svenskt biografiskt lexikon]]'' {{lang in|sv}}

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