Karl Amundson
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| Birth name | Karl Albert Byron Amundson |
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29 November 1873 Grythyttan, Sweden |
| Died | 21 February 1938 (aged 64) , Sweden |
| Allegiance | Sweden |
| Service/branch | Swedish Air Force |
| Years of service | 1894–1931 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Commands held |
Field Telegraph Corps Svea Engineer Corps Chief of the Air Force |
Karl Albert Byron Amundson (KABA) (29 November 1873 – 21 February 1938) was a Swedish Air Force major general, ballooner and military attaché. He was the first Swedish Chief of the Air Force (1926–31).
Amundson was born in Grythyttehed, Grythyttan, Sweden, the son of colonel Johan Albert Amundson (born 1840) and Alma Helena Albertina Godtknecht (born 1854). Amundson became second lieutenant at the Fortification (Fortifikationen) in 1894, and was promoted to captain in 1904. He was a teacher at the Artillery and Engineering College from 1906 to 1910 and at the Royal Swedish Naval Staff College from 1910 to 1912. From 1911 to 1915 he was the Swedish military attaché in Paris and from 1912 to 1918 the one in Brussels, where he followed on the French side the operations during the World War I, the beginning and the end.
Amundson was promoted in 1915 to major and was elected the same year as a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences. He was commander of the Field Telegraph Corps from 1915 to 1920 and 1924 to 1925 and Arméns flygväsende in 1915. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1918 and was the commander of the Svea Engineer Corps (Ing 1) from 1920 to 1924 and was promoted to colonel in 1924 commander of Arméns flygväsende. He was promoted to major general in 1925 and was Chief of the Swedish Air Force from 1925 to 1931.
Amundson was in Paris during the year 1900 along with August Saloman to study balloons and aeronautics on the behalf of the Swedish coastal artillery and the Swedish Army. In December the same year he took part in the founding of a Swedish Aeronautic Society – or SAS – where he was the chairman from 1906 to 1911 and again 1930 to 1932.
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