Carl Pontus Gahn

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name=Carl Pontus Gahn


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allegiance=Sweden
rank=Major General
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lived=1759-1825
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laterwork= President of the Martial Court of Appeals (Krigshovrätten)
battles=Finland 1788-1789
Norway 1808
Norway 1814
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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.http://www.dalregementetsmuseer.se/03_Samlingar/02_arkivalier/004_pz-biografier/03_personartiklar/05_gahn.htm] He was enobled 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). [http://www.electricscotland.com/History/sweden/16-1.htm] 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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