Carl Bonde
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Born | 28 April 1872 Mörkö, Stockholm, Sweden | ||||||||||||||
Died | 13 June 1957 (aged 85) Hörningsholm Castle, Sweden | ||||||||||||||
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Country | Sweden | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Horse riding | ||||||||||||||
Club | K3 IF, Skövde | ||||||||||||||
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Count Carl Gustaf Bonde af Björnö (28 April 1872 – 13 June 1957) was a Swedish Army officer, equerry and horse rider who competed at the 1912 and 1928 Olympics.[1]
Military career
Bonde was born in
Sports career
Bonde was a prominent horse rider. In 1912 he won the gold medal in the
Other work
Bonde possessed a wide range of entailed estates, including Vibyholm Castle and Hörningsholm Castle in Södermanland, Katrineholm, Bordsjö, Askeryd and Herrestad in Småland and Sävstaholm and Toftaholm.[2]
He was a member of Halland County Rural Economy and Agricultural Societie's acquisition committee (Hallands läns hushållningssällskaps förvärvsutskott) and member of the Halland County landstorm. Bonde was an inspector of POW camps in Siberia from 1917 to 1918. He was chairman of the Stockholm Harness Horseman's Association from 1900[2] and chairman and vice chairman of the Swedish Equestrian Central Association in 1933–38. He served as a judge of equestrian competitions at the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles.[4]
Personal life
Bonde was married and divorced twice. He was married 1896–1919 to Blanche Charlotte Eleonore Dickson (1875–1960), daughter of James Fredrik Dickson and Blanche Dickson. Bonde was married a second time 1920–1941 to Ebba Wallenberg (1896–1960), daughter of the banker
Bonde's first wife Blanche Dickson inherited Tjolöholm Castle and they lived there until their divorce in 1919.
Awards and decorations
Bonde's awards:[2]
Swedish
- King Gustaf V's Jubilee Commemorative Medal (1928)
- Commander 2nd Class of the Order of Vasa
- Knight of the Order of the Sword
- King Gustaf V's Olympic Commemorative Medal (Konung Gustaf V:s olympiska minnesmedalj)
- Medical Gold Medal (Sjukvårdsguldmedalj) (Swedish Red Cross)
Foreign
- Grand Officer of the Order of the Three Stars
- Knight 2nd Class of the Order of Saint Anna
- Knight of the Order of Leopold
- Military Cross Second Class
- Officer of the Ordre des Palmes académiques
- Red Cross Medal First, Second and Third Class
- Order of the Crescent
- Austrian Honour Decoration of the Red Cross, Second Class with decoration
- Bulgarian War Commemorative Medal
Bibliography
- Bonde, Carl (1943). Jag berättar för Jan [I am telling Jan] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Medén.
References
- ^ "Carl Bonde". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Harnesk, Paul, ed. (1945). Vem är vem?. D. 1, Stockholmsdelen [Who is Who?. D. 1, Stockholm part] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Vem är vem bokförlag. pp. 106–107.
- ^ "Carl, Count Bonde". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ "Carl Bonde" (in Swedish). Swedish Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 February 2016.