Carl Pontus Gahn

Major general

Carl Pontus Gahn
Major general; Carl Pontus Gahn
Birth name	Carl Pontus Gahn
Born	1 March 1759; Falun, Sweden
Died	9 May 1825 (aged 66); Stockholm, Sweden
Allegiance	Sweden
Service/branch	Swedish Army
Rank	Major general
Battles/wars	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 of 1808–09 Battle of Trangen (POW); Swedish–Norwegian War (1814) Battle of Lier; Battle of Matrand;
Other work	President of the Martial Court of Appeals (Krigshovrätten)

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. 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). 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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