Lieutenant General Carl Axel Fredrik Ivar Holmquist was a senior Swedish Army officer and sports official.
21 Facts About Ivar Holmquist
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Ivar Holmquist was president of the International Ski Federation from 1924 to 1934 and served as Chief of the Swedish Army during World War II.
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Beyond his military career, Ivar Holmquist was deeply involved in sports administration, particularly skiing.
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Ivar Holmquist co-founded the International Ski Federation and served as its inaugural president from 1924 to 1934.
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Ivar Holmquist's leadership extended to chairing organizations like the Association for the Promotion of Cross-country Skiing in Sweden and the Norrbotten Landstorm Association.
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Ivar Holmquist was born on 22 February 1879 in Helsingborg, Sweden, the son of lieutenant general Fredrik Ivar Holmquist and his wife Baroness Cecilia Raab.
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Ivar Holmquist was commissioned as an officer and second lieutenant in 1899 and was assigned to Gota Life Guards where he became lieutenant in 1903.
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Ivar Holmquist attended the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 1902 and 1904 and the Firing School in 1904.
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Ivar Holmquist was a cadet of the General Staff from 1905 to 1907, staff adjutant and lieutenant of the General Staff in 1908 and conducted a field trip in Russia the same year.
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Ivar Holmquist was a teacher at the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 1911 to 1917 and captain of the General Staff in 1912.
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Ivar Holmquist was ordered to the Austro-Hungarian Army in 1912 and was captain of the Gota Life Guards in 1917.
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In 1918, Ivar Holmquist was chief of staff of the Aland detachment and in 1918 and 1919 Ivar Holmquist was secretary of the negotiations regarding the demolition of Aland's fortifications.
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Ivar Holmquist was staff adjutant and captain of the General Staff in 1919, chief adjutant and major there in 1919 and attended the War College in Paris from 1920 to 1920.
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Ivar Holmquist was an expert at the negotiations of the Aland crisis at the Council of the League of Nations at the Commission of Jurists in Paris and the conference in Geneva in 1921.
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Ivar Holmquist was a teacher at the tactical course for captains and cavalry captains in 1921,1924 and 1925.
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Ivar Holmquist was a teacher at the winter course for officers in 1923 and was head of the same from 1928 to 1930.
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Ivar Holmquist was a major of the Gota Life Guards in 1924, became lieutenant colonel in 1925 and was appointed colonel and commander of Norrbotten Regiment in 1928 and brigade commander of the Northern Army Division in 1934.
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Ivar Holmquist was promoted to major general in the Swedish Army in 1935 and was appointed a commander of the II.
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Ivar Holmquist was then Chief of the Army from 1940 to 1944.
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Ivar Holmquist was the Swedish Army's representative at the military skiing competition in Oslo in 1930, chairman of the Association for the Promotion of Cross-country Skiing in Sweden, vice chairman of the Swedish Ski Association, chairman of the Norrbotten Landstorm Association, president of the International Ski Federation from 1924 to 1934 and honorary chairman from 1934.
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Ivar Holmquist worked to introduce alpine skiing in Sweden and was the initiator for the Association for Ski Promotion's facilities in Storlien and Riksgransen.