Lieutenant General Friherre Regner Niels Carlsson Leuhusen was a Swedish Army officer.
21 Facts About Regner Leuhusen
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Regner Leuhusen was born on 22 December 1900 in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of ryttmastare, Friherre Carl Regner Leuhusen and his wife Lizinka.
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Regner Leuhusen became an officer candidate in Svea Life Guards on 7 September 1919 and enrolled at the Military Academy Karlberg in Stockholm on 15 October 1920.
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Regner Leuhusen graduated from the Military Academy Karlberg on 17 December 1921 and was commissioned as an officer and assigned as a second lieutenant to Svea Life Guards on 31 December 1921.
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Regner Leuhusen was promoted to underlojtnant on 31 December 1923 and to lieutenant on 28 May 1926.
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Regner Leuhusen became captain in the General Staff in 1935 and he served in Norrbotten Regiment in 1939 and was major at Military Academy Karlberg in 1941.
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Regner Leuhusen served as a teacher of land warfare at the Royal Swedish Air Force Staff College in 1941.
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Regner Leuhusen was major in the General Staff Corps in 1942 and served as head of the Central Department in the Army Inspectorate from 1942.
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Regner Leuhusen was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1944 and served in Jonkoping-Kalmar Regiment in 1945.
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Regner Leuhusen was promoted to colonel in 1947 and was assigned to Svea Life Guards.
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Regner Leuhusen then served as commander of the Swedish Infantry Gunnery School from 1946 to 1951 and of Varmland Regiment from 1951 to 1953.
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Regner Leuhusen was colonel in the General Staff Corps and served as chief of Section II in the Army Staff in 1953.
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Regner Leuhusen was promoted to major general in 1957 and served as Commanding General, VII Military District between 1 April 1957 and 30 September 1959.
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Regner Leuhusen was then Commanding General, V Military District from 1959 to 1966.
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Regner Leuhusen retired from active service in 1966 and was promoted to lieutenant general on the reserve list.
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Besides his military career, Regner Leuhusen was the King in Council's representative at the Central Board of the National [Swedish] Rifle Clubs from 1947.
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Regner Leuhusen has been credited by Major General Claes Skoglund with inventing motorized bikejoring, based on skijoring, which is a way to pull military bicycles on a wire behind a motor vehicle to move large masses of light infantry faster.
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In 1933, Regner Leuhusen married Marie-Louise Cervell, the daughter of consul Gustaf Johanson and Anna.
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From 1936 to 1963, Regner Leuhusen owned a villa on Kopparbovagen 48 in Kopparbo in Kolmarden.
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Regner Leuhusen was the owner of Boxholm's manor in Ostergotland from 1962.
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Regner Leuhusen was interred at Bastad's new burial ground, south of St Mary's Church in Bastad.