Major General Per Erik Robert Lugn was a Swedish Army officer.
20 Facts About Robert Lugn
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Robert Lugn passed studentexamen in 1947 and attended the Military Academy Karlberg in 1948 and was commissioned as an officer the same year and assigned as a second lieutenant in Skaraborg Regiment.
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Robert Lugn was promoted to lieutenant in 1950 and attended the Royal Swedish Army Staff College in from 1955 to 1957 and conducted military studies in Germany, Belgium and The Netherlands in 1956.
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Robert Lugn became captain of the General Staff Corps in 1960 and was appointed section chief in the Organisation Department of the Army Staff.
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In 1965, Robert Lugn served in the Swedish Battalion in Cyprus, part of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus and in 1966 he was promoted to major of the General Staff Corps.
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Robert Lugn was promoted to lieutenant colonel of the General Staff Corps in 1968 and served in Gota Life Guards in 1970.
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In 1972, Robert Lugn was promoted to colonel of the General Staff Corps and appointed section chief in the Army Staff.
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Robert Lugn was promoted to major general and appointed Chief of the Army Staff and Chief of the General Staff Corps in 1979.
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Robert Lugn's written instructions to the staff were marked by a good pen.
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Robert Lugn then served as Chief of Home Guard from 1 October 1983.
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Robert Lugn got the servicemen to accept that they belonged to an army unit and introduced military training to all servicemen.
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Robert Lugn made sure that the platoons got heavier weapons such as machine guns and recoilless rifles.
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Robert Lugn took hold of the higher education of the commander and introduced a higher education of circuit Home Guard commanders, which led to competence as battalion commander.
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Robert Lugn served as Chief of Home Guard until his retirement on 1 March 1988.
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Robert Lugn was an expert in 1960 and the 1972 Conscription Investigation and in the 1966 Conscription Commission as well as in the Swedish Armed Forces Peace Organization Investigation.
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Robert Lugn was a member of the Real Estate Board of the Swedish Armed Forces Lugn was chairman of the Swedish Pistol Shooting Association from 1979 to 1985 and of the Swedish Defence Automobile Association from 1983 to 1986.
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Robert Lugn was secretary in the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences from 1988 to 1990.
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In 1947, Robert Lugn married Brita-Stina Alinder, the daughter of Nimrod Alinder and Bricken.
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Robert Lugn was the father of Kristina, Anders was born on 1951 and and Magnus.
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Robert Lugn died on 16 April 2016 and was interred on 30 June 2016 at Vallentuna Cemetery.