Ernst Linder

{{short description|Swedish Army officer}}

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{{Infobox military person

| name = Ernst Linder

| image = Major General Ernst Linder, circa 1940s.jpg

| caption =

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1868|4|25|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Pohja, Finland

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1943|9|14|1868|4|25|df=yes}}

| death_place = Stockholm, Sweden

| placeofburial = Norra begravningsplatsen

| allegiance = {{flag|Sweden}} (1887–1918, 1920–1939)
{{flag|Finland}} (1918–1920)

| branch = Swedish Army
White Guard
Finnish Army

| serviceyears = 1889–1927
1939–1940

| rank = Major General (Sweden)
Lieutenant General (Finland)
General of the Cavalry (Finland)

| unit =

| commands = Riding School
Inspector of Cavalry
Swedish Volunteer Corps
Lapland Area of operations

| battles =

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• Finnish Civil War
• Battle of Tampere
• World War II
• Winter War

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Ernst Linder (25 April 1868 – 14 September 1943) was a Swedish general of Finnish descent who served in the Swedish Army from 1887 to 1918, after which he participated in the Finnish Civil War as the commander of the Satakunta and Savo army groups, whose responsibility stretched from Finland's western coast adjoining the Gulf of Bothnia to Näsijärvi.[http://www.mannerheim.fi/06_vsota/e_linder.htm Ernst Linder]. mannerheim.fi Linder was friends with the White Commander, Marshal Gustaf Mannerheim. Following the war, he served as Inspector of Cavalry until retiring in 1920.

Linder was promoted into the rank of Major General on 13 April 1918, Lieutenant General in 1938, and General of Cavalry in 1940.[https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1943/0501.html "Linder, Ernst"], pp. 501–502 in Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1943. Stockholm: Norstedt.

In the Winter War, the 71-year-old Linder led the Swedish Volunteer Corps from 6 January to 27 February 1940, after which he functioned as a commander of the Salla area.

In addition to his military career, Linder was an accomplished horse rider who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics,{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/12325 |title=Ernst Linder |work=Olympedia |access-date=23 October 2021}} where he and his horse Piccolomino won the gold medal in individual dressage.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204851/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/ernst-linder-1.html Ernst Linder]. sports-reference.com{{cite web |url=http://sok.se/idrottare/idrottare/e/ernst-linder.html |title=Ernst Linder |publisher=Swedish Olympic Committee}}

Linder is buried at Norra begravningsplatsen in Stockholm.