Bengt Uggla | |
Birth Date: | 9 September 1894 |
Birth Place: | Stockholm, Sweden |
Death Place: | Stockholm, Sweden |
Sport: | Modern pentathlon |
Club: | I1 IF, Stockholm |
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Bengt Uggla (9 September 1894 – 26 February 1937) was a Swedish modern pentathlete.[1] He participated in the 1920 Summer Olympics and finished fourth. His elder brother Bertil competed in various sports, including modern pentathlon at the 1924 Olympics.[2] [3]
Uggla was the youngest son of General Gustaf Uggla. Uggla passed studentexamen in Linköping in 1912 and was commissioned as an officer two years later. He became a captain in Svea Life Guards. Uggla died on 26 February 1937. The cause of death was influenza with associated blood clot.[4]