Bengt Uggla (9 September 1894 – 26 February 1937) was a Swedish

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. He participated in the

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and finished fourth. His elder brother

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competed in various sports, including modern pentathlon at the 1924 Olympics.Bengt Uggla
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'' in

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in 1912 and was commissioned as an officer two years later. He became a captain in

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. Uggla died on 26 February 1937. The cause of death was influenza with associated blood clot.

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* 1894 births 1937 deaths Swedish Army officers Swedish male modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes for Sweden Modern pentathletes at the 1920 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes from Stockholm {{Sweden-modern-pentathlon-bio-stub