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from 1965 to 1969 and was chief adjutant from 1969. He was Sweden's
Military Sports Federation's leader of modern pentathlon from 1972 to 1984, chairman of its executive committee from 1978 to 1983 and secretary general from 1983 to 1996. Gärdin was also a member of the Executive Committee of the
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Artillery Regiment (A 6). Gärdin was promoted to senior colonel in 1976 and served as Inspector of the Artillery and Army Aviation in the
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