Background
Bonde was born in Stockholm, Sweden and was the son of Equerry of the court, Count Carl Bonde and his first wife Blanche Dickson and half-brother of financier and cabinet chamberlain Peder Bonde.
Bonde was born in Stockholm, Sweden and was the son of Equerry of the court, Count Carl Bonde and his first wife Blanche Dickson and half-brother of financier and cabinet chamberlain Peder Bonde.
He was Chief of the Army from 1957 to 1963. Bonde became second lieutenant in the Life Regiment Hussars (K 3) in 1920 and captain of the General Staff in 1932. He was promoted to major in 1941, lieutenant colonel in 1943 and was military attaché in Washington, District of Columbia from 1943 to 1945.
He was promoted to colonel in 1946 and became head of Section 1 and Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff the same year.
He was second-in-command of the Svea Life Guards (I 1) from 1950 to 1953 and head of the Swedish Defence University from 1953 to 1955. Bonde was promoted to major general in 1954.
Bonde was the military commander of the VII. Military Area in 1955 and the III. Military Area from 1955 to 1957 when he was promoted to lieutenant general. He was Chief of the Army from 1957 to 1963 and was appointed general upon his retirement in 1963.
He became a member of Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences in 1945.