Career
The 1912 pole vaulting competition was unusual in that two silver and three bronze medals were given to athletes who cleared equal heights. Uggla was awarded Stora Grabbars Märke in 1928. He was well known in Sweden for his morning gymnastics programs on Swedish radio from 1929 to 1945.
Colonel Uggla died in an accident while preparing for an eventing competition in a forest outside Karlstad.