Military career Uggla was commissioned as an officer in
Värmland Regiment in 1863 with the rank of
underlöjtnant. Uggla was commander of the Royal Military Academy from 1890 to 1897 He was dismissed from office on 28 December 1923 and died 10 days later.
Other work Uggla has been secretary, member and chairman of a number of military committees and commissions, including the Committee for the Examination of the Service Branches Exercise Regulations (
Kommittén för granskning af de särskilda vapenslagens exercisreglementen) from 1885 to 1887, the Conscription Committee (
Värnpliktskommittén) in 1898, the Infantry Exercise Regulations Committees (
Infanteriexercisreglementskommittéerna) from 1893 to 1895, from 1902 to 1904 and in 1912 as well as in the Commission for Inquiry and More Concerning the Regiment Pastor Institution (
Kommissionen för utredning m. m. rörande regementspastorsinstitutionen) in 1907. Also a close friend of the
voluntary shooting movement, Uggla was elected chairman of the Central Board of the National [Swedish] Rifle Clubs (
Skytteförbundens överstyrelse) in 1909. As such, he has made a special contribution in terms of the development of field shooting activities in a direction that was beneficial to Sweden's defense. For many years he was a member of the board of the Swedish Central Association for Sports Promotion (
Centralföreningen för idrottens främjande) and of the
Swedish Red Cross. From 1898 to 1902 he was a member of the
Court-Martial of Appeal. For a short time during the 1919 parliamentary term, he was the representative of
Värmland County in
Första kammaren. Uggla has also worked as a military writer. In addition to annual reports in the
Krigsvetenskapsakademiens Handlingar och Tidskrift, he published
Kriget mellan Tyskland och Frankrike 1870 och 1871 (together with G. Kleen och A. Malmborg, 1872),
Handledning vid studiet af krigskonsten (1878–1880) and a work dealing with the historical development of the war constitution and warfare (1885), and he wrote a section of
1818–1918. Minnesskrift med anledning af k. högre Artilleriläroverkets och Krigshögskolans på Marieberg samt Artilleri- och Ingenjörhögskolans etthundraåriga tillvaro (1918). Uggla also served as chairman in the Executive Board of the
Konungens hospital ("King's Hospital") in 1913 and in the life insurance company Balder. ==Personal life==