This is a strange one - the online dictionaries (and my physical one) and Google only have galant as an adjective meaning gallant. Even SAOL only has “gallant”.
I can see from the link below lots of different meanings. Could you throw any light on this word, please? Why do so many resources only recognise it as gallant?
https://mymemory.translated.net/en/Swedish/English/galant
SAOL (1998 edition): “uppmärksam mot damer; lättfärdig; utmärkt”. The last definition is fitting. “With flying colors” comes to mind.
As for the confusion, I can only speculate that this is word that originally describes the various qualities of a French officer. 
Hey - no fair using old books!!! 
I’ve made yet more notes…and I’m not getting into Nationalism today! Apparently there is some kind of football match on. Not sure who is playing 