Lieutenant General Sven Philip Salander (5 July 1894 – 31 March 1965) was a senior Swedish Army officer. He served as Commanding General of the Commanding General, V Military District from 1947 to 1959.
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| Birth name | Sven Philip Salander |
| Born | 5 July 1894 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Died | 31 July 1965 (aged 71) Tjörnarp, Sweden |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance | Sweden |
| Service | Swedish Army |
| Years of service | 1913–1959 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands | |
| Relations | Pernilla Stalfelt (granddaughter) |
Early life
editSalander was born on 5 July 1894 in Hedvig Eleonora Parish, Stockholm, Sweden,[1] the son of captain Nils Salander and his wife Elsa Hilda Sofia Söderhielm. Salander passed studentexamen in Stockholm in 1911.[2]
Career
editSalander was commissioned as an officer in 1913 and received the rank of underlöjtnant and was assigned to Svea Artillery Regiment the same year.[3] He attended the Artillery and Engineering College from 1915 to 1918 and the Swedish Army Riding and Horse-Driving School from 1919 to 1920.[3] Salander served in the Artillery Staff from 1923 to 1930, was promoted to major in 1934 and then served as head of department in the Artillery Staff from 1934 to 1937. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel and served as chief of staff in the Artillery Inspectorate (Artilleriinspektionen) in 1937.[3]
In 1940, Salander was promoted to colonel and was appointed commander of Norrbotten Artillery Corps in Boden. Two years later, he was appointed Inspector of the Artillery. Salander was promoted to major general in 1945 and served ad Acting Commanding General, V Military District based in Karlstad between 1945 and 1947[4] and then as Commanding General of the same military district from 1947 and 1959 when he retired and was promoted to lieutenant general on the retired list.[3]
Salander undertook military study trips to Germany in 1941 and Denmark in 1945 and has collaborated with articles in Artilleri-Tidskrift and the daily press, etc.[2]
Personal life
editIn 1926, Salander married Karin Stjerndahl (born 1905), the daughter of district police superintendent (landsfiskal) Oscar Stjerndahl and Emma Person.[3] They had two sons, Nils (born 1927) and Leif (born 1930), and two daughters, Ann-Marie (born 1932) and Agneta (1936–2007).[5] He was the grandfather of the children's writer and illustrator Pernilla Stalfelt.
Death
editSalander died on 31 July 1965 in Tjörnarp Parish, Kristianstad County.[1] He was interred on 18 September 1965 at Norra begravningsplatsen in Solna Municipality.[6]
Dates of rank
edit- 1913 – Underlöjtnant
- 1917 – Lieutenant
- 19?? – Captain
- 1934 – Major
- 1937 – Lieutenant colonel
- 1940 – Colonel
- 1945 – Major general
- 1959 – Lieutenant general
Awards and decorations
edit
Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword
Commander of the Order of the Sword (before 1945)[5]
Knight of Order of Vasa (before 1945)[5]
Honours
edit- Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1936)[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Sveriges dödbok 1901-2013 [Swedish death index 1901-2013] (in Swedish) (Version 6.0 ed.). Solna: Sveriges släktforskarförbund. 2014. ISBN 9789187676642. SELIBR 17007456.
- ^ a b c Dahl, Torsten; Nils, Bohman, eds. (1949). Svenska män och kvinnor: biografisk uppslagsbok. 6 P-Sheldon (in Swedish). Stockholm: Bonnier. p. 472. SELIBR 53805.
- ^ a b c d e Burling, Ingeborg, ed. (1962). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1963 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1963] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 932. SELIBR 9649168.
- ^ Sveriges statskalender för året 1947 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1947. p. 314.
- ^ a b c Harnesk, Paul, ed. (1945). Vem är vem? [Who's Who?] (in Swedish). Vol. D. 1, Stockholmsdelen. Stockholm: Vem är vem bokförlag. p. 725. SELIBR 8198269.
- ^ "Salander, SVEN PHILIP". www.svenskagravar.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 November 2021.