Sten Wåhlin
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Early life
Wåhlin was born on 19 February 1914 in Söderhamn, Sweden, the son of Per Wåhlin (1885–1958), a banker, and his wife Tora, née Melin (1884–1950). He passed studentexamen in Stockholm in 1932 and was commissioned as an officer in Fortifikationen ("Royal Engineers") in 1935 with the rank of second lieutenant.[1]
Career
He attended the General Fortification Course at the Artillery and Engineering College from 1936 to 1938[2] and was promoted to lieutenant in 1938[1] and the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 1940 to 1942.[3] Wåhlin became captain in the General Staff Corps in 1944[1] and he served in the Defence Staff from 1944 to 1946.[4] From 1946 to 1951, Wåhlin served as a teacher at the Royal Swedish Army Staff College.[5] He served in Boden Engineer Corps (Ing 3) in 1951.[1] He was then promoted to major in the Swedish Engineer Troops and appointed head of the Army Staff's Equipment Department in 1953.[3] Wåhlin attended the General Course at the Swedish National Defence College in 1954.[4] In 1959, Wåhlin was promoted to lieutenant colonel and appointed commanding officer of the Swedish Army School of Field Works (Arméns fältarbetsskola, FältarbS) in 1959 and two years later he was promoted to colonel and appointed head of Section I of the Army Staff.[3] Wåhlin was a board member of the Swedish Armed Forces Factory Board (Försvarets fabriksstyrelse) from 1962.[6] During 1963 he served as commanding officer of the Life Regiment Grenadiers (I 3).
In 1964, Wåhlin was promoted to major general,
Personal life
In 1940 he married Märtha Bergenstråhle (1913–2011), the daughter of colonel Georg Bergenstråhle and Elsa (née von Malmborg).[3] They had two children: Lars Petter (born 1944) and Karl Fredrik (born 1952).[1]
The Wåhlin family owned Hallunda Gård,[12] an 18th-century manor house in Hallunda, Botkyrka Municipality.
Death
Wåhlin died on 15 March 1981 in Botkyrka Parish in Stockholm County.[13] He was interred on 24 April 1981 at Botkyrka Cemetery in the same grave as his parents and wife.[14]
Dates of rank
- 1935 – Second lieutenant
- 1938 – Lieutenant
- 1944 – Captain
- 1953 – Major
- 1959 – Lieutenant colonel
- 1961 – Colonel
- 1964 – Major general
- 1974 – Lieutenant general
Awards and decorations
Swedish
Commander 1st Class of the Order of the Sword (6 June 1967)[15]
Home Guard Medal of Merit in gold[1]
Foreign
Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav (1 July 1975)[16]
Honours
- Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1958)[1]
- Honorary member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences (1971)[17]
References
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- ^ SELIBR 3681523.
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- ^ SELIBR 8981272.
- ^ Sveriges statskalender för skottåret 1964 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1964. p. 120.
- SELIBR 3684907.
- ^ SELIBR 8258455.
- ^ Kungl. Maj:ts kungörelse om ändrad lydelse av 7 och 8 §§ instruktionen den 11 december 1959 (nr 546) för försvarets förvaltningsdirektion, SFS 1963:291, p. 636
- ^ Kungl. Maj:ts instruktion för försvarets förvaltningsdirektion, SFS 1965:832, p. 1996
- SELIBR 7451162.
- ^ "Torpet Lugnets historia". www.torpetlugnet.se (in Swedish). Föreningen Torpet Lugnet. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- SELIBR 11931231.
- ^ "Wåhlin, Sten". www.svenskagravar.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- SELIBR 3682754.
- ^ "Tildelinger av ordener og medaljer" [Awards of medals and medals]. www.kongehuset.no (in Norwegian). Royal Court of Norway. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
- SELIBR 10452099.