Wiktor Unander

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Wiktor Unander
Unander pictured in Ottoman gendarmerie uniform.
Birth nameWiktor Axel Unander
Nickname(s)Unax[1]
Born(1872-12-18)18 December 1872
Yttertavle, Sweden
Died20 September 1967(1967-09-20) (aged 94)
Bern, Switzerland
Buried
Norra begravningsplatsen
AllegianceSweden
Service/branchSwedish Army (1894–1900, 1906–22)
French Army (1900–1902)
Ottoman Army (1903–1906)
Years of service1894–1922
RankMajor
Battles/warsFirst Balkan War
RelationsJesper Crusebjörn (father-in-law)

Wiktor Axel Unander (18 December 1872 – 20 September 1967) was a Swedish Army officer who also served in the French Army in Algeria and in the Ottoman Army in the Balkans. He also served in the Swedish foreign service as diplomatic agent and consul general in Egypt and as consul in Zagreb.

Early life

Unander was born on 18 December 1872 in Yttertavle, Sweden, the son of secretary Ph.D. Ferdinand Unander and his wife Fanny (née Scharin).[2] He passed studentexamen in Stockholm in 1892.[2]

Career

In 1894, Unander graduated from the

Manastir Vilayet and in the Albanian Vilayet.[2]

Unander re-entered the Swedish Army in 1906 and was promoted to captain in Västerbotten Regiment in 1907.[4] He served in the 1st Life Grenadier Regiment in 1911[4] and from October 1912 to May 1913 as military attaché in Constantinople, where he took part in the Battle of Lule Burgas and the First Battle of Çatalca during the First Balkan War.[5] Unander served as a special attaché in London from 1917 to 1918 and he was promoted to major in Norrbotten Regiment the same year. He was acting diplomatic agent and consul general in Egypt from 1919 to 1922 and served in the South Scanian Infantry Regiment (Södra skånska infanteriregementet, I 7) in 1922.[2] Unander last assignment was as Swedish consul in Zagreb from 1926 to 1929.[4]

On 21 March 1936, in his home at Drottninggatan 36 in Malmö and surrounded by like-minded people, Unander founded Travellers Club in Malmö, a gentlemen's club which consists of men who have gained experience and knowledge of foreign countries and cultures and who wish to exchange thoughts and experiences. He served as the club's first Dux Emeritus until 1953.[1]

Personal life

On 5 May 1905 in Vienna, Austria, he married Cecilia Crusebjörn (1878–1966),[6] the daughter of Lieutenant General Jesper Crusebjörn and Augusta Bahrman.[4] They had one daughter, Nedjibé (1907–1995), who married doctor A. W. Ott of Langendorf, Switzerland.[2]

Death

Unander died on 20 September 1967 in Bern, Switzerland[6] and was buried on 22 December 1967 in Norra begravningsplatsen in Stockholm.[7]

Dates of rank

Swedish Army

Turkish Army

Awards and decorations

Unander's awards:[2]

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ a b "Klubbens historia". www.travellers.se (in Swedish). Travellers. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  2. ^
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  3. ^ "Karlbergskadetter 60-årsjubilerar". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 1954-11-11. p. A17. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  4. ^
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  5. ^ a b Westrin, Theodor, ed. (1920). Nordisk familjebok: konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi (in Swedish). Vol. 30 (New, rev. and richly ill. ed.). Stockholm: Nordisk familjeboks förl. p. 970.
  6. ^ a b "Crusebjörn nr 136". www.Adelsvapen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Unander, WIKTOR AXEL". www.svenskagravar.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 24 October 2019.
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