Carl-Fredrik Algernon
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Carl-Fredrik Algernon | |
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| Birth name | Carl-Fredrik Robert Algernon |
| Born | 9 October 1925 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Died | 15 January 1987 (aged 61) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Allegiance | Sweden |
| Service | Swedish Navy |
| Years of service | 1947–1974 |
| Rank | Rear admiral |
| Commands | 1st Destroyer Flotilla Vice Chief, Eastern Military Area Section 2, Defence Staff Military Office of the Minister of Defence |
| Other work | Military Equipment Inspector |
Rear Admiral Carl-Fredrik Robert Algernon (9 October 1925 – 15 January 1987) was a Swedish Navy officer. Algernon was head of the National Swedish War Materials Inspectorate from 1981 to 1987.
Career
Algernon was born on 9 October 1925 in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of head of department Carl Algernon and his wife Dagmar (née Alderin).[1] He became acting sub-lieutenant in 1947 and was promoted to sub-lieutenant in 1949. Algernon did flight interaction education from 1955 to 1956 and completed the staff course at the Royal Swedish Naval Staff College from 1956 to 1957. Algernon was promoted to lieutenant in 1959, was a member of the 1961 Defense Commission and was staff adjutant in the Coastal Fleet from 1962 to 1964 and was a lecturer at the Swedish National Defence College from 1964 to 1967.[1] He became a member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences in 1965.[1]
He was promoted to commander of the 2nd rank in 1965 and to commander of the 1st rank in 1966 and was a member of the Navy Officer Investigation from 1969 to 1971 when he was promoted to captain. Algernon was commanding officer of the 1st Destroyer Flotilla (Första jagarflottiljen, 1. jaflj) from 1971 to 1972 when he was promoted to captain of the 1st rank. He was vice chief at the staff of Eastern Military Area (Milo Ö) from 1972 to 1974 and chief of Section 2 in the Defence Staff from 1974 to 1978 when he was promoted to rear admiral. Algernon served afloat on various types of ships in the Swedish Navy during 1947-55, 1958-64, 1968-69 and 1971-72.[1] He was head of the Military Office of the Minister of Defence from 1978 to 1979 and its subsequent agency, the Ministry of Defence's International Unit (Försvarsdepartementets internationella enhet, Fö/INT) from 1979 to 1981[1] when he was appointed head of the National Swedish War Materials Inspectorate, a governmental agency tasked with supervising and revise exports of war materiel to foreign countries.
Bofors scandal and death
At the outbreak of the Bofors scandal in the late 1980s he became one of the leading investigators into the scandal despite the fact that he was a personal friend of the CEO of Bofors, Martin Ardbo, for many years.
Algernon died when he was hit by a train at the Stockholm metro station T-Centralen on 15 January 1987.[2] Earlier on the day he had a meeting with the CEO of Nobel Industrier (the new owners of Bofors), Anders Carlberg, about the allegations of smuggling against the company. During the conversation, Carlberg had told Algernon about an internal investigation which had confirmed that smuggling had existed. Due to Algernon's position as a leading investigator of the Bofors scandal, it was speculated that he might have been assassinated (i.e. pushed down on the railway). The subsequent investigation into his death, which ended on 11 March 1987, concluded that he had committed suicide.
Personal life
In 1947 he married Margareta Erlandson (born 1925), the daughter of construction engineer Harald Erlandson and Signe (née Hallgren).[1]
Dates of rank
- 1947 – Acting Sub-Lieutenant (Fänrik)
- 1949 – Sub-Lieutenant (Löjtnant)
- 1959 – Lieutenant (Kapten)
- 1965 – Commander of the 2nd rank (Kommendörkapten 2:a graden)
- 1966 – Commander of the 1st rank (Kommendörkapten 1:a graden)
- 1971 – Captain (Kommendör)
- 1972 – Captain of the 1st rank (Kommendör 1:a graden)
- 1978 – Rear admiral
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1985 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1985] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1984. p. 39. ISBN 91-1-843222-0.
- ^ Abrahamsson, Benny (2016-09-03). "Statsråd talar om Bofors under turbulent 1980-tal". Nya Wermlands-Tidningen (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.