Börje Wallberg
Senior Colonel Karl Gustaf Börje Wallberg (28 February 1923 in Södertälje[1] – 19 December 2014)[2] was a Swedish military officer and philatelist who was added to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1994.[3]
Wallberg formed Gold medal award-winning collections of Mongolia, classic Korea, North Korea, Cambodia and Laos. He won the Strandell Medal of the Philatelic Society of Sweden and the Personal Medal of King Carl-XVI-Gustaf.
Wallberg pursued a military career in the Swedish Army from 1946 to 1983, a.o. serving as Inspector of the Swedish Army Service Troops from 1974 to 1983. He was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences in 1976.[4]
References
- ^ Sveriges befolkning 1980 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Sveriges släktforskarförb. 2004. ISBN 9187676370. SELIBR 9632925.
- ^ Börje Wallberg har avlidit. Sveriges Filatelist-Förbund, 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ^ Background notes on The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists September 2011, Roll of Distinguished Philatelists Trust, London, 2011. Archived here.
- ^ Kjellander, Rune (1996). Kungl Krigsvetenskapsakademien: Svenska krigsmanna sällskapet (till 1805), Kungl Krigsvetenskapsakademien : biografisk matrikel med porträttgalleri 1796-1995 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Akad. p. 182. ISBN 9163041812. SELIBR 7451162.
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