Anders Kjellgren

Lars Anders Thorsten Kjellgren (19 October 1913 – 4 February 2006) was a Swedish Army officer.

Early life Kjellgren was born on 19 October 1913 in Karlstad, Sweden, the son of Swedish National Bank director Torsten Kjellgren and his wife Elsa (née Sandwall). and became a second lieutenant in Älvsborg Regiment (I 15) in 1934 and lieutenant in 1936. Kjellgren attended the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 1941 to 1943, was promoted to captain in 1942 and served at the General Staff in 1945. Kjellgren was section chief at the Defence Staff from 1945 to 1948, section chief at the Army Staff in 1948 and attended Staff College, Camberley in 1949. In January 1961 he succeeded the Irish Colonel Byrnes as commander of the UN troops in southern Katanga. He then commanded the Swedish battalion, one Irish and two Moroccan battalions, one Indian signals company and one Italian field hospital. Kjellgren participated in the elaboration of the Army Regulation in 1951 and the Infantry Regulation in 1954.

Central Board of the National Swedish Rifle Association's silver medal (Sveriges skytteförbunds överstyrelses silvermedalj)

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