Bengt Rosenius

Major General Bengt Rosenius (30 November 1918 – 28 December 1979) was a Swedish Air Force officer. Rosenius served as wing commander of the Östgöta Wing, Inspector of Flight Safety and Commanding General of the Attack Command. Later in his career he served two years as War Materials Inspector and head of the National Swedish War Materials Inspectorate.

Early life Rosenius was born on 30 November 1918 in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of Nils Rosenius, an accountant, and his wife Edith (née Horwitz). He passed studentexamen in 1938. Rosenius then attended the staff course at the Royal Swedish Air Force Staff College from 1948 to 1949. He was promoted to major in 1954 and to lieutenant colonel in 1957, the same year he attended the Swedish National Defence College. Rosenius was head of the Air Staff's Education Department from 1956 to 1958 and of the Defence Staff's Section III (Press Department) from 1958 to 1961.

In 1961, Rosenius served as Senior Air Staff Officer in the United Nations (ONUC) Air Force in Congo during the Congo Crisis. In 1962, he was promoted to colonel and appointed wing commander of Östgöta Wing in Linköping. In 1965, Rosenius was appointed Inspector of Flight Safety (Inspektör för flygsäkerhetstjänsten). Rosenius retired from active service in 1977 and on 1 July he took up the position as War Materials Inspector and head of the National Swedish War Materials Inspectorate. Rosenius held the position until his death on 28 December 1979.

Personal life In 1944, he married Ingela Hagner (born 1921), the daughter of Gustav Hagner and Hertha Hagner. They had two children; Marianne (born 1945) and Ulrika (born 1957).

Dates of rank 1941 – Second lieutenant 1943 – Lieutenant 1948 – Captain 1954 – Major 1957 – Lieutenant colonel 1962 – Colonel 1973 – Major general

Awards and decorations

Honours Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1966)