Bengt Wallroth

Major General Bengt Johan Wallroth (1 April 1931 – 4 February 2005) was a Swedish Army officer, military intelligence officer and civil servant. He was Director-General of the National Defence Radio Establishment from 1989 to 1994.

Early life Wallroth was born on 1 April 1931 in Kristianstad, Sweden, the son of Stig Wallroth, an accountant of the Swedish National Bank, and his wife Iris (née Hagman). He passed his studentexamen in 1950 and attended the Royal Military Academy in 1953.

Wallroth's career within the Swedish intelligence started in 1971. He attended the Swedish Defence University in 1975 and was promoted to colonel in 1977 and senior colonel in 1978. He was appointed acting head of the Joint Operations Command (Operationsledningen, OPL) in 1982 and was promoted to major general in 1984 and was head of the International Division at the Ministry of Defence from 1984 to 1989.

Personal life In 1956, Wallroth married Kerstin Hansen (1931–2011), the daughter of the civilekonom Gunnar Hansen and Ebba (née Nordgren).

Dates of rank 1953 – Second lieutenant 19?? – Lieutenant 1965 – Captain 19?? – Major 19?? – Lieutenant colonel 1977 – Colonel 1978 – Senior colonel 1984 – Major general

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