Claës-Henrik Nordenskiöld

Major General Claës-Henrik Bengtsson (B:son) Nordenskiöld (28 July 1917 – 11 November 2003) was a Swedish Air Force officer and sailor. He was Chief of the Air Staff from 1966 to 1970 and Acting Chief of the Air Force in 1968.

Early life Nordenskiöld was born on 28 July 1917 in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of General Bengt Nordenskiöld and his wife Dagmar Werner. After passing studentexamen he enrolled at the Swedish Air Force Flying School where he finished first in his class. Nordenskiöld became colonel at the Defence Staff in 1962 and was also serving as chairman of the board of Gustaf Werner Group in Gothenburg from 1963. In 1970, he resigned in protest because of dissatisfaction with the reductions of the air force squadrons that the politicians had decided.

Personal life Gravesite of Major General Claës-Henrik Nordenskiöld at the Southern Cemetery in Kalmar.

He was married 1946–1975 to Maj Elvi Gunvor Dahlström (1912–1997), the daughter of manufacturer Dahlström and his wife. the daughter of colonel Harald Enell and Dagny (née Cornéer). In 1989 Nordenskiöld married Mariana von Beck (née Mörner).

Death Nordenskiöld died on 11 November 2003 and was buried on 4 June 2004 in the family grave at the Southern Cemetery (Södra kyrkogården) in Kalmar.

Dates of rank 1941 – Second lieutenant 1943 – Lieutenant 1948 – Captain 1953 – Major 1957 – Lieutenant colonel 1960 – Colonel 1966 – Major general

Awards and decorations

Filmography Första divisionen (1941) - air force officer at the farewell dinner