Edward Malm

Lieutenant General Edvard (Edward) Magnus Samuel Malm (20 August 1899 – 23 May 1983) was a senior Swedish Army officer. Malm served as commander of Stockholm Anti-Aircraft Regiment (1949–1956), as Deputy Chief of Ordnance (1956–1959), and as Master-General of the Ordnance (1959–1964).

Early life Malm was born on 20 August 1899 in , Gothenburg and Bohus County, Sweden, the son of Lieutenant General who served as minister for war (1907–1911), and his wife the son of Thomasine Ulrika Barnekow.

Career Malm graduated from Military Academy Karlberg in 1921 and was commissioned as an officer and assigned as a second lieutenant to Svea Artillery Regiment the same year, where he was promoted to lieutenant in 1925. He attended the General Artillery Course at the Artillery and Engineering College from 1922 to 1923 and the Higher Artillery Course there from 1924 to 1926. He then served in the Royal Swedish Army Materiel Administration between 1933 and 1943: as a control officer at the Control Department (Kontrollavdelningen) in the Military Office (Militärbyrån) in the Artillery Department (Artilleridepartementet) from 1933 to 1936, in the Artillery Gun and Instrumentation Department (Pjäs- och instrumentavdelningen) in the 1st Materiel Office (1. materielbyrån) in the Ordnance Department (Tygdepartementet) from 1936 to 1940, as head of and rapporteur in the Industry Office (Industribyrån) in the Ordnance Department from 1940 to 1941 and as head of the Maintenance Office (Underhållsbyrån) in the Ordnance Department from 1941 to 1943. Malm was promoted to captain in 1935 and transferred to the Swedish Army Ordnance Corps in 1936. He attended an ordnance officer course in 1940 and was promoted to major in 1941. In 1943 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel, after which he served in Östgöta Anti-Aircraft Regiment from 1943 to 1945. He served from 1945 to 1948 in the Anti-Aircraft Department (Luftvärnsavdelningen) in the Army Inspectorate (Arméinspektionen) in the Army Staff, whereupon from 1948 to 1949 Malm was an assistant at the Weapons Office (Vapenbyrån) in the Ordnance Department (Tygavdelningen) of the Royal Swedish Army Materiel Administration. He was a member of the board of the Swedish National Defence Research Institute from 1957 to 1964 and chairman of the Central Joint Consultation Board of the Swedish Armed Forces (Försvarets centrala företagsnämnd) from 1960 to 1964.

Dates of rank 1921 – Second lieutenant 1925 – Lieutenant 1935 – Captain 1941 – Major 1943 – Lieutenant colonel 1949 – Colonel 1959 – Major general 1964 – Lieutenant general

Awards and decorations

Stockholm Air Defence Association's merit plaque in gold (Stockholms luftvärnsförenings förtjänstplakett i guld)

Honours Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1945)