Erik Rosengren

Lieutenant General Erik Olof Rosengren (1 February 190822 February 1988) was a Swedish Army officer. He served as head of the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 1959 to 1961 and as head of the Swedish Armed Forces Staff College from 1961 to 1973.

Early life Rosengren was born on 1 February 1908 in Kalmar City Parish (Kalmar stadsförsamling), Kalmar, Sweden, the son of Elander Rosengren and his wife Ruth (née Österberg). He passed studentexamen in 1926.

Career Rosengren was commissioned as an officer in 1929 and was assigned as a second lieutenant in Jönköping-Kalmar Regiment (I 12). He was promoted to lieutenant in 1933 and attended the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 1935 to 1937. Rosengren was an aspirant in the General Staff Corps from 1937 to 1939 and he became captain of the General Staff Corps in 1939. Rosengren was promoted to major general in 1965 and retired and was given a tombstone promotion to lieutenant general in 1973.

Rosengren was also a member of the Voluntary Committee (Frivilligkommittén), which he became in 1951. He was chairman of the Officers' Association (Officersföreningen) and the delegation for military history research from 1962 to 1973. Rosengren was a contributor of Det andra världskrigets historia, wrote articles in the daily and trade press, and was a contributor of Radiotjänst between 1943 and 1954.

Dates of rank 1929 – Second lieutenant 1933 – Lieutenant 1939 – Captain 1947 – Major 1951 – Lieutenant colonel 1956 – Colonel 1965 – Major general 1973 – Lieutenant general

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