Fredrik Riben

Career

Military career Riben was commissioned as a naval officer in the Swedish Navy in 1889 and was promoted to sub-lieutenant in 1891. In the years 1890-1891, he served on the corvette Freja and during his time as a subaltern officer was otherwise used for station and shipyard duty as well as sea tours, among other things, on the coastal defence ship Göta and the corvette Norrköping. Riben resigned four years later.

Personal life Riben married in 1892 to Hildegard Elisabeth Neumüller (1868–1899), the daughter of brewery owner and his wife Emma Reuszner. They had five children: Maud (1893–1932), Daisy (1894–1982), Margit (1896–1986), Sture (1898–1982), and Harriet (born and died 1899).

In 1903, Riben married Emma Catharina (Karin) Piehl (1880–1932), the daughter of the brewery director Carl Gustaf Piehl and Sofia Neumüller. They had three children: Sven (1906–1990), Dagmar (born 1907), and Karin (1914–2007).

Honours Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1913) Member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences (1907) Honorary member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences (1923)