Gunnar Jedeur-Palmgren

Vice Admiral Axel Gunnar Jedeur-Palmgren (4 November 1899 – 6 March 1996) was a Swedish Navy officer. Lagerman served as Vice Chief of the Royal Swedish Naval Materiel Administration (1950–1962).

Early life Jedeur-Palmgren was born on 4 November 1899 in Gothenburg, Sweden, the son of sea captain Gustaf Palmgren and his wife Agda (née Lilljequist). He passed studentexamen in Gothenburg in 1918.

Career Jedeur-Palmgren was commissioned as an officer in the Swedish Navy in 1921 with the rank of acting sub-lieutenant. He was a cadet officer at the Royal Swedish Naval Academy from 1927 to 1930 and was promoted to lieutenant in 1936. Jedeur-Palmgren then served as a teacher at the Royal Swedish Naval Staff College from 1937 to 1940 and from 1941 to 1944. He was promoted to commander in 1943 and was appointed Inspector of the Naval Artillery in 1944 and was promoted to captain in 1945 after being appointed head of the Weapons Department of the Royal Swedish Naval Materiel Administration the same year.

Rear Admiral Jedeur-Palmgren is welcomed as Vice Chief of the Royal Swedish Naval Materiel Administration on 1 April 1950.

Jedeur-Palmgren was appointed head of the Karlskrona Naval Yard (Karlskrona örlogsvarv) in Karlskrona in 1948 and in 1950 he was promoted to rear admiral and appointed Vice Chief of the Royal Swedish Naval Materiel Administration. Under his leadership, the Naval Materiel Administration underwent a reorganization in connection with the 1946 military management investigation in order to achieve better adaptation to the technical development and the newbuilding plans in the 1950s. As chief, he contributed, among other things, to the introduction of a new navigation system. It was then that the Decca Navigator System in the Baltic Sea became a reality. During the 1950s, the salvage of the warship Vasa became relevant. Jedeur-Palmgren was strongly involved in the organization and financing of the salvage company, and through his care, donations were received for the first measures. He later joined the established Vasa Board (Vasanämnden) for coordination of matters concerning the salvage.

Dates of rank 1921 – Acting sub-lieutenant 1923 – Sub-lieutenant 1936 – Lieutenant 1941 – Lieutenant commander 1943 – Commander 1945 – Captain 1950 – Rear admiral 1962 – Vice admiral

Awards and decorations

Swedish

Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1944)