Hans Neij

Major General Arvid Hans Magnus Neij (22 June 1921 – 24 April 1985) was a Swedish Air Force officer.

Early life Neij was born on 22 June 1921 in Jönköping, Sweden, the son of Arvid Neij, an adjunct lecturer, and his wife Elsa (née Lund). He passed studentexamen in 1939 and attended the Swedish Air Force Candidate and Cadet School (Flygvapnets aspirant- och kadettskola) from 1939 to 1942.

Career Neij was commissioned as an officer in the Swedish Air Force in 1942 and was promoted to lieutenant in 1944. Neij attended the Royal Swedish Air Force Staff College from 1947 to 1948 The distance was covered in 1 hour, 6 min, 37 sec.

In 1959 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. Neij served as head of the Air Force program within the Swedish Armed Forces Staff College from 1961 to 1964 and he was promoted to colonel in 1963. in Washington, D.C. and Ottawa in 1978, serving until his death in 1985. He was interred on 6 May 1985 at in Västra Karup.

Dates of rank 1942 – Second lieutenant 1944 – Lieutenant 1949 – Captain 1955 – Major 1959 – Lieutenant colonel 1963 – Colonel 1970 – Major general

Awards and decorations

Swedish

Honours Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences