Hans Simonsson

Vice Admiral Hans Viktor Simonsson (3 August 1880 – 16 July 1965) was a senior Swedish Navy officer. He served as head of the Military Office of the Naval Defence (1933–1938) and as Commanding Admiral of the South Coast Naval District (1938–1942) and of the East Coast Naval District (1942–1945). Simonsson was one of the founders of the Swedish Submarine Service.

Early life Simonsson was born on 3 August 1880 in Holm Parish, Mellerud Municipality, Sweden, the son of Viktor Simonsson, a traffic director, and his wife Hanna Forssman. Simonsson became a sea cadet in 1895.

Career Simonsson was commissioned as a naval officer in 1901 with the rank of underlöjtnant. He attended the Royal Swedish Naval Staff College from 1907 to 1909 and served as adjutant there between 1909 and 1913.

During the entire World War I, or the years 1914–1918, he was division and ship commander on the submarine Svärdfisken, a naval command that uninterrupted lasted for forty-seven months.

Death Simonsson died on 16 July 1965 and was interred on 24 July 1965 at Galärvarvskyrkogården in Stockholm.

Dates of rank 1901 – Underlöjtnant 1903 – Sub-lieutenant 1910 – Lieutenant 1920 – Lieutenant commander 1925 – Commander 1931 – Captain 1936 – Rear admiral 1945 – Vice admiral

Awards and decorations

Swedish

Foreign

Honours Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1931) Member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences (1917) Honorary member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences (1938)