Hugo Larsson

Nils Hugo Charles Larsson (18 December 1906 – 25 February 1986) was a Swedish engineer and civil servant. He was Chief Director of the Swedish National Defence Research Institute from 1952 to 1957.

Early life Larsson was born on 18 December 1906 in , Malmöhus County, Sweden the son of Nils Larsson, a sea captain, and his wife Hildur (née Elfverson). Larsson graduated from the Royal Institute of Technology in 1928.

Larsson was a board member of the HIFAB from 1965 to 1966 and chairman from 1967. Larsson was chairman of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences' committee for a more effective energy use from 1972 to 1974 and became an honorary doctor of technology at the Chalmers University of Technology in 1980.

Death Larsson died on 25 February 1986 and was buried at Bromma Cemetery in Stockholm.

Awards and decorations

Honours Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1953) Honorary member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences (1957) Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (1962)