Karl Segrell

Vice Admiral Karl Gustaf Segrell (16 June 1908 – 24 June 1976) was a Swedish Navy officer. Segrell senior commands included the posts of Paymaster General, Swedish Navy and head of the Swedish Naval Quartermaster Corps from 1963 to 1965 and as head of the Quartermaster Administration of the Swedish Armed Forces from 1965 to 1968.

Early life Segrell was born on 16 June 1908 in Royal Karlskrona Admiralty Parish, Karlskrona, Sweden He was brother of civil servant . after which he was promoted to 2nd class naval store officer (marinintendent av andra graden) in 1932 and to sub-lieutenant (löjtnant) in the Swedish Naval Quartermaster Corps in 1937. He served on the coastal defence ship and on the armored cruiser during her voyage to India from 1931 to 1932, and was staff quartermaster supply officer (stabsintendent) at the West Coast Naval District from 1937 to 1940. He was promoted to lieutenant (kapten) in 1939, was office head and director (byråchef) in the Royal Swedish Naval Materiel Administration from 1941 to 1945. In 1945, Segrell was promoted to lieutenant commander. Segrell was appointed Paymaster General, Swedish Navy and head of the Swedish Naval Quartermaster Corps in 1963 and two years later he was promoted to rear admiral and appointed head of the Quartermaster Administration of the Swedish Armed Forces (FIV). He was also a member of the board of the National Swedish Board of Economic Defence from 1965 to 1972 and the board of the Swedish Army Museum from 1965. He had two daughters; Margareta and Monica. Barkåkra Parish, Kristianstad County, Sweden. He was interred on 10 September 1976 in the Old Cemetery at Barkåkra Church, Ängelholm Municipality.

Foreign 50px Commander with Star of the Order of St. Olav (1 July 1971)

Honours Member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences (1950 honorary member in 1965 ) Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1966)