Oscar Krokstedt

Vice Admiral Nils Oscar Jakob Krokstedt (12 October 1908 – 13 December 1985) was a Swedish Navy officer. His senior commands included Chief of the Naval Staff, head of the Swedish National Defence College and military commander of the Western Military District and the Southern Military District.

Early life Krokstedt was born on 12 October 1908 in Grötlingbo, Sweden, the son of Axel Krokstedt, a sea captain, and Sigrid (née Söderström). He had an older sister, Astrid Krokstedt (1906–1981), who was first ombudsman in the Swedish Nurses’ Association (Svensk sjuksköterskeförening), and two younger ones, Signe Olga Hermanna (1910–1932), and Karin Sigrid Elisabeth (born 1917). Krokstedt passed studentexamen in Visby in 1926 and came to the Swedish Navy as a sea cadet in 1927 and was later platoon leader in the Cabin Boy Corps (Skeppsgossekåren) in Karlskrona. This gave him a large number of sailing summers on the corps' ships af Chapman, and Jarramas. He also served aboard on a sea expedition.

Career

Military career He was commissioned as a naval officer in the Swedish Navy in 1930 with the rank of acting sub-lieutenant and was promoted to underlöjtnant in 1932 and to sub-lieutenant in 1934. He was also a member of the Swedish Society for Maritime History (Sjöhistoriska samfundet).

Personal life In 1932, he married Ingrid Ljungberg (born 1909), the daughter of Wilhelm Ljungberg and Anna (née Häggström). and the daughters Lisen Gylden and Briten Krokstedt.

Dates of rank 1930 – Acting sub-lieutenant 1932 – Underlöjtnant 1934 – Sub-lieutenant 1941 – Lieutenant 1948 – Lieutenant commander 1953 – Commander 1957 – Captain 1961 – Rear admiral 1968 – Vice admiral

Awards and decorations

Swedish

Foreign 50x50px Commander with Star of the Order of St. Olav (1 July 1967) The Swedish abbreviation is stated as ColAPO, which is not stated in the abbreviation description here. Most likely it is a misspelling of the abbreviation ColNAP, which stands for the Order of Naval Merit Admiral Padilla.

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