Otto Lybeck

Admiral Otto Emil Lybeck (19 February 1871 – 21 April 1947) was a Swedish Navy officer. Lybeck's senior commands include Minister of Defence, Commander-in-Chief of the Coastal Fleet and Chief of the Naval Staff.

Early life Lybeck was born on 19 February 1871 in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of Johan August Lybeck, a bank accountant, and his wife Emelie Carolina Sofia Klynder. Lybeck was a cadet at the Royal Swedish Naval Academy from 1886. before attending the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 1898 to 1900. He then served in the Fleet Staff for four years, and advancing to the rank of lieutenant in 1901. In 1904, he was sent to East Asia to observe the Russo-Japanese War. During this time, Lybeck was also a member of the Military Pay Experts (Militära avlöningssakkunniga) from 1919 to 1922 and a member of the Defense Audit (Försvarsrevisionen) from 1922 to 1923. He then served as commanding officer of the 4th Coastal Defence Ship Division (Fjärde pansarbåtsdivisionen) from 1922 to 1923 and as Inspector of the Submarine Force (Inspektör för ubåtsvapnet) in 1924. He was later interred on 2 May 1947 at Norra begravningsplatsen in Stockholm.

Dates of rank 29 October 1892 – Underlöjtnant 26 April 1895 – Sub-lieutenant 30 December 1901 – Lieutenant 11 December 1914 – Lieutenant commander 31 July 1917 – Commander 29 June 1921 – Captain 4 December 1925 – Rear admiral 9 December 1932 – Vice admiral 20 February 1936 – Admiral

Awards and decorations

Swedish

RKM

Honours Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1918) Member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences (1903) Honorary member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences (1921)

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