Rolf Rheborg

Rear Admiral Rolf Sigurdsson Rheborg (7 March 1922 – 8 August 1983) was a Swedish Navy officer. Rheborg served as head of the Royal Swedish Naval Academy (1969–1971), as head of Section 3 in the Naval Staff (1971–1973) and as Chief of Staff of the Southern Military District (1973–1978) in Kristianstad.

Early life Rheborg was born on 7 March 1922 in in Gothenburg and Bohus County, Sweden, the son of Sigurd Rheborg, a commander in the Swedish Naval Quartermaster Corps, and his wife Stina Weijdling. Rheborg passed studentexamen at Karlskrona högre allmänna läroverk in Karlskrona in 1940.

Career Rheborg graduated from the Royal Swedish Naval Academy in 1943 and was commissioned as a naval officer in the Swedish Navy the same year with the rank of acting sub-lieutenant. and served in the Planning Department of the Naval Staff from 1953 to 1955, and was promoted to commander in 1961, and then served as commander of the 1st Submarine Flotilla from 1964 to 1965. Rheborg was promoted to rear admiral in 1973 and was chief of staff at the staff in the Southern Military District from 1973 to 1978

Personal life In 1943, Rheborg married Ingegerd Klinga (born 1920), the daughter of engineer Ivar Klinga and Greta (née Steinbeck). They had three children: Hans, Agneta och Anne.

Death Rheborg died on 8 August 1983 in London, United Kingdom while serving as naval attaché at the Swedish embassy.

Dates of rank 1943 – Acting sub-lieutenant 1945 – Sub-lieutenant 1952 – Lieutenant 1960 – Lieutenant commander 1963 – Commander 1969 – Captain 1973 – Rear admiral

Awards and decorations

Honours Member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences (1961) Honorary member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences (1973) Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1969)