Sam Myhrman

Major General Sam Oskar Myhrman (26 December 1912 – 3 February 1965) was a Swedish Air Force officer. His senior commands include the post of Vice Chief of the Defence Staff, head of the Swedish National Defence College and head of the Quartermaster Administration.

Early life Myhrman was born on 26 December 1912 in Eksjö Parish, Jönköping County, Sweden, the son of colonel Sam Myhrman and his wife Anna (née Kjelleström). He was the brother of physician Gustaf Myhrman (1903–1901), and the director of the National Swedish Labour Market Board's (Arbetsmarknadsstyrelsen) Defense Section, lieutenant colonel Bengt Myhrman (born 1905). One of his nephews were professor of economics at the Stockholm School of Economics, Johan Myhrman (1937–1997).

Career Myhrman graduated from the Military Academy Karlberg in 1935 and was commissioned as an officer in Svea Logistic Corps the same year with the rank of second lieutenant. He transferred to the Swedish Air Force where he was promoted to lieutenant in 1937 and to captain in 1942. He then attended the Royal Swedish Air Force Staff College and conducted staff service from 1942 to 1945 and the Royal Air Force Staff College from 1945 to 1946. Myhrman was appointed teacher at the Royal Swedish Air Force Staff College in 1946 and was promoted to major in 1948.

Myhrman was appointed head of the Air Staff's Operations Department in 1949 and was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1952 and appointed teacher at the Swedish National Defence College the same year. He was promoted to colonel in 1955 and served as an expert in the 1955 Defense Committee (1955 års försvarsberedning). In 1956 he was appointed Vice Chief of the Defence Staff and head of Section I. Myhrman then served as head of department in the 1957 Defense Investigations. In his capacity as head of the Quartermaster Administration, he was also a member of the Administration Board of the Swedish Armed Forces.

Personal life In 1938, Myhrman married Agneta Ljungberg (1917–1980),

Dates of rank 1935 – Second lieutenant 1937 – Lieutenant 1942 – Captain 1948 – Major 1952 – Lieutenant colonel 1955 – Colonel 1962 – Major general

Awards and decorations

Swedish

Foreign 50x50px Commander with Star of the Order of St. Olav (1 July 1964)

Honours Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1953)