Sigmund Ahnfelt

Major General Sigmund Ahnfelt (28 November 1915 – 14 November 1993) was a Swedish Army officer. Ahnfelt was commissioned as an officer in 1938 and served in the Finnish Army during World War II. He attended the United States Army Command and General Staff College from 1949 to 1950 and followed the operations of the UN troops in Korea during the Korean War in 1951. He eventually became commander of Älvsborg Regiment in Borås in the 1960s and then served as chief of staff and Deputy Commanding General of the Southern Military District. Ahnfelt served as Commanding General of the Bergslagen Military District until his retirement in 1979.

Early life Ahnfelt was born on 28 November 1915 in , Sweden, the son of Edmund Ahnfelt, a factory manager, and his wife Signe (née Haase). Ahnfelt was the grandson of and nephew of Astrid Ahnfelt.

After Ahnfelt passed studentexamen at Norra Latin in Stockholm in 1933, he completed university studies in history and political science before he began his military service in the Gotland Infantry Corps in Visby in 1934.

Career Ahnfelt was commissioned as an officer in 1938 and was assigned as a second lieutenant to the Jämtland Ranger Regiment in Östersund. He was appointed captain and company commander of the Finnish-Swedish regiment IR 13 in the Finnish Army in 1942 during the Continuation War in Finland. Ahnfelt was an adviser in the 1948 Conscription Committee

Ahnfelt followed the operations of the UN troops in Korea during the Korean War in 1951 He was replaced by Lieutenant Colonel Ingmar Stevenberg.

Ahnfelt then served as head of the Defence Staff's Army Department from 1957 to 1960, and became lieutenant colonel in the General Staff Corps in 1959. He was an adviser in the 1960 Defence Committee, head of Section I in the Defense Staff from 1960 to 1961, and served in Älvsborg Regiment in Borås in 1961. He was interred in the family grave at Solna Cemetery in Solna Municipality, near Stockholm.

Dates of rank

Swedish Army 1938 – Second lieutenant 1940 – Lieutenant 1946 – Captain 1955 – Major 1959 – Lieutenant colonel 1962 – Colonel 1966 – Major general

Finnish Army 1942 – Captain

Awards and decorations

Swedish

Foreign

Finnish Commemorative Cross on the occasion of Finland's war 1939-45 (Finskt minneskors med anledning av Finlands krig 1939-45, FMk) Finnish War Commemorative Medal (Finsk krigsminnesmedalj, FMM)

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