Sigurd Lagerman

Vice Admiral Albert Hugo Sigurd Lagerman (11 January 1904 – 9 March 1970) was a Swedish Navy officer. Lagerman served as Commanding Admiral of Naval Command South (1958–1961) and was Chief of the Royal Swedish Naval Materiel Administration (1963–1968).

Early life Lagerman was born on 11 January 1904 in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of Albert Lagerman and his wife Thérese Olsson. He passed studentexamen in 1922

Career

Military career Lagerman's mathematical talent and technical disposition gave a natural focus to the artillery service. He spent most of his early military career in artillery positions on coastal defence ships. His long-term service in the Naval Materiel Administration was characterized by a constant effort to adapt management operations to the requirements of the time. During his time, computer systems and storage offices were established.

Other work In addition to his military commitments, Lagerman was an expert in the National Computing Machinery Investigation (Statens matematikmaskinutredning) and in the Swedish Board for Computing Machinery from 1947 to 1955, and he was a member of the Swedish Board for Computing Machinery from 1955 to 1963, He was interred at Galärvarvskyrkogården in Stockholm on 30 May 1970.

Dates of rank 19?? – Acting sub-lieutenant 19?? – Sub-lieutenant 1937 – Lieutenant 1943 – Lieutenant commander 1945 – Commander 1950 – Captain 1958 – Rear admiral 1968 – Vice admiral

Awards and decorations

Swedish Auxiliary Naval Corps's Gold Medal Swedish Women's Voluntary Defence Organization's Gold Medal

Honours Member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences (1942; honorary member in 1958) Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1951)