Stig Lindström

Colonel Stig Oscarsson Lindström (9 September 1904 – 15 December 1975) was a Swedish Army officer and fencer.

Early life Lindström was born on 9 September 1904 in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of Lieutenant Colonel Oscar Lindström and his wife Enny Markstedt.

Career

Military career Lindström was commissioned as an officer in 1924 and was assigned as a second lieutenant to Svea Artillery Regiment.

Personal life In 1937, he married Fanny Norström (born 1914), the daughter of Major Torsten Norström and Anna Lagergren.

Dates of rank 1924 – Second lieutenant 1928 – Lieutenant 1936 – Captain 1942 – Major 1946 – Lieutenant colonel 1950 – Colonel

Honours Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1951)