Tor Wahlman

Lieutenant General Tor Carl Nicolaus Wahlman (10 August 1878 – 7 August 1954) was a senior officer in the Swedish Coastal Artillery. He served as commanding officer of the Swedish Coastal Artillery from 1929 to 1941.

Early life Wahlman was born on 10 August 1878 in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of Anders Wahlman, a wholesaler, and his wife Louise Klöfverskjöld.

Career Wahlman was commissioned as an officer in 1899 and was assigned to Vaxholm Artillery Corps with the rank of underlöjtnant. he was promoted to lieutenant in newly created Swedish Coastal Artillery in 1901. He was promoted to captain in 1907 and as captain, he served, among other things, in the Royal Swedish Naval Materiel Administration. Wahlman was a teacher at various times at the Royal Swedish Naval Staff College between 1908 and 1927 (including weapons science in the coastal artillery program ) and at the Royal Swedish Naval Academy between 1908 and 1925. Wahlman served as expert in the commission concerning the organization of the army and navy air force from 1918 to 1922. He was then posted as chief of staff of the staff of the commander of the Swedish Coastal Artillery from 1921. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1924 and to colonel in 1925. Wahlman then served as regimental commander of the Vaxholm Coastal Artillery Regiment and commandant of Vaxholm Fortress in 1926. In 1929, he was promoted to major general and appointed commander of the Swedish Coastal Artillery. He was promoted to lieutenant general in 1936. In 1941, Wahlman retired from active service and was transferred to the reserve. They had one daughter: Märta (born 1908). After the death of his wife Märta, Wahlman married to Edith Johnson (born 1906) in 1939, the daughter of August Johnson and Alma Bäck.

Dates of rank

Army 1899 – Underlöjtnant

Coastal Artillery 1901 – Lieutenant 1907 – Captain 1920 – Major 1924 – Lieutenant colonel 1925 – Colonel 1929 – Major general 1936 – Lieutenant general

Awards and decorations

Honours Member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences (1920) ) Honorary member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences (1929)