Curt Göransson
Birth nameCurt Ture Engelbrecht Göransson
Born(1909-07-15)15 July 1909
Stockholm, Sweden
Died11 November 1996(1996-11-11) (aged 87)
Danderyd, Sweden
Buried
Lidingö Cemetery
59°21′56″N 18°9′40″E / 59.36556°N 18.16111°E / 59.36556; 18.16111
AllegianceSweden
Service/branchSwedish Army
Years of service1930–1969
RankGeneral
Commands held
AwardsOrder of the Sword
Order of Vasa
Order of the Polar Star
etc

General Curt Ture Engelbrecht Göransson (15 July 1909 – 11 November 1996) was a Swedish Army officer. Göransson's senior commands include Chief of the Defence Staff 1957–1961, military commander of the I Military District 1961–1963 and Chief of the Army 1963–1969.

Early life

Göransson was born on 15 July 1909 in Hedvig Eleonora Parish, Stockholm, Sweden,[1] the son of lieutenant colonel Erik Göransson and his wife Elsa (née Engelbrecht).[2]

Career

Göransson was commissioned as an officer in the Uppland Infantry Regiment (I 8) with the rank of second lieutenant in 1930. He studied first at the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 1935 to 1937, and later at the Prussian Military Academy in Berlin from 1938 to 1939. Göransson was promoted to captain in the General Staff Corps in 1940 and was a teacher at the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 1942 to 1945. He served in the Svea Life Guards (I 1) from 1945 to 1947 and was appointed major of the General Staff in 1948.[2] Göransson served as a military expert at the Scandinavian defense negotiations from 1948 to 1949 and in defense investigation from 1949 to 1950.[2]

He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the General Staff Corps in 1952 and served in the South Scania Infantry Regiment (I 7) in 1953. Göransson was promoted to colonel and regimental commander of Hälsinge Regiment (I 14) in 1955.[2] He remained in that position until 1957, when he was promoted to major general and appointed Acting Chief of the Defence Staff. Göransson was then Chief of the Defence Staff from 1957 to 1960. Göransson served then as a military expert in the 1960 Defence Committee.[2] He then served as military commander of the I Military District from 1961 to 1963. He was promoted to lieutenant general in 1963 and served as Chief of the Army from 1963 to 1969, when he was promoted to full general.[2]

Personal life

In 1933, Göransson married Eva Nordlinder (1909–1991), the daughter of banker Ferdinand Nordlinder and Annie Hedberg.[2] He was the father of Kjell (born 1934) and Christer (1938–1995).[3][4]

Death

Göransson died on 11 November 1996 in Danderyd, Stockholm County, Sweden.[1] He is interred at Lidingö Cemetery.[4]

Dates of rank

Awards and decorations

Göransson's awards:[3]

Swedish

Foreign

Honours

References

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  1. 1 2 Sveriges dödbok 1901-2009 [Swedish death index 1901-2009] (in Swedish) (Version 5.0 ed.). Solna: Sveriges släktforskarförbund. 2010. ISBN 9789187676598. SELIBR 11931231.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Uddling, Hans; Paabo, Katrin, eds. (1992). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1993 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1993] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 412. ISBN 91-1-914072-X.
  3. 1 2 3 Davidsson, Åke, ed. (1968). Vem är vem?. 5, Norrland : supplement, register [Who is Who?. 5, Norrland : supplements, directory] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Vem är vem. p. 668.
  4. 1 2 "Curt Thure Engelbrecht Göransson" (in Swedish). Finngraven.se. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  5. ↑ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1969). Sveriges statskalender. 1969 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. p. 94. SELIBR 3682754.
  6. ↑ "Tildelinger av ordener og medaljer" [Awards of medals and medals]. www.kongehuset.no (in Norwegian). Royal Court of Norway. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
  7. ↑ "Tildelinger av ordener og medaljer" [Awards of medals and medals]. www.kongehuset.no (in Norwegian). Royal Court of Norway. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
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