Curt Göransson

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.

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

Military career

Göransson was born on 15 July 1909 in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of lieutenant colonel Erik Göransson and his wife Elsa (née Engelbrecht).[1] He was commissioned as an officer in the Uppland Infantery 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.[1]

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.[1] 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 and was the 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.[1]

Other work

Göransson acted as a military expert at the Scandinavian defense negotiations from 1948 to 1949 and in defense investigation from 1949 to 1950 as well as in the 1960 defense committee.[1] Göransson was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences from 1949.[2]

Personal life

In 1933, Göransson married Eva Nordlinder (1909–1991), the daughter of banker Ferdinand Nordlinder and Annie Hedberg.[1] He was the father of Kjell (born 1934) and Christer (1938–1995).[2][3] Göransson died in 1996 and was buried at Lidingö Cemetery.[3]

Dates of rank

Awards and decorations

Göransson's awards:[2]

Swedish

Foreign

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. "Curt Thure Engelbrecht Göransson" (in Swedish). Finngraven.se. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  4. Kungl. Hovstaterna: Kungl. Maj:ts Ordens arkiv, Matriklar (D 1), vol. 13 (1960–1969), p. 22, digital imageing.
Military offices
Preceded by
Malcolm Murray		 Defence Staff's Army Department
1948–1953		 Succeeded by
Carl Eric Almgren
Preceded by
Hans Berggren		 Hälsinge Regiment
1955–1957		 Succeeded by
Axel Henriksson
Preceded by
Richard Åkerman		 Chief of the Defence Staff
1957–1961		 Succeeded by
Carl Eric Almgren
Preceded by
Viking Tamm		 I Military District
1961–1963		 Succeeded by
Tage Olihn
Preceded by
Thord Bonde		 Chief of the Army
1963–1969		 Succeeded by
Carl Eric Almgren
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