Curt Sjöö

Sjöö was born on 16 March 1937 in Eksjö Parish, Jönköping County, Sweden,[1] the son of Ernst Sjöö and his wife Ester (née Isaksson).[2] He passed studentexamen in Eksjö 1955 and was commissioned as an officer in Skånska trängregementet (T 4) in 1958 with the rank of fänrik. He attended the Swedish Armed Forces Staff College from 1966 to 1969 and then served in the Army Staff and the Defence Staff from 1969 to 1978. Sjöö served as battalion commander in the Svea Logistic Regiment (T 1) in Linköping from 1978 to 1980 and as head of the Military Academy Karlberg from 1980 to 1983. He was promoted to senior colonel in 1983 and then served as Inspector of the Swedish Army Service Troops from 1983 to 1987. Sjöö was section chief in the staff of the Western Military District (Milo V) from 1987 to 1988 and Chief of the Army Staff from 1988 to 1990. In 1990, Sjöö was appointed military commander of the Upper Norrland Military District and in 1993 of the Northern Military District.[2] His appointment was prolonged on 1 July 1994.[3] He left the position and retired in 1996.[2]

In 1960, he married Birgitta Sköld (born 1936), the daughter of major Nils Sköld and Karin (née Fredriksson).[2]

• 1958 – Fänrik
• 19?? – Lieutenant
• 1966 – Captain
• 1972 – Major
• 1974 – Lieutenant Colonel
• 1980 – Colonel
• 1983 – Senior Colonel
• 1988 – Major General
• 1990 – Lieutenant General

• H. M. The King's Medal, 12th size gold (silver-gilt) medal worn around the neck on the Royal Order of the Seraphim ribbon (28 January 2002)[4]
• Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon (24 November 1998)[5]
• 1st Class / Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (5 May 1998)[6]
• Grand Cross of the Order of May (4 June 1998)[7]

• Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1983)[8]
• Honorary member of the Swedish Pistol Shooting Association (Svenska pistolskytteförbundet)[9]