Dag Arvas

Rear Admiral Dag Gustaf Christer Arvas (22 September 1913 – 1 February 2004) was a Swedish Navy officer. Arvas senior commands include Vice Chief of the Defence Staff, Chief of the Coastal Fleet and Chief of the Military Office of the Minister of Defence.

Dag Arvas
Arvas as a sea cadet.
Birth nameDag Gustaf Christer Arvas
Born(1913-09-22)22 September 1913
Arvidsjaur, Sweden
Died1 February 2004(2004-02-01) (aged 90)
Stockholm, Sweden
AllegianceSweden
Service/branchSwedish Navy
Years of service1935–1978
RankRear Admiral
Commands held

Career

Arvas was born on 22 September 1913 in Arvidsjaur, Sweden, the son of Birger Arvas and his wife Elsa (née Christerson).[1] He passed studentexamen in Djursholm in 1932[2] and was commissioned as a naval officer in 1935 with the rank of fänrik. He was then on leave one summer for traveling with the Swedish sailing school's Kaparen in western European waters and he was educated at the Physical Training School (Gymnastik- och idrottsskolan, GIS) from 1937 to 1938.[3] Arvas attended the Royal Swedish Naval Staff College from 1940 to 1942 and served aboard torpedo boats and destroyers. He also served as flag lieutenant (flaggadjutant) to the chief of the Coastal Fleet from 1945 to 1948. Arvas served as captain of the destroyer HSwMS Uppland from 1950 to 1951 and commander of a destroyer squadron in 1954.[2] He was promoted to lieutenant commander in 1953 and of the 1st rank in 1955.[1]

During the years 1946-1953, Arvas was a teacher in parallel with other service at both the Royal Swedish Naval Staff College and the Royal Swedish Air Force Staff College. The land service was characterized by his involvement in the Supreme Commander investigation and in the defense committee in 1955-1958 where the foundation for the light fleet and Navy Plan 60 (Marinplan 60) were laid.[3] Arvas served as head of the Operation Department in the Naval Staff from 1955 and as head of the Planning Department from 1958 to 1960 when he was promoted to captain.[2][1][3] He then served as commanding officer of the 1st Destroyer Flotilla (Första jagarflottiljen) from 1960 to 1961 and as Vice Chief of the Defence Staff from 1961 to 1964. Arvas served as chief of Section 3 in the Naval Staff from 1964 to 1966 when he was promoted to rear admiral.[3] He was then chief of the Coastal Fleet from 1966 to 1970, chairman of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences from 1966 to 1969,[3] and chief of the Military Office of the Minister of Defence from 1970 to 1978.[1]

After his retirement in 1978 he was, among other things, a special investigator in the 1978 Civil Military Investigation (1978 års civilmilitärutredning).[3][1]

Personal life

In 1939, he married Gunvor Milles, the daughter of Tage Milles and Thora (née Rutensköld). Children: Christer (born 1941) and Stig (born 1944).[2]

Arvas died on 1 February 2004 and was buried in Djursholm's Cemetery on 16 April 2004.[4]

Dates of rank

Awards and decorations

Hounors

References

  1. Salander Mortensen, Jill, ed. (1996). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1997 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1997] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 75. ISBN 91-1-960852-7. SELIBR 3681533.
  2. Harnesk, Paul, ed. (1962). Vem är vem? 1, Stor-Stockholm [Who's Who? 1, Greater Stockholm] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Vem är vem. p. 65. SELIBR 53509.
  3. Westin, Bo; Bring, Jan (2004). "Minnesteckningar för år 2004" (PDF). Tidskrift i sjöväsendet (in Swedish). Carlskrona: Tidskrift i sjöväsendet (3): 254–255. SELIBR 8258455.
  4. "Dag Gustaf Christer Arvas". www.finngraven.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  5. Kungl. Hovstaterna: Kungl. Maj:ts Orden's archive, Matriklar (D 1), vol. 14 (1970–1979), p. 22, digital imaging.
Military offices
Preceded by
Åke Lindemalm
Operations Department, Naval Staff
1955–1957
Succeeded by
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Preceded by
Bengt Lundvall
Planning Department, Naval Staff
1958–1960
Succeeded by
Gunnar Grandin
Preceded by
Åke Mangård
Vice Chief of the Defence Staff
1961–1964
Succeeded by
Bengt Lundvall
Preceded by
Einar Blidberg
Coastal Fleet
1966–1970
Succeeded by
Christer Kierkegaard
Preceded by
Holger Henning
Military Office of the Minister of Defence
1970–1978
Succeeded by
Carl-Fredrik Algernon
Professional and academic associations
Preceded by
Stig Bergelin
Chairman of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences
1966–1969
Succeeded by
Åke Lindemalm
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