Harald Hægermark
Lieutenant General Harald Oskar Hægermark (13 November 1894 – 20 March 1965) was a senior Swedish Army officer. He served as Commanding General of the II Military District from 1951 to 1960.
Harald Hægermark | |
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| Birth name | Harald Oskar Hægermark |
| Born | 13 November 1894 Torsång, Sweden |
| Died | 20 March 1965 (aged 70) Strängnäs, Sweden |
| Allegiance | Sweden |
| Service/ | Swedish Army |
| Years of service | 1914–1960 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands held | |
Early life
Hægermark was born on 13 November 1894 in Torsång Parish, Kopparberg County, Sweden,[1] the son of Richard Hægermark, a vicar, and his wife Ida Levin.[2] He passed studentexamen in 1912.[2]
Career
Hægermark was commissioned as an officer with the rank of underlöjtnant in 1914 and was assigned to Västmanland Regiment the same year. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1918.[2] Hægermark took an instructor course at the Royal Central Gymnastics Institute from 1919 to 1920[3] and attended the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 1920 to 1924 and served as aspirant in the General Staff from 1924 to 1926 when he was promoted to captain in the same staff.[4] He served as an office head in the General Staff from 1926 to 1933[5] and in Södermanland Regiment in 1933. Hægermark was promoted to major and served as a teacher in staff service at the Royal Swedish Army Staff College in 1935.[5] Hægermark was from 1935 to 1937 secretary of the committee for the preparation of field regulations.[4]
He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1938 and served in the North Scanian Infantry Regiment in 1939 and became colonel in the General Staff Corps in 1941.[2] From 1941 to 1942, Hægermark served as head of the Expedition Department in the Army Staff.[6] He was then appointed commander of the Royal Signal Regiment in 1942.[2] He then served as Deputy Commander of the V Military District from 1945 to 1951 when he was promoted to major general. Hægermark then served as Commanding General of the II Military District from 1951 to 1960 when he retired and was promoted to lieutenant general on the retired list.[7]
Personal life
In 1922, Hægermark married Aina Tour (1898–1992), the daughter of Carl Tour and Julia Janson.[7][1]
Death
Hægermark died on 20 March 1965 in Strängnäs City Parish (Strängnäs stadsförsamling) in Södermanland County, Sweden.[1] Hægermark was interred on 29 March 1965 at the Eastern Cemetery in Västerås.[8]
Dates of rank
- 1914 – Underlöjtnant
- 1918 – Lieutenant
- 1926 – Captain
- 1935 – Major
- 1938 – Lieutenant colonel
- 1941 – Colonel
- 1951 – Major general
- 1960 – Lieutenant general
Awards and decorations
Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword (6 June 1958)[9]
Commander 1st Class of the Order of the Sword (6 June 1947)[10]
Commander 2nd Class of the Order of the Sword (6 June 1945)[11]
Knight 1st Class of the Order of the Sword (1934)[12]
Knight of the Order of Vasa (1934)[13]- Landstormen's Silver Medal (LandstSM)[2]
Foreign
Knight 1st Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland[2]
Honours
- Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1939)[14]
References
- Sveriges dödbok 1901-2009 [Swedish death index 1901-2009] (in Swedish) (Version 5.0 ed.). Solna: Sveriges släktforskarförbund. 2010. ISBN 9789187676598. SELIBR 11931231.
- Harnesk, Paul, ed. (1945). Vem är vem?. D. 1, Stockholmsdelen [Who's Who?. D. 1, Stockholm part] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Vem är vem bokförlag. p. 270. SELIBR 8198269.
- Hallberg, Severin, ed. (1921). Svensk officersmatrikel 1 Generalitetet, generalstaben och infanteriet (in Swedish). Stockholm: Tullberg. p. 165. SELIBR 2860421.
- Bohman, Nils; Dahl, Torsten, eds. (1946). Svenska män och kvinnor: biografisk uppslagsbok. 3 G-H (in Swedish). Stockholm: Bonnier. p. 224. SELIBR 53802.
- Krokstedt, Oscar (1965). "Minnestal över bortgångna ledamöter". Kungl. Krigsvetenskapsakademiens Handlingar och Tidskrift (in Swedish). Stockholm: Kungl. Krigsvetenskapsakademien: 283. SELIBR 3417415.
- Sveriges statskalender för året 1942 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1942. p. 102.
- Burling, Ingeborg, ed. (1962). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1963 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1963] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. pp. 391–392. SELIBR 9649168.
- "Haegermark, Harald Oskar". www.svenskagravar.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- Bihang till Sveriges statskalender 1964. Kungl. Svenska riddareordnarna 1964 (in Swedish). Uppsala. 1964. p. 90.
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{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Bihang till Sveriges statskalender 1947. Kungl. Svenska riddareordnarna 1947 (in Swedish). Uppsala. 1947. p. 12.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Bihang till Sveriges statskalender 1944. Kungl. Svenska riddareordnarna 1944 (in Swedish). Uppsala. 1944. p. 160.
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{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Kjellander, Rune (1996). Kungl Krigsvetenskapsakademien: Svenska krigsmanna sällskapet (till 1805), Kungl Krigsvetenskapsakademien : biografisk matrikel med porträttgalleri 1796-1995 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Akad. p. 135. ISBN 9163041812. SELIBR 7451162.