Yngve Ekstrand
| Yngve Ekstrand | |
|---|---|
 The Crown Princess of Sweden and Ekstrand in 1943. | |
| Nickname(s) | Sven Yngve Ekstrand |
| Born |
February 22, 1888 Uppsala, Sweden |
| Died | March 30, 1951 (aged 63) |
| Buried at | Galärvarvskyrkogården |
| Allegiance |
 Sweden |
| Service/branch | Swedish Navy |
| Years of service | 1908–1951 |
| Rank | Rear admiral |
| Commands held |
Naval Staff Coastal Fleet East Coast Navy District |
Sven Yngve Ekstrand (22 February 1888 – 30 March 1951) was a Swedish Navy admiral. He was Chief of the Naval Staff from 1939 to 1942, commander of the Coastal Fleet from 1942 to 1945 and the East Coast Navy District from 1945 to 1951.
Biography
Ekstrand was born in Uppsala, Sweden and was the son of senior engineer Åke Gerhard Ekstrand and Hulda (née Mellgren).[1] He had four siblings, three brothers and one sister.[2] Ekstrand attended Norra Latin and later from 1900 Norra Real.[2] He became a sea cadet in 1902 and received his naval officer exam and was commissioned into the Swedish Navy as an acting sub lieutenant in 1908. Ekstrand was promoted to sub-lieutenant in 1910 and was a cadet officer at the Sjökrigsskolan from 1915 to 1918 and was a teacher at the Kungliga Sjökrigshögskolan from 1918 to 1920. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1917 and was adjutant to the corps commander in Karlskrona in 1923 and was first section chief (1:e flaggadjutant) in the staff of the commander of the Coastal Fleet from 1926 to 1930.[1]
Ekstrand was the adjutant to His Majesty the King in 1929 and was a teacher at Kungliga Sjökrigshögskolan from 1929 to 1935. Ekstrand was a teacher at the Finnish War College in 1929 and was promoted to commander of the 2nd rank in 1930. He was secretary of the 1930 Defense Commission and a teacher at Krigshögskolan in Stockholm from 1930 to 1934. Ekstrand was also a teacher in courses for senior naval officers in 1926 and 1932. He was head of the Communications Department of the Naval Staff in 1931 and head of the Operations Department of the Naval Staff from 1932 to 1936.[1]
Ekstrand was promoted to commander of the 1st rank in 1936 and was captain of HSwMS Drottning Victoria from 1936 to 1937 when he became senior adjutant to His Majesty the King in 1937. He was promoted to captain in 1937 and was flag captain (Chief of Staff of the Commander of the Coastal Fleet) the same year. He was Chief of the Naval Staff from 1939 to 1942 when he was promoted to rear admiral. Ekstrand was commander of the Coastal Fleet from 1942 to 1945 when took command of the East Coast Navy District.[1]
Ekstrand was a vociferous proponent of Moral Re-Armament, both in Sweden and overseas. He died suddenly while still serving as commander of the East Coast in the spring of 1951 and was given a state funeral.[3]
Personal life
In 1915 he married Lisa Burman (born 1892), the daughter of the banker Bernhard Burman and Tora Tjäder.[4] Ekstrand died in 1951 and is buried in Galärvarvskyrkogården in Stockholm.[5] He was the father of four daughters,[2] one of whom was Brita (1918–2007) who in 1945 married the managing director Gunnar Nittzell (1916–2004).[6][7]
Awards and decorations
- Memorial Bagde on the occasion of the King Gustaf V's 90th birthday (Minnestecken med anledning av Konung Gustaf V:s 90-årsdag)
- Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword
- Knight of the Order of the Polar Star
- Knight of the Order of Vasa
- Grand Officer of the Order of Naval Merit
- Grand Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- Commander 2nd Class of the Order of the Dannebrog
- Commander of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
- 2nd Class of the Order of the Cross of Liberty with swords
- Commander of the Order of the German Eagle
- Officer of the Order of the Three Stars
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Knight 3rd Class of the Order of Saint Stanislaus
- Knight of the Crosses of Naval Merit
- Swedish Naval Volunteers' gold medal
- Sports badge in gold (1908)
- Shooting badge in gold (1912)
- King's Medal for Service in the Cause of Freedom
- Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences
- Honorary member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences (1942)
References
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- 1 2 3 4 5 Harnesk, Paul, ed. (1945). Vem är vem?. D. 1, Stockholmsdelen [Who is Who?. D. 1, Stockholm part] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Vem är vem bokförlag. p. 182.
- 1 2 3 Öberg (1951). "Sven Yngve Ekstrand" (PDF). Tidskrift i sjöväsendet (in Swedish) (Carlskrona: Tidskrift i sjöväsendet) (12): 598–602. LIBRIS 8258455. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ↑ Howard, Peter (1951). The World Rebuilt: the True Story of Frank Buchman and the Men and Women of Moral Re-Armament. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce. pp. 98–99.
- 1 2 Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1943 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1943] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1940. p. 204.
- ↑ "Galärvarvskyrkogården, kvarter B, gravnummer 15" (in Swedish). Hittagraven.se. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ↑ Uddling, Hans; Paabo, Katrin, eds. (1992). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1993 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1993] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. pp. 805–806. ISBN 91-1-914072-X.
- ↑ "Gunnar* Oskar Nittzell" (in Swedish). Finngraven.se. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ↑ Sveriges statskalender för året 1950 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1950. p. 407.
| Military offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Gösta Ehrensvärd |
Chief of the Naval Staff 1939–1942 |
Succeeded by Helge Strömbäck |
| Preceded by Gösta Ehrensvärd |
Commander of the Coastal Fleet 1942–1945 |
Succeeded by Erik Samuelson |
| Preceded by Hans Simonsson |
Commander of the East Coast Navy District 1945–1951 |
Succeeded by Erik Anderberg |