Gösta Frykman

Gösta Oskar Vilhelm Frykman (11 March 1909 – 26 February 1974) was a Swedish Army officer.

Gösta Frykman
Birth nameGösta Oskar Vilhelm Frykman
Born(1909-03-11)11 March 1909
Vilhelmina, Sweden
Died26 February 1974(1974-02-26) (aged 64)
Saltsjöbaden, Sweden
Buried
Galärvarvskyrkogården, Stockholm
AllegianceSweden
Service/branchSwedish Army
Years of service1933–1961
RankLieutenant Colonel
Commands heldSwedish UN battalion XI G
Battles/warsCongo Crisis

Career

Frykman was born on 11 March 1909 in Vilhelmina, Sweden, the son of chief park ranger (överjägmästare) Dan Frykman and his wife Emy (née Forsgrén). He passed studentexamen in 1929 and became a second lieutenant in Älvsborg Regiment (I 15) in 1933. Frykman attended the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 1940 to 1942, was press officer at the Defence Staff from 1943 to 1946 and was captain in the General Staff Corps in 1944.[1] In 1946 he served as press officer in the camp staff during the Swedish extradition of Baltic soldiers.[2]

He was military organizer at the defense exhibition in Gävle in 1946 and became major at the Swedish Infantry Combat School in 1954. Frykman was lieutenant colonel at Skaraborg Regiment (P 4) in 1957 and was commander of the Swedish UN battalion in Gaza in 1961 which was part of United Nations Emergency Force.[1] The same year his battalion was redeployed to the Congo during the Congo Crisis where he was commander of the Swedish UN battalion XI G from April 1961 to November 1961.[3]

Other work

Frykman was a member of the inquiry within the Swedish National Board of Information (Statens informationsstyrelse) from 1941 to 1943 and chairman of the board of Fastigheter AB Bergslagen.[1]

Personal life

On 4 April 1936 he married Ingrid Schollin-Borg (1914–2004),[4] the daughter of captain Peter Schollin-Borg and Märtha (née Liedberg). He was the father of Jan Christer (born 1939), Jan Peter (born 1942), Åke (born 1944), Eva (born 1946) and Ingrid (born 1954).[1] He died on 26 February 1976 in Saltsjöbaden and was buried in Galärvarvskyrkogården in Stockholm.[5][6]

Awards and decorations

References
  1. 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. pp. 645–646.
  2. Ljung, Christer; Ekholm, Curt (2015). Balt- och tyskutlämningen 1945-46: En läsbar doktorsavhandling om ett nationellt trauma (in Swedish). Books on Demand. ISBN 9789175698472. SELIBR 18645648.
  3. Tullberg, Andreas (2012). "We are in the Congo now": Sweden and the trinity of peacekeeping during the Congo crisis 1960-1964 (PDF). [Studia historica Lundensia], 1650-755X. Lund: Lund University. p. 92. ISBN 978-91-7473-364-8. SELIBR 13520443.
  4. "Frykman, Gösta Oskar Vilhelm". www.ellestad.se (in Swedish). Ellestads Släktforskning. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  5. "Gösta Frykman". www.ointres.se (in Swedish). 2016-05-15. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  6. "Galärvarvskyrkogården, kvarter 01, gravnummer 432" (in Swedish). Hittagraven.se. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
Military offices
Preceded by
Anders Kjellgren		 Battalion Commander in the Congo
April 1961 – November 1961		 Succeeded by
Jonas Wærn
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