Deputy Chief of Ordnance
The Deputy Chief of Ordnance[1] (Swedish: Fälttygmästare) was in Sweden the head of the Swedish Army's ordnance establishments. During the 1800s and 1900s, his duties changed several times. The position was abolished in 1968.
History[]
The Master-General of the Ordnance was chief of the artillery. The matters, which he was to determine, were handle within two offices: the Generalfälttygmästareämbetets expedition ("Office of the Master-General of the Ordnance") and the Chefens för artilleriet expedition ("Office of the Chief of the Artillery"). In the first office, which was headed by the Deputy Chief of Ordnance, handled all matters related to materiel; in the latter, which was headed by the chief of the Artillery Staff, handled all matters related to the artillery personnel and the scientific training of the artillery branch. The Master-General of the Ordnance was also head of the Royal Swedish Army Materiel Administration's Artillery Department, and thus the Deputy Chief of Ordnance reported to him about all military matters as head of the Military Bureau (Militärbyrån).[2][3] The Deputy Chief of Ordnance was also a military member of the mentioned department.[2] The Deputy Chief of Ordnance later became the head of the Royal Swedish Army Materiel Administration's Artillery Department as well as the artillery factories and ordnance establishments.[4] Even later, it was the name of the artillery officer (of the rank of regimental officer), who was the head of the Military Bureau of the Royal Swedish Army Materiel Administration's Artillery Department, who was responsible to provide arms and ammunition to the army.[5]
Later in the 1900s, the Deputy Chief of Ordnance served in the Royal Swedish Army Ordnance Administration and was from 1 July 1957 deputy to the vice chief and from 1 July 1963 deputy to the chief of the authority.[6][7][8][9][10][11] The Royal Swedish Army Ordnance Administration's Central Planning, Intelligence Center and Materiel Inspection were all three subordinate to the Deputy Chief of Ordnance.[12] The Deputy Chief of Ordnance position was abolished in 1968 when the Royal Swedish Army Materiel Administration was disbanded.
Deputy Chiefs of Ordnance[]
| Portrait | Master-General of the Ordnance | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch | Monarch | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Major Herman Fleming (1859–1937) | 1899 | 1902 | 2–3 years |  Army | Oscar II | [13] | |
| Lieutenant colonel Sune Wennerberg (1855–1908) | 1902 | 1903 | 0–1 years | Army | Oscar II | [14] | |
| Lieutenant colonel David Hedengren (1858–1946) | 1903 | 1905 | 1–2 years | Army | Oscar II | [15] | |
| Colonel[a] Nore Martin (1859–1922) | 1905 | 1915 | 9–10 years | Army | Oscar II Gustaf V | [16] | |
| Colonel[b] Oscar Osterman (1874–1956) | 1916 | 1926 | 9–10 years | Army | Gustaf V | [17] | |
| Lieutenant colonel[c] Hjalmar Thorén (1878–1941) | 1926 | 1931 | 4–5 years | Army | Gustaf V | - | |
| Colonel[d] Halvar Gustafsson (1887–1953) | 7 July 1931 | 1939 | 7–8 years | Army | Gustaf V | [18] | |
| Colonel Birger Hedqvist (1894–1964) | 1 October 1939 | 30 March 1949 | 9 years, 180 days | Army | Gustaf V | [19] | |
| Major general[e] Anders Nordström (1895–1966) | 1949 | 1956 | 6–7 years | Army | Gustaf V Gustaf VI Adolf | - | |
| Major general Edward Malm (1899–1983) | 1956 | 1959 | 2–3 years | Army | Gustaf VI Adolf | - | |
| Senior colonel Fredrik Hård af Segerstad (1903–1984) | 1959 | 1964 | 4–5 years | Army | Gustaf VI Adolf | - | |
| Major general[f] Erik Envall (1912–1984) | 1964 | 1968 | 3–4 years | Army | Gustaf VI Adolf | - |
See also[]
Footnotes[]
- ^ Martin was major when taking office in 1905 and was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1908 and to colonel in 1913 while still in office.[16]
- ^ Osterman was major when taking office in 1916 and was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1918 and to colonel in 1922 while still in office.[17]
- ^ Thorén was major when taking office in 1926 and was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1928 while still in office.
- ^ Gustafsson was major when taking office on 7 July 1931 and was promoted to lieutenant colonel on 8 December 1933 and to colonel on 7 October 1936 while still in office.[18]
- ^ Nordström was colonel when taking office in 1949 and was promoted to major general in 1953 while still in office.
- ^ Envall was senior colonel when taking office in 1964 and was promoted to major general in 1966 while still in office.
References[]
Notes[]
- ^ Gullberg 1977, p. 247
- ^ a b Olsson, Rosén & Westrin 1882, p. 1014
- ^ Betänkande och förslag rörande den centrala försvarsförvaltningen (PDF). Statens offentliga utredningar, 0375-250X ; 1927:29 (in Swedish). Stockholm. 1927. p. 24. SELIBR 13537882.
- ^ "Fälttygmästare". Svenska Akademiens ordbok (in Swedish). Swedish Academy. 1926. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ Westrin 1908, p. 244
- ^ Kungl. Maj:ts provisoriska instruktion för armétygförvaltningen, Tjänstemeddelanden rörande lantförsvaret, serie A (TLA), 1954:43, p. 149.
- ^ Kungl. Maj:ts instruktion för armétygförvaltningen, SFS 1959:8, p. 56.
- ^ Kungl. Maj:ts instruktion för armétygförvaltningen, SFS 1963:287, p. 619.
- ^ Kungl. Maj:ts instruktion för arméförvaltningen, SFS 1964:371, p. 823.
- ^ Kungl. Maj:ts instruktion för arméförvaltningen, SFS 1965:829, p. 1978.
- ^ Ändring i den provisoriska instruktionen för armétygförvaltningen, Tjänstemeddelanden rörande lantförsvaret, serie A (TLA), 1957:53, p. 215.
- ^ Östergren, Lindblad & Norberg 1987, p. 512
- ^ Sveriges statskalender för år 1902 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: P. A. NORSTEDT & SÖNER. 1901. p. 57. SELIBR 8261599.
- ^ Sveriges statskalender för år 1903 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: P. A. NORSTEDT & SÖNER. 1902. p. 57. SELIBR 8261599.
- ^ Sveriges statskalender för år 1905 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: P. A. NORSTEDT & SÖNER. 1904. p. 57. SELIBR 8261599.
- ^ a b H G-m (1985–1987). "Martin, släkt". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). 25. National Archives of Sweden. p. 182. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ a b CHC (1992–1994). "Osterman, släkt". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). 28. National Archives of Sweden. p. 409. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ a b Wikland, Erik (1967–1969). "Halvar Gustafsson". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). 17. National Archives of Sweden. p. 429. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
- ^ Wikland, Erik (1969–1971). "K Birger Hedqvist". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). 18. National Archives of Sweden. p. 497. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
Print[]
- Gullberg, Ingvar E. (1977). Svensk-engelsk fackordbok för näringsliv, förvaltning, undervisning och forskning [A Swedish-English dictionary of technical terms used in business, industry, administration, education and research] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Norstedt. ISBN 91-1-775052-0. SELIBR 8345587.
- Olsson, B. F.; Rosén, John; Westrin, Theodor, eds. (1882). Nordisk familjebok: konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi innehållande upplysningar och förklaringar om märkvärdiga namn, föremål och begrepp (in Swedish). 5. Stockholm. SELIBR 78095.
- Westrin, Theodor, ed. (1908). Nordisk familjebok: konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi (in Swedish). 9 (Ny, rev. och rikt ill. uppl. ed.). Stockholm: Nordisk familjeboks förl. SELIBR 8072220.
- Östergren, Stefan; Lindblad, Carl Wilhelm; Norberg, Erik (1987). Arméförvaltningens historia. Armémusei skrifter, 0349-9898 ; 4 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Försvarets materielverk. ISBN 9138092859. SELIBR 7262602.
- Military appointments of Sweden