Helge Strömbäck

Helge Strömbäck
Helge Strömbäck
	Vice Admiral Helge Strömbäck at his resignation as Chief of the Navy in 1953.
Birth name	Helge Hjalmar Immanuel Strömbäck
Born	26 July 1889; Delsbo, Sweden
Died	20 March 1960 (aged 70); Stockholm, Sweden
Buried	Galärvarvskyrkogården, Stockholm
Service/branch	Swedish Navy
Years of service	1903–1953
Rank	Vice admiral
Commands held	HSwMS Nordenskjöld; HSwMS Gotland; Naval Operations Department, Defence Staff; Flag captain of the Coastal Fleet; Chief of the Naval Staff; Chief of the Navy;

Vice Admiral Helge Hjalmar Immanuel Strömbäck (26 July 1889 – 20 March 1960) was a Swedish Navy officer. He was the Chief of the Naval Staff from 1942 to 1945 and the Chief of the Navy from 1945 to 1953.

Career

Strömbäck was born on 26 July 1889 in Delsbo, Gävleborg County, Sweden, the son of vicar Hjalmar Strömbäck and his wife Ida (née Steinmetz). He became a sea cadet in 1903 and sub-lieutenant in the Swedish Navy in 1909.[1] Strömbäck conducted Russian language studies in Moscow from 1913 to 1914 and was promoted to lieutenant in 1918.[1] He attended the Royal Swedish Naval Staff College from 1918 to 1921 and was a teacher there and at the Royal Swedish Army Staff College. Strömbäck was promoted to commander in 1933 and was head of department at the Naval Staff from 1933 to 1936.[1]

He was captain of the seaplane cruiser HSwMS Gotland in 1936 and then head of the Naval Operations Department in the Defence Staff from 1937 to 1939. Strömbäck was promoted to captain in 1939 and was flag captain of the Coastal Fleet from 1939 to 1941 and Chief of the Naval Staff from 1942 to 1945. He was promoted to rear admiral in 1943 and finally vice admiral in 1945.[1] Strömbäck was Chief of the Navy from 1945 to 1953.[2]

Other work

Strömbäck was secretary of the 1929 Defense Investigation and expert assistance in the 1930 Defence Commission. He became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences in 1939 and an honorary member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences in 1943.[2]

Personal life

In 1921, Strömbäck married Melanie Suchy (1892–1981). He was the father of Melanie (born 1922), Gudrun (born 1925) and Barbro (born 1927).[1] Strömbäck died in 1960 and was buried at Galärvarvskyrkogården in Stockholm.[3]

Dates of rank

1903 – Acting Sub-Lieutenant (Underlöjtnant)
1909 – Sub-Lieutenant (Löjtnant)
1918 – Lieutenant (Kapten)
1933 – Commander (Kommendörkapten)
1939 – Captain (Kommendör)
1943 – Rear admiral
1945 – Vice admiral

Awards and decorations

Vice Admiral Strömbäck inspects the Swedish Auxiliary Naval Corps' cadet school at Dalarö Fortress circa 1950.

Strömbäck's awards:[1]

Commander 1st Class of the Order of the Sword
Knight of the Order of the Polar Star
Knight of the Order of Vasa
Commander 1st Class of the Order of the Aztec Eagle
Commander 1st Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau with swords
Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog
Knight of the Order of del Mérito Naval

Bibliography

Strömbäck, Helge (1936). Sverige och Östersjön: en försvarspolitisk studie [Sweden and the Baltic Sea: a defense policy study]. Marinlitteraturföreningen, 0348-2405 ; 40 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes bokförl.

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References

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. 818.
Burling, Ingeborg, ed. (1956). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1957 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1957] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. pp. 916–917.
"Galärvarvskyrkogården, kvarter B, gravnummer 16" (in Swedish). Hittagraven.se. Retrieved 11 November 2015.

External links

(in Swedish) Article in Svenskt biografiskt lexikon
(in Swedish) Biography

Military offices
Preceded by None	Defence Staff's Naval Operations Department 1937–1939	Succeeded by Stig H:son Ericson
Preceded by ?	Flag captain of the Coastal Fleet 1939–1941	Succeeded by Erik Anderberg
Preceded by Yngve Ekstrand	Chief of the Naval Staff 1942–1945	Succeeded by Erik Anderberg
Preceded by Fabian Tamm	Chief of the Navy 1945–1953	Succeeded by Stig H:son Ericson
Professional and academic associations
Preceded by Bengt Nordenskiöld	President of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences 1949–1951	Succeeded by Birger Hedqvist

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[Harnesk_(1945),_p._818-1] 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. 818.

[Burling_(1956),_pp._916-917-2] Burling, Ingeborg, ed. (1956). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1957 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1957] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. pp. 916–917.

[3] "Galärvarvskyrkogården, kvarter B, gravnummer 16" (in Swedish). Hittagraven.se. Retrieved 11 November 2015.