Tor Wahlman
Birth nameTor Carl Nicolaus Wahlman
Born(1878-08-10)10 August 1878
Stockholm, Sweden
Died7 August 1954(1954-08-07) (aged 75)
Stockholm, Sweden
Buried
Norra begravningsplatsen
AllegianceSweden
Service/branchCoastal Artillery (Swedish Navy)
Years of service1899–1941
RankLieutenant General
Commands held

Lieutenant General Tor Carl Nicolaus Wahlman (10 August 1878 – 7 August 1954) was a senior officer in the Swedish Coastal Artillery. He served as commanding officer of the Swedish Coastal Artillery from 1929 to 1941.

Early life

Wahlman was born on 10 August 1878 in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of Anders Wahlman, a wholesaler, and his wife Louise Klöfverskjöld.[1]

Career

Wahlman was commissioned as an officer in 1899 and was assigned to Vaxholm Artillery Corps with the rank of underlöjtnant. he was promoted to lieutenant in newly created Swedish Coastal Artillery in 1901.[1] As a lieutenant, he served as a regimental adjutant in Vaxholm Coastal Artillery Regiment.[2] He was promoted to captain in 1907 and as captain, he served, among other things, in the Royal Swedish Naval Materiel Administration.[3] Wahlman was a teacher at various times at the Royal Swedish Naval Staff College between 1908 and 1927 (including weapons science in the coastal artillery program[4]) and at the Royal Swedish Naval Academy between 1908 and 1925. Wahlman served as expert in the commission concerning the organization of the army and navy air force from 1918 to 1922.[1]

Wahlman was promoted to major in 1920[1] and served as an assistant in the Artillery Department at the Royal Swedish Naval Materiel Administration.[5] He was then posted as chief of staff of the staff of the commander of the Swedish Coastal Artillery from 1921. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1924 and to colonel in 1925. Wahlman then served as regimental commander of the Vaxholm Coastal Artillery Regiment and commandant of Vaxholm Fortress in 1926. In 1929, he was promoted to major general and appointed commander of the Swedish Coastal Artillery. He was promoted to lieutenant general in 1936. In 1941, Wahlman retired from active service and was transferred to the reserve.[1]

Personal life

In December 1901, Wahlman got engage to Märta Nordlöf (1882–1935), the daughter of Karl Nordlöf and Olivia Forssberg. They married in 1905.[1][6] They had one daughter: Märta (born 1908). After the death of his wife Märta, Wahlman married to Edith Johnson (born 1906) in 1939, the daughter of August Johnson and Alma Bäck.[1]

Death

Wahlman died on 7 August 1954 and was buried at Norra begravningsplatsen in Stockholm.[7]

Dates of rank

Army

Coastal Artillery

Awards and decorations

Honours

Bibliography

  • Wahlman, Tor; Bjurner, Gunnar; Örnberg, Arthur (1919). Lärobok i artilleri för Kungl. Sjökrigsskolan. D. 1, Krutlära (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. SELIBR 2246000.
  • Wahlman, Tor; Bjurner, Gunnar; Örnberg, Arthur (1920). Lärobok i artilleri för Kungl. Sjökrigsskolan. D. 2, Skjutlära (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. SELIBR 2246001.
  • Wahlman, Tor; Bjurner, Gunnar; Örnberg, Arthur (1924). Lärobok i artilleri för Kungl. Sjökrigsskolan. D. 3, Materiellära (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. SELIBR 2246002.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Svensson, Stina, ed. (1953). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1953 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1953] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 1094. SELIBR 9649164.
  2. ↑ Svensk rikskalender 1905 (in Swedish). Stockholm: P. A. Nordstedt & Söner. 1905. p. 214. SELIBR 498191.
  3. ↑ Svensk rikskalender 1908 (in Swedish). Stockholm: P. A. Nordstedt & Söner. 1908. p. 243. SELIBR 498191.
  4. ↑ Sveriges statskalender för året 1925 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksell. 1925. p. 348.
  5. ↑ Sveriges statskalender för året 1921 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksell. 1921. p. 79.
  6. ↑ "Förlofning". Norrköpings Tidningar (in Swedish). No. 282. 3 December 1901. p. 2. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  7. ↑ "Wahlman, TOR CARL N." www.svenskagravar.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  8. ↑ Sveriges statskalender för året 1945 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1945. p. 10.
  9. ↑ Sveriges statskalender för året 1942 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1942. p. 96.
  10. ↑ Sveriges statskalender för året 1945 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1945. p. 235.
  11. ↑ "Recompensas" [Rewards]. Diario Oficial - del Ministerio de Marina (in Spanish) (187): 1754. 26 August 1929. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  12. ↑ Sveriges statskalender för året 1945 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1945. p. 923.
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