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Gustav Hesselblad

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Gustav Hesselblad
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Born(1906-05-29)29 May 1906
Malmö, Sweden
Died7 March 1989(1989-03-07) (aged 82)
Stockholm, Sweden
OccupationPhysician
Years active1933–1971
Known forSurgeon-in-Chief of the Swedish Army

Gustaf (Gustav) Hesselblad (29 May 1906 – 7 March 1989) was a Swedish physician. He served as Surgeon-in-Chief of the Swedish Army from 1960 to 1971 and head of the Swedish Army Medical Corps from 1960 to 1969.

Early life

Hesselblad was born on 29 May 1906 in Malmö Saint Petri Parish (Malmö S:t Petri församling), Skåne County, Sweden,[1] the son of Frans Gustaf Hesselblad, a factory manager, and his wife Elise Josefsson. He received a Licentiate of Medical Science degree from Lund University in 1933.[2]

Career

Hesselblad held various doctor positions between 1933 and 1938, and served as first assistant physician in Visby in 1939 (acting in 1938). He became battalion surgeon in the Swedish Army Medical Corps in 1939 and served in the Svea Logistic Corps in 1940 and as health inspector in 1943.[2] He was appointed army surgeon in the III Military District Staff in 1945 and became byråöverläkare in the Medical Board of the Swedish Armed Forces in 1953[2] and thus also became a member of the Medical Preparedness Committee of the National Swedish Board of Health (Medicinalstyrelsens sjukvårdsberedskapsnämnd) from the same year.[3]

Hesselblad served as Surgeon-in-Chief of the Swedish Army and head of the Swedish Army Medical Corps from 1960 to 1969 after which he served as Surgeon-in-Chief of the Swedish Army and head of the Medical Corps Office (Medicinalkårsexpeditionen) in the Medical Board of the Swedish Armed Forces from 1969 to 1971.[4][5]

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Visby

Visby

Visby is an urban area in Sweden and the seat of Gotland Municipality in Gotland County on the island of Gotland with 24,330 inhabitants as of 2017. Visby is also the episcopal see for the Diocese of Visby. The Hanseatic city of Visby is arguably the best-preserved medieval city in Scandinavia, and, since 1995, it has been on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list. Among the most notable historical remains are the 3.4 km (2.1 mi) long town wall that encircles the town center, and a number of church ruins. The decline as a Hanseatic city in the Late Middle Ages was the cause why many stone houses were preserved in their original medieval style.

Swedish Army Medical Corps

Swedish Army Medical Corps

The Swedish Army Medical Corps was from 1806 to 1969 an administrative corps of the Swedish Army, consisting of military surgeons. In 1969 the corps was amalmagated into the Medical Corps of the Swedish Armed Forces.

Svea Logistic Corps

Svea Logistic Corps

The Svea Logistic Corps was a Swedish Army logistic unit operating between 1891 and 1997. The unit was based in Linköping.

Western Military District (Sweden)

Western Military District (Sweden)

Western Military District, originally III Military District was a Swedish military district, a command of the Swedish Armed Forces that had operational control over Western Sweden, for most time of its existence corresponding to the area covered by the counties of Gothenburg and Bohus, Älvsborg, Skaraborg and Halland. The headquarters of Milo V were located in Skövde.

Swedish Armed Forces Centre for Defence Medicine

Swedish Armed Forces Centre for Defence Medicine

The Swedish Armed Forces Centre for Defence Medicine is a tri-service military medicine center in the Swedish Armed Forces. Its staff is made up of officers, civilian specialists, group commanders and officer reservists – tasked with ensuring care is provided during peacetime, on international missions, at times of crisis and in combat.

National Swedish Board of Health

National Swedish Board of Health

The National Swedish Board of Health was a Swedish government agency between 1878 and 1968, with responsibility for the health and medical services and the pharmacy services. All the activities in the field of public health in Sweden are either operated or controlled by public authorities. Public health is under the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, the chief of which is a member of the cabinet. The National Swedish Board of Health was the principal instrument of the State for governing, superintending and promoting the activities and the work of the institutions pertaining to this field. The board supervised the medical personnel, the hospitals and the pharmacies and had the direct control of the State Pharmaceutical Laboratory, the State institutions for forensic medicine, a unit for mass radiofluorography etc. The National Swedish Board of Health was dissolved in 1968 and became the National Board of Health and Welfare.

Surgeon-in-Chief of the Swedish Army

Surgeon-in-Chief of the Swedish Army

The Surgeon-in-Chief of the Swedish Army was from 1943 to 1969 the senior-most officer and head of the Swedish Army Medical Corps.

Death

Hesselblad died on 7 March 1989 in Oscar Parish, Stockholm.[1]

Awards and decorations

Honours

Source: "Gustav Hesselblad", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2022, September 11th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Hesselblad.

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References
  1. ^ a b Sveriges dödbok 1901-2009 [Swedish death index 1901-2009] (in Swedish) (Version 5.0 ed.). Solna: Sveriges släktforskarförbund. 2010. ISBN 9789187676598. SELIBR 11931231.
  2. ^ a b c Harnesk, Paul, ed. (1962). Vem är vem? [Who's Who?] (in Swedish). Vol. 1, Stor–Stockholm (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Vem är vem bokförlag. p. 561. SELIBR 53509.
  3. ^ Sveriges statskalender för skottåret 1960 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1960. p. 151.
  4. ^ Andersson, Sigrid, ed. (1986). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1987 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 482. ISBN 9118630723. SELIBR 3681528.
  5. ^ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1971). Sveriges statskalender 1971 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. p. 107.
  6. ^ Sveriges statskalender 1965 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1965. p. 150.
  7. ^ Sveriges statskalender för skottåret 1960 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1960. p. 90.
  8. ^ Sveriges statskalender 1965 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1965. p. 304.
  9. ^ Kjellander, Rune (1996). Kungl Krigsvetenskapsakademien: Svenska krigsmanna sällskapet (till 1805), Kungl Krigsvetenskapsakademien : biografisk matrikel med porträttgalleri 1796-1995 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Akad. p. 161. ISBN 91-630-4181-2. SELIBR 7451162.
Military offices
Preceded by Surgeon-in-Chief of the Swedish Army
1960–1971
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Preceded by Swedish Army Medical Corps
1960–1969
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