Tage Olihn

Tage Olihn
Olihn in 1963.
Birth nameDavid Tage Olihn
Born(1908-11-05)5 November 1908
Ronneby, Sweden
Died16 April 1996(1996-04-16) (aged 87)
Söndrum, Sweden
AllegianceSweden
Finland (1940)
Abyssinia (1946–49, 1956–59)
Service / branchSwedish Army
Years of service1930–1973
RankLieutenant General
Commands
Battles / warsWinter War

Lieutenant General David Tage Olihn (5 November 1908 – 16 April 1996) was a senior officer of the Swedish Army. Olihn's senior commands include Inspector of the Swedish Armoured Troops and military commander of the I Military District and of the Lower Norrland Military District (Milo NN). Olihn also served in Finland during the Winter War in 1940 and in Abyssinia two times, from 1946 to 1949, and from 1956 to 1959.

Early life

Olihn was born on 5 November 1908 in Ronneby, Sweden, the son of Nils Olihn, a teacher, and his wife Elna (née Svensson).[1] He was educated at the Artillery and Engineering College in 1930 and was the same year commissioned as an officer in Halland Regiment (I 16) with the rank of second lieutenant.[2]

Career

Olihn attended the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 1938 to 1940.[2] He then served in the Swedish Volunteer Corps in Finland during the Winter War in 1940. Olihn became captain of the General Staff Corps in 1943. In 1946, a cadet school was established in the Ethiopian Imperial Guard, commanded by Olihn.[3] The army group, "Group Olihn" trained officers in the Imperial Guard until 1948 when it was replaced by "Group Nilsson", commanded by lieutenant colonel Rickard Nilsson.[4] Back in Sweden in 1948, he was promoted to major in the Svea Life Guards (I 1). Olihn became major of the General Staff Corps in 1950 and served as head of the Education Department in the Army Staff from 1950 to 1953. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1952 and attended the Swedish National Defence College in 1953.[1]

Olihn was appointed military attaché in Washington, D.C. and Ottawa in 1954 and was promoted to colonel in 1955. He then served as a military adviser in Abyssinia from 1956 to 1959.[1] There he commanded a group of 12 Swedish General Staff Corps officers who served as military advisors training Ethiopian staff officers.[5] Back in Sweden, he was appointed regimental commander of Halland Regiment in 1959. After a year, Olihn was appointed Inspector of the Swedish Armoured Troops.[1] In 1963, he was promoted to major general and appointed military commander of the I Military District. Three years later, he was appointed to military commander of the Lower Norrland Military District (Milo NN).[6] Olihn served in this position until 1973 when he was promoted to lieutenant general and retired from the military.[7]

Olihn was a member of the Swedish-Ethiopian Association, succeeding Carl Gustaf von Rosen as chairman in 1960.[8] He was also an honorary member of the Friends of the Halland Regiment Association (Hallands regementes kamratförening).[9]

Personal life

In 1940 he married Charlotte Ankarcrona (1918–1999), the daughter of major Sten Ankarcrona and Ellen Kjellberg. They had three children: Nils (born 1941), Ulla (born 1943) and Ann-Charlotte (born 1955).[1]

Death

Olihn died on 16 April 1996 in Söndrum parish in Halland County.[10]

Dates of rank

Awards and decorations

Swedish

Foreign

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Harnesk, Paul, ed. (1962). Vem är vem? 1, Stor-Stockholm [Who's Who? 1, Greater Stockholm] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Vem är vem. p. 1011. SELIBR 53509.
  2. ^ a b Burling, Ingeborg, ed. (1962). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1963 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1963] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 830. SELIBR 9649168.
  3. ^ Gyllenhaal, Lars; Westberg, Lennart (2015). Svenskar i krig 1945-2015 (in Swedish). Lund: Historiska media. ISBN 9789175450834. SELIBR 17853087.
  4. ^ "Svenska arméofficersgruppen i Etiopien (1935 – 1964)" (in Swedish). National Archives of Sweden. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Tolv svenska generalstabsofficerare". Vestkusten (in Swedish). No. 17. San Francisco & Oakland, Cal. 26 April 1956. p. 1. SELIBR 4085814. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  6. ^ a b Davidsson, Åke, ed. (1968). Vem är vem?. 5, Norrland : supplement, register [Who's Who?. 5, Norrland : supplements, directory] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Vem är vem. p. 314. SELIBR 53513.
  7. ^ Uddling, Hans; Paabo, Katrin, eds. (1994). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1995 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1995] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 852. ISBN 91-1-943202-X. SELIBR 8261514.
  8. ^ Nylander, Ingegerd (2010). "Tenaestelin fyller 50 år" (PDF). Tenaestelin: Litet av Varje för Etiopiensvenskar: Svensk-etiopiska Föreningens Medlemsblad (in Swedish) (2). Stockholm: Svensk-etiopiska föreningen: 24. SELIBR 4109608.
  9. ^ ÅRSSKRIFT 1996 (PDF) (in Swedish). Vol. 65. Vänersborg: Vänersborgs söners gille. 1996. p. 21. SELIBR 4110281.
  10. ^ Sveriges dödbok 1947-2003 [Swedish death index 1947-2003] (in Swedish) (Version 3.0 ed.). Sundbyberg: Sveriges släktforskarförbund. 2005. SELIBR 9854744.
  11. ^ "Matriklar (D 1)" [Directory (D 1)]. Kungl. Maj:ts Ordens arkiv (in Swedish). Royal Court of Sweden. 1970–1979. p. 21. Retrieved 18 December 2024 – via National Archives of Sweden.
  12. ^ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1969). Sveriges statskalender. 1969 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. p. 97. SELIBR 3682754.
  13. ^ "D. Tage Olihn". www.valor.militarytimes.com. 25 May 1956. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
Military offices
Preceded by Halland Regiment
1959–1960 		Succeeded by
Nils Juhlin
Preceded by Swedish Armoured Troops
1960–1963 		Succeeded by
Per-Hjalmar Bauer
Preceded by I Military District
1963–1966 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Lower Norrland Military District
1966–1973 		Succeeded by