Axel Bredberg

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Lieutenant General '''Axel Bredberg''' (24 February 1884 – 5 February 1960) was a Swedish Army officer. His senior commands include Inspector of the Swedish Army Service Troops from 1933 to 1942, Chief of the Defence Staff from 1942 to 1944 and military commander of the V Military District from 1945 to 1947.

==Early life== Bredberg was born on 24 February 1884 in Jönköping, Sweden, the son of Anders Petter Johansson-Bredberg and his wife Emma (née Svensson). He was the brother of lieutenant colonel Ernst Bredberg.<ref name="Vem är det (1940), p. 122">{{cite book |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1943 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1943 |year=1940 |location=Stockholm |publisher=Norstedt |language=sv |id={{LIBRIS|10335454}} |url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1943/0122.html |page=122}}</ref>

==Career==

===Military career=== Bredberg was commissioned as a ''underlöjtnant'' in the Kronoberg Regiment (I 11) in 1904. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1907 and served as a lieutenant in the General Staff in 1914 and as captain in the General Staff in 1916.<ref name="Harnesk (1945), p. 116">{{cite book |editor1-last=Harnesk |editor1-first=Paul |date=1945 |title=Vem är vem?. D. 1, Stockholmsdelen |trans-title=Who's Who?. D. 1, Stockholm part |location=Stockholm |publisher=Vem är vem bokförlag |language=sv |id={{LIBRIS|8198269}} |url=https://runeberg.org/vemarvem/sthlm45/0132.html |page=116}}</ref> Bredberg served as a teacher of tactics at the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 1918 to 1925 and as captain in the Skaraborg Regiment (I 9) from 1920 to 1922. He served as captain in the General Staff in 1922 and as major there in 1925.<ref name="Harnesk (1945), p. 116"/>

Bredberg was made available for service in the Defense Audit (''Försvarsrevisionen'') from 1920 to 1923 and to the head of the General Commission of the Ministry of Defence and the Special Committee of the Riksdag from 1923 to 1925.<ref name="Harnesk (1945), p. 116"/> Bredberg also had special assignments: reorganization of the Road and Waterway Construction Service Corps, the Reserve Officer Regulation (''Reservofficersförordningen''), the Enrollment Regulation (''Inskrivningsförordningen'') and the Air Defense Commission (''Luftförsvarskommissionen'') from 1924 to 1930. He was head of the General Staff's Organizational Department from 1924 to 1927.<ref name="Harnesk (1945), p. 116"/>

Bredberg served as major and teacher at the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 1928 to 1931 and he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the Swedish Army in 1928 and in the General Staff in 1930.<ref name="Harnesk (1945), p. 116"/> He served in the Älvsborg Regiment (I 15) in 1931, and served as acting regimental commander there from 1932 to 1933. Bredberg was promoted to colonel in 1933 and was appointed Inspector of the Swedish Army Service Troops. He was promoted to major general in 1937 and in 1942 he was appointed Chief of the Defence Staff.<ref name="Harnesk (1945), p. 116"/> Bredberg remained in this position until January 1944.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/?postid=Arkis%201066001a-425b-4e18-b9ac-facd4259959d&s=Balder |publisher=National Archives of Sweden |title=Bredberg, Axel, arkiv > Se förteckning |trans-title=Bredberg, Axel, archive > See list |access-date=14 February 2019 |language=sv}}</ref> In 1945, Bredberg was appointed military commander of the V Military District.<ref>{{cite book |year=1947 |title=Sveriges statskalender för året 1947 |location=Uppsala |publisher=Fritzes offentliga publikationer |language=sv |url=https://runeberg.org/statskal/1947/0311.html |page=311}}</ref> In 1949, he was promoted to lieutenant general.<ref>{{cite book |year=1955 |title=Sveriges statskalender för året 1955 |location=Stockholm |publisher=Fritzes offentliga publikationer |language=sv |url=https://runeberg.org/statskal/1955/0353.html |page=353}}</ref>

===Other work=== Bredberg was chairman of the Swedish Association of Army, Navy and Air Force Officers (''Svenska officersförbundet'') from 1936 to 1942, the ''Försvarsväsendets rullföringsnämnd'' ("Defense Committee's Enrollment Board") from 1941 to 1942 and the ''Militära experttjänstekommissionen'' ("Military Expert Service Commission") in 1942.<ref name="Harnesk (1945), p. 116"/> He was a member of the ''Inskrivningsrådet'' ("Enrollment Council") and board member of the Royal Automobile Club in 1942. Bredberg was also a member of the ''Statens organisationsnämnd'' ("National Organization Board") in 1944 and chairman of the ''Försvarets centrala organisationskommission'' ("Swedish Armed Forces Central Organization Commission") in 1944 and the ''Sjukvårdskommissionen'' ("Healthcare Commission") in 1944.<ref name="Harnesk (1945), p. 116"/>

==Personal life== In 1908, he married Sigrid Sundling (1885–1969).<ref name="Vem är det (1940), p. 122"/> They were the parents of colonel Bertil Bredberg (born 1909).<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Uddling |editor1-first=Hans |editor2-last=Paabo |editor2-first=Katrin |year=1992 |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1993 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1993 |location=Stockholm |publisher=Norstedt |isbn=91-1-914072-X |language=sv |id={{LIBRIS|8261513}} |url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1993/0170.html |page=170}}</ref>

==Death== Bredberg died on 5 February 1960 in Engelbrekt Parish in Stockholm.<ref>{{cite book |title=Sveriges dödbok 1901-2009 |trans-title=Swedish death index 1901-2009 |edition=Version 5.0 |year=2010 |publisher=Sveriges släktforskarförbund |location=Solna |language=sv |isbn=9789187676598 |id={{LIBRIS|11931231}}}}</ref> He was buried at S:ta Birgitta griftegård in Borås on 20 December 1960.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://svenskagravar.se/gravsatt/56361671 |publisher=Svenskagravar.se |title=Bredberg, Axel |access-date=12 December 2018 |language=sv}}</ref>

==Dates of rank== *1904 – ''Underlöjtnant'' *1907 – Lieutenant *1914 – Captain *1925 – Major *1928 – Lieutenant colonel *1933 – Colonel *1937 – Major general *1949 – Lieutenant general

==Awards and decorations==

===Swedish=== * 50x50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword (15 November 1944)<ref>{{cite book |year=1950 |title=Sveriges statskalender för året 1950 |location=Stockholm |publisher=Fritzes offentliga publikationer |language=sv |url=https://runeberg.org/statskal/1950bih/0008.html |page=8}}</ref> * 50x50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Commander First Class of the Order of Vasa (5 June 1943)<ref>{{cite book |year=1955 |title=Sveriges statskalender för året 1955 |location=Stockholm |publisher=Fritzes offentliga publikationer |language=sv |url=https://runeberg.org/statskal/1955/1395.html |page=127}}</ref> * 50x50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Knight of the Order of the Polar Star<ref name="Harnesk (1945), p. 116"/>

===Foreign=== * 50x50px {{flagicon|Finland}} Commander of the Order of the White Rose of Finland<ref name="Harnesk (1945), p. 116"/>

==Honours== *Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1931)<ref name="Vem är det (1940), p. 122"/>

==References== {{Commonscat|Axel Bredberg}} {{Reflist}}

{{S-start}} {{S-mil}} {{Succession box | title = Inspector of the Swedish Army Service Troops | years = 1933–1942 | before = Olof Thörnell | after = Ivar Gewert }} {{Succession box | title = Chief of the Defence Staff | years = 1942–1944 | before = Samuel Åkerhielm | after = Carl August Ehrensvärd }} {{Succession box | title = V Military District | years = 1945–1947 | before = Axel Rappe | after = Sven Salander }} {{s-npo|pro}} {{Succession box | title = Chairman of the Swedish Association of Army, Navy and Air Force Officers | years = 1936–1942 | before = Oscar Osterman | after = Einar Björk }} {{S-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bredberg, Axel}} Category:1884 births Category:1960 deaths Category:Swedish Army lieutenant generals Category:People from Jönköping Category:Commanders Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword Category:Commanders First Class of the Order of Vasa Category:Knights of the Order of the Polar Star Category:Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences Category:Chiefs of the Defence Staff (Sweden)

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