Holger Henning

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Vice Admiral '''Carl Holger Holter Henning''' (30 July 1905 – 4 February 1981) was a Swedish Navy officer. Henning served as Chief of the Military Office of the Ministry of Defence from 1961 to 1970.

==Early life== Henning was born on 30 July 1905 in Härnösand Parish, Sweden,<ref name="DB (2005)">{{cite book |title=Sveriges dödbok 1947-2003 |trans-title=Swedish death index 1947-2003 |edition=Version 3.0 |year=2005 |publisher=Sveriges släktforskarförbund |location=Sundbyberg |language=sv |id={{SELIBR|9854744}}}}</ref> the son of Carl Henning and his wife Caroline Holter-Hedström.<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 550">{{cite book |url=https://runeberg.org/vemarvem/sthlm62/0574.html |editor1-last=Harnesk |editor1-first=Paul |date=1962 |title=Vem är vem? 1, Stor-Stockholm |trans-title=Who's Who? 1, Greater Stockholm |edition=2nd |location=Stockholm |publisher=Vem är vem |language=sv |id={{SELIBR|53509}} |page=550}}</ref> He passed ''studentexamen'' in Stockholm in 1924.<ref name="Granath (1982), p. 7">{{cite journal |url=https://www.koms.se/content/uploads/2013/07/TiS-nr-1-1982.pdf |journal=Tidskrift i sjöväsendet |title=Minnesteckningar |first=Bo |last=Granath |year=1982 |number=1 |location=Carlskrona |language=sv |id={{LIBRIS|8258455}} |page=7}}</ref>

==Career== Henning was commissioned as an officer in the Swedish Navy in 1927 with the rank of acting sub-lieutenant and then served aboard different coastal defence ships.<ref name="Granath (1982), p. 7"/> He studied at the Royal Swedish Naval Staff College from 1933 to 1935 and served in the Naval Staff from 1935 to 1936, 1938 to 1939 and from 1942 to 1944.<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 550"/> During the war years he served as an artillery officer on {{HSwMS|Gustaf V}} and executive officer on the cruiser {{HSwMS|Gotland|1933|6}}.<ref name="Granath (1982), p. 7"/> Henning was promoted to lieutenant commander in 1944 and then served as a teacher at the Royal Swedish Naval Staff College from 1946 to 1947.<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 550"/>

In 1949, Henning was promoted to commander and he served as head of the Operations Department in the Naval Staff from 1949 to 1952.<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 550"/> From January to March 1953, Henning captained HSwMS ''Gotland'' on a trip to Dakar in West Africa.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.alvsnabben.se/got53/got1953.htm |website=www.alvsnabben.se |title=Med kryssaren HMS Gotland i västerled 1953 |access-date=14 January 2021 |language=sv}}</ref> He was promoted to captain in 1953 and served as head of Section II in the Defence Staff from 1953 to 1960.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://runeberg.org/statskal/1955/0104.html |title=Sveriges statskalender för året 1955 |year=1955 |publisher=Fritzes offentliga publikationer |location=Stockholm |language=sv |page=104}}</ref><ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 550"/> In 1960, Henning was promoted to rear admiral and he served as Acting Chief of the Military Office of the Ministry of Defence from 1960 to 1961 and then as Chief of the same from 1961 to 1970.<ref name="Vem är det (1976), p. ?">{{cite book |url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1977/0444.html |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1977 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1977 |year=1976 |publisher=Norstedt |location=Stockholm |language=sv |isbn=91-1-766022-X |id={{SELIBR|3681523}} |page=424}}</ref> He retired and was given a tombstone promotion to vice admiral on 1 October 1970.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1970-06-30/SVNY/9 |newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet |title=Marinen |page=9 |date=1970-06-30 |access-date=7 March 2024 |language=sv |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Henning became ADC to Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf in 1943 and served him until he became king Gustaf VI Adolf in 1953. He then served the king as senior ADC from 1953 to 1973.<ref name="Vem är det (1976), p. ?"/> He was an expert in the 1941 Defense Inquiry and in the 1945 Defense Committee.<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 550"/>

==Personal life== In 1931, Henning married Dagmar Örnberg (1910–2000), the daughter of Major General Arthur Örnberg (1883–1967) and Carmen Hagander (1888–1982). He was the father of Birgitta (born 1933), Catharina (born 1936) and Per (born 1942).<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 550"/>

==Death== Henning died on 4 February 1981 in Oscar Parish in Stockholm.<ref name="DB (2005)"/> The funeral was held on 12 February 1981 in Hedvig Eleonora Church in Stockholm.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1981-02-08/SVNY/16 |newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet |title=DÖDA |editor-first=Lennart |editor-last=Keiller |page=16 |date=8 February 1981 |access-date=2 September 2022 |language=sv |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He was interred at Galärvarvskyrkogården in Stockholm on 27 April 1981.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://svenskagravar.se/gravsatt/46035813 |website=www.svenskagravar.se |title=Henning, Carl Holger Holter |access-date=13 January 2021 |language=sv}}</ref>

==Dates of rank== *1927 – Acting sub-lieutenant *19?? – Sub-lieutenant *19?? – Lieutenant *1944 – Lieutenant commander *1949 – Commander *1953 – Captain *1960 – Rear admiral *1 October 1970 – Vice admiral

==Awards and decorations==

===Swedish=== * 50x50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} King Gustaf V's Jubilee Commemorative Medal (1948)<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 550"/> * 50x50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword (6 June 1969)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/E0000848_00016#?c=&m=&s=&cv=15&xywh=-27%2C46%2C3431%2C1881 |publisher=Royal Court of Sweden |work=Kungl. Maj:ts Ordens arkiv |title=Matriklar (D 1) |trans-title=Directory (D 1) |volume=13 |page=23 |date=1960–1969 |access-date=18 December 2024 |language=sv |via=National Archives of Sweden |url-access=registration}}</ref> * 50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Commander 1st Class of the Order of the Sword (6 June 1961)<ref>{{cite book |url=https://gupea.ub.gu.se/bitstream/2077/65665/1/gupea_2077_65665_1.pdf |title=Sveriges statskalender. 1969 |editor-first=Bengt |editor-last=Sköldenberg |year=1969 |publisher=Fritzes offentliga publikationer |location=Stockholm |language=sv |id={{LIBRIS|3682754}} |page=96}}</ref> * 50x50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Knight of the Order of Vasa (1942)<ref>{{cite book |url=https://runeberg.org/statskal/1955/1464.html |title=Sveriges statskalender för året 1955 |year=1955 |publisher=Fritzes offentliga publikationer |location=Stockholm |language=sv |page=196}}</ref>

===Foreign=== * 50x50px {{flagicon|Norway}} Commander with Star of the Order of St. Olav (1 July 1961)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kongehuset.no/tildelinger.html?tid=28028&sek=27995&q=Henning%2C+C.H.H.&type=&aarstall= |publisher=Royal Court of Norway |website=www.kongehuset.no |title=Tildelinger av ordener og medaljer |trans-title=Awards of medals and medals |access-date=2023-01-19 |language=no}}</ref> * 50x50px {{flagicon|Finland}} Commander of the Order of the White Rose of Finland<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 550"/> * 50x50px {{flagicon|France}} Commander of the Legion of Honour<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 550"/> * 50x50px {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau with Swords<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 550"/> * 50x50px {{flagicon|Netherlands}} {{ill|Inhuldigingsmedaille 1948|nl|Inhuldigingsmedaille 1948|no|Dronning Julianas innsettelsesmedalje}} (8 June 1949)<ref>Nationaal Archief, Archive 2.0.32, Dossiers 915 and 916</ref> * 50px {{flagicon|Austria}} Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver with Star for Services to the Republic of Austria (1962)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.parlament.gv.at/dokument/XXIV/AB/10542/imfname_251156.pdf |publisher=Austrian Parliament |title=Anfragebeantwortung |trans-title=Response to inquiries |id=10542/AB XXIV. GP |page=135 |date=23 April 2012 |access-date=5 September 2024 |language=de}}</ref>

==Honours== *Member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences (1943; honorary member in 1960)<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 550"/> *Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1955)<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 550"/>

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{S-start}} {{S-mil}} {{Succession box | title = Section II of the Defence Staff | years = 1953–1960 | before = Erik af Klint | after = Oscar Krokstedt }} {{Succession box | title = Military Office of the Ministry of Defence | years = 1961–1970 | before = Carl Årmann | after = Dag Arvas }} {{S-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Henning, Holger}} Category:1905 births Category:1981 deaths Category:Swedish Navy vice admirals Category:People from Härnösand Category:Members of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences Category:Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences Category:Commanders Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword Category:Knights of the Order of Vasa Category:Burials at Galärvarvskyrkogården

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