Sam Myhrman

{{Short description|Swedish Air Force officer}} {{Infobox military person | honorific_prefix = | name = Sam Myhrman | image = Sam Myhrman (1912–1965) AMA.0013100.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Myhrman as major general | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = Sam Oskar Myhrman | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1912|12|26|df=y}} | birth_place = Eksjö, Sweden | death_date = {{Death date and age|1965|2|3|1912|12|26|df=y}} | death_place = Lidingö, Sweden | burial_place = | burial_label = | burial_coordinates =  | allegiance = Sweden | branch = Swedish Air Force | service_years = 1935–1965 | rank = Major General | service_number =  | unit = | commands = {{bulleted list|Vice Chief of the Defence Staff|Section I, Defence Staff|Swedish National Defence College|Quartermaster Administration}} | battles = | battles_label = | awards = | memorials = | spouse =  | relations = | other_work = | signature = | signature_size = | signature_alt = | website =  | module = }}

Major General '''Sam Oskar Myhrman''' (26 December 1912 – 3 February 1965) was a Swedish Air Force officer. His senior commands include the post of Vice Chief of the Defence Staff, head of the Swedish National Defence College and head of the Quartermaster Administration.

==Early life== Myhrman was born on 26 December 1912 in Eksjö Parish, Jönköping County, Sweden,<ref name="DB (2010)">{{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={{SELIBR|11931231}}}}</ref> the son of colonel Sam Myhrman and his wife Anna (née Kjelleström). He was the brother of physician Gustaf Myhrman (1903–1901),<ref>{{cite book |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1985 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1985 |year=1984 |location=Stockholm |publisher=Norstedt |language=sv |isbn=91-1-843222-0 |id={{SELIBR|3681527}} |url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1985/0784.html |page=784}}</ref> and the director of the National Swedish Labour Market Board's (''Arbetsmarknadsstyrelsen'') Defense Section, lieutenant colonel Bengt Myhrman (born 1905).<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 934">{{cite book |url=https://runeberg.org/vemarvem/sthlm62/0958.html |editor1-last=Harnesk |editor1-first=Paul |date=1962 |title=Vem är vem? |volume=1, Stor-Stockholm |trans-title=Who's Who? |edition=2nd |location=Stockholm |publisher=Vem är vem bokförlag |language=sv |id={{SELIBR|53509}} |page=934}}</ref> One of his nephews were professor of economics at the Stockholm School of Economics, Johan Myhrman (1937–1997).<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Salander Mortensen |editor-first=Jill |year=1996 |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1997 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1997 |location=Stockholm |publisher=Norstedt |isbn=91-1-960852-7 |language=sv |id={{SELIBR|3681533}} |url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1997/0794.html |page=794}}</ref>

==Career== Myhrman graduated from the Military Academy Karlberg in 1935 and was commissioned as an officer in Svea Logistic Corps the same year with the rank of second lieutenant.<ref name="Kjellander (1996), p. 156">{{cite book |last=Kjellander |first=Rune |title=Kungl Krigsvetenskapsakademien: Svenska krigsmanna sällskapet (till 1805), Kungl Krigsvetenskapsakademien : biografisk matrikel med porträttgalleri 1796–1995 |year=1996 |publisher=Akad. |location=Stockholm |language=sv |isbn=9163041812 |id={{SELIBR|7451162}} |page=156}}</ref> He transferred to the Swedish Air Force where he was promoted to lieutenant in 1937 and to captain in 1942. He then attended the Royal Swedish Air Force Staff College and conducted staff service from 1942 to 1945 and the Royal Air Force Staff College from 1945 to 1946. Myhrman was appointed teacher at the Royal Swedish Air Force Staff College in 1946 and was promoted to major in 1948.<ref name="Burling (1962), p. 759">{{cite book |editor-last=Burling |editor-first=Ingeborg |year=1962 |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1963 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1963 |location=Stockholm |publisher=Norstedt |language=sv |id={{SELIBR|9649168}} |url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1963/0775.html |page=759}}</ref>

Myhrman was appointed head of the Air Staff's Operations Department in 1949 and was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1952 and appointed teacher at the Swedish National Defence College the same year. He was promoted to colonel in 1955 and served as an expert in the 1955 Defense Committee (''1955 års försvarsberedning''). In 1956 he was appointed Vice Chief of the Defence Staff and head of Section I. Myhrman then served as head of department in the 1957 Defense Investigations.<ref name="Burling (1962), p. 759"/> In 1960, Myhrman was appointed head of the Swedish National Defence College and two years later he was promoted to major general.<ref name="Burling (1962), p. 759"/> From 1964 until his death, Myhrman was head of the Quartermaster Administration of the Swedish Armed Forces.<ref>{{cite book |year=1965 |title=Sveriges statskalender för året 1965 |location=Stockholm |publisher=Fritzes offentliga publikationer |language=sv |page=104}}</ref> In his capacity as head of the Quartermaster Administration, he was also a member of the Administration Board of the Swedish Armed Forces.<ref>Kungl. Maj:ts kungörelse om ändrad lydelse av 7 och 8 §§ instruktionen den 11 december 1959 (nr 546) för försvarets förvaltningsdirektion, SFS 1963:291, p. 636.</ref>

==Personal life== In 1938, Myhrman married Agneta Ljungberg (1917–1980),<ref name="Kjellander (1996), p. 156"/> the daughter of captain Carl Ljungberg and Sigrid Hult.<ref name="Burling (1962), p. 759"/>

==Death== Myhrman died on 3 February 1965 in Lidingö Parish, Stockholm County, Sweden.<ref name="DB (2010)"/> Myhrman and his wife are buried in Lidingö Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gravar.se/forsamling/lidingo-forsamling/lidingo-kyrkogard/1-u/sam-oskar-myhrman-090a2 |website=www.gravar.se |title=Sam Oskar Myhrman |access-date=10 June 2022 |language=sv}}</ref>

==Dates of rank== *1935 – Second lieutenant *1937 – Lieutenant *1942 – Captain *1948 – Major *1952 – Lieutenant colonel *1955 – Colonel *1962 – Major general

==Awards and decorations==

===Swedish=== *50x50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Commander 1st Class of the Order of the Sword (6 June 1962)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/E0000848_00021 |publisher=Royal Court of Sweden |work=Kungl. Maj:ts Ordens arkiv |title=Matriklar (D 1) |trans-title=Directory (D 1) |volume=13 |page=31 |date=1960–1969 |access-date=13 February 2026 |language=sv |via=National Archives of Sweden |url-access=registration}}</ref> *50x50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Commander of the Order of the Sword (6 June 1959)<ref>{{cite book |title=Bihang till Sveriges statskalender 1962. Kungl. Svenska riddareordnarna 1962 |year=1962 |location=Uppsala |page=13 |language=sv}}</ref> *50x50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Knight 1st Class of the Order of the Sword (1949)<ref>{{cite book |title=Bihang till Sveriges statskalender 1958. Kungl. Svenska riddareordnarna 1958 |year=1958 |location=Uppsala |page=32 |language=sv}}</ref> *50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Knight of the Order of Vasa (1952)<ref>{{cite book |title=Bihang till Sveriges statskalender 1964. Kungl. Svenska riddareordnarna 1964 |year=1964 |location=Uppsala |page=325 |language=sv}}</ref>

===Foreign=== *50x50px {{flagicon|Norway}} Commander with Star of the Order of St. Olav (1 July 1964)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kongehuset.no/tildelinger.html?tid=28028&sek=27995&q=Myhrman&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=2021-12-14 |language=no}}</ref>

==Honours== *Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1953)<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 934"/>

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{S-start}} {{S-mil}} {{Succession box | title = Vice Chief of the Defence Staff | years = 1956–1960 | before = Moje Östberg | after = Åke Mangård }} {{Succession box | title = Section I of the Defence Staff | years = 1956–1960 | before = Adolf Norberg | after = Sigmund Ahnfelt }} {{Succession box | title = Swedish National Defence College | years = 1960–1964 | before = Gustaf Adolf Westring | after = Oscar Krokstedt }} {{Succession box | title = Quartermaster Administration | years = 1964–1965 | before = Hilding Kring | after = Karl Segrell }} {{S-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Myhrman, Sam}} Category:1912 births Category:1965 deaths Category:Swedish Air Force major generals Category:Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences Category:Knights of the Order of Vasa Category:People from Eksjö

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