Curt Göransson


Curt Ture Engelbrecht Göransson was a Swedish Army officer. Göransson's senior commands include Chief of the Defence Staff 1957–1961, military commander of the I Military District 1961–1963 and Chief of the Army 1963–1969.

Military career

Göransson was born on 15 July 1909 in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of lieutenant colonel Erik Göransson and his wife Elsa. He was commissioned as an officer in the Uppland Infantery Regiment with the rank of second lieutenant in 1930. He studied first at the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 1935 to 1937, and later at the Prussian Military Academy in Berlin from 1938 to 1939. Göransson was promoted to captain in the General Staff Corps in 1940 and was a teacher at the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 1942 to 1945. He served in the Svea Life Guards from 1945 to 1947 and was appointed major of the General Staff in 1948.
He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the General Staff Corps in 1952 and served in the South Scania Infantry Regiment in 1953. Göransson was promoted to colonel and regimental commander of Hälsinge Regiment in 1955. He remained in that position until 1957, when he was promoted to major general and appointed Acting Chief of the Defence Staff. Göransson was then Chief of the Defence Staff from 1957 to 1960 and was the military commander of the I Military District from 1961 to 1963. He was promoted to lieutenant general in 1963 and served as Chief of the Army from 1963 to 1969, when he was promoted to full general.

Other work

Göransson acted as a military expert at the Scandinavian defense negotiations from 1948 to 1949 and in defense investigation from 1949 to 1950 as well as in the 1960 defense committee. Göransson was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences from 1949.

Personal life

In 1933, Göransson married Eva Nordlinder, the daughter of banker Ferdinand Nordlinder and Annie Hedberg. He was the father of Kjell and Christer. Göransson died in 1996 and was buried at Lidingö Cemetery.

Dates of rank

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