Gustaf Dyrssen
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Gustaf Dyrssen
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| Born | November 24, 1891 Stockholm, Sweden |
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Swedish Army |
| Years of service | 1912–1957 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands held | Gotland Artillery Corps (1939–41) Svealand Artillery Regiment (1941–42) Boden Fortress (1942–45) IV. Military Area (1945–57) |
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Representing  Sweden |
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1920 Antwerp | Modern pentathlon |
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1924 Paris | Modern pentathlon |
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1936 Berlin | Team épée |
Gustaf Peder Wilhelm Dyrssen (24 November 1891 – 13 May 1981) was a Swedish army officer, modern pentathlete and Olympic champion.
Military career
Dyrssen was born in Stockholm, Sweden and was the son of admiral Wilhelm Dyrssen and baroness Lizinka af Uggla and brother of Magnus Dyrssen. He became a second lieutenant at the Svealand Artillery Regiment (A 1) in 1912 and studied at the Artillery and Engineering College (Artilleri- och ingenjörhögskolan) from 1914 to 1915. Dyrssen became a lieutenant in 1915 and studied at the War College from 1917 to 1919. He was a cadet at the General Staff from 1920 to 1922, became captain in 1924 and served at the State Railways from 1924 to 1926. Dyrssen was a teacher at the Artillery and Engineering College from 1926 to 1932, captain at the Svealand Artillery Regiment from 1930 to 1932, captain at the General Staff in 1932 and head of division in the Railway Board (Järnvägsstyrelsen) from 1932 to 1937.[1]
He was appointed to major in 1934, was the first adjutant and lieutenant colonel in the General Staff in 1937. Dyrssen was head of the communications department at the Defence Staff from 1937 to 1939 and lieutenant colonel and commander of the Gotland Artillery Corps (A 7) in 1939. Dyrssen was appointed colonel in 1940 and was commander of the Svealand Artillery Regiment from 1941 to 1942, the commandant of the Boden Fortress as well as the deputy military commander of the VI. Military Area from 1942 to 1945. He was appointed major general in 1944 and was the military commander of the IV. Military Area and superior commandant in Stockholm from 1945 to 1957.[1] He retired from the Army in 1957 and was appointed lieutenant general in the reserve.
Athletic career
He won the eventing horse at the 1916 Swedish Games[2] and he competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp where he received a gold medal in modern pentathlon.[3] Dyrssen won the modern pentathlon at the Nordiska Idrætslege in Copenhagen in 1921, the patrol competition on skis at the 1922 Nordic Games and the Swedish Championship in modern pentathlon in 1922.[2]
He received a silver medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.[4] He participated on the Swedish fencing team at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, where the team received a silver medal in épée.[5]
After his athletic career, he held several leading role in Swedish sports. He was also President of the International Modern Pentathlon Union (IUPM) from 1949 to 1960 and member of the International Olympic Committee from 1952 to 1970.
Other work
Dyrssen was chairman of the Railway Preparedness Investigation from 1935 to 1937, Inter-Scandinavian Transit Committee in 1939 and the 1945 Military Investigation. He became a member of the Swedish Olympic Committee in 1946 and was chairman of the Swedish Central Association for the Promotion of Sports (Sveriges centralförening för idrottens främjande) from 1947 to 1961, the Swedish Fencing Federation from 1936 to 1940, the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne and the Biathlon Association from 1949 to 1960. Dyrssen was a member of the International Olympic Committee from 1952 to 1970 and of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences in 1936. He was CEO of the Swedish Outdoor Association (Skid- och friluftsfrämjandet) from 1947 to 1962.[6][1]
Personal life
Dyrssen was married 1915–53 with Maia Wennerholm (1894–1980), daughter of colonel Malcolm Wennerholm and Elsa Broman. He married a second time in 1953 with Eva Hallin (1910–2007), daughter of the chamberlain Axel Hallin and Helga Kreuger.[1]
Awards
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