Bo Rybeck (21 January 1935 – 16 December 2019) was a Swedish physician and researcher. He served as

Surgeon-General of the Swedish Armed Forces The Surgeon-General of the Swedish Armed Forces ( sv, Generalläkaren, GL, previously ''Generalfältläkaren'', since 2017 called the ''Försvarsinspektören för hälsa och miljö'', FIHM) is the senior medical officer of the Swedish Armed Forces ...

(1981–1985) and as Director-General of the

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(1985–1994).

Early life

Rybeck was born on 21 January 1935 in

Hedvig Eleonora Parish Hedvig Eleonora Parish ( sv, Hedvig Eleonora församling) is a parish in Östermalm's church district (''kontrakt'') in the Diocese of Stockholm, Sweden. The parish is located in Stockholm Municipality in Stockholm County. The parish forms its own ...

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, Sweden, the son of Ebbe Rybeck, an auditor, and his wife Anna-Lisa (née Tidlund).

Career

Rybeck received a Licentiate of Medical Science (''Medicine licentiatexamen'') degree in

in 1960 and then worked as an assistant physician (''underläkare'') at Norrbackainstitutet in Stockholm from 1960 to 1962 and then at the orthopedic clinic at

Uppsala University Hospital Uppsala University Hospital ( sv, Akademiska sjukhuset'', often referred to colloquially as "Akademiska" or "Ackis"'') in Uppsala, Sweden, is a teaching hospital for the Uppsala University Faculty of Medicine and the Nursing School. Uppsala Univer ...

from 1962 to 1964. Rybeck served as a staff doctor (''stabsläkare'') in Stockholm Coastal Artillery Defence (''Stockholms kustartilleriförsvar'', SK) from 1964 to 1967 and in the

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from 1967 to 1969. Rybeck then served as a doctor in the

Upper Norrland Military District Upper Norrland Military District ( sv, Övre Norrlands militärområde, Milo ÖN), originally VI Military District ( sv, VI. militärområdet) was a Swedish military district, a command of the Swedish Armed Forces that had operational control ov ...

from 1969 to 1970 and as a Naval Staff doctor in Stockholm from 1970 to 1975. He received a Doctor of Medicine degree in

Gothenburg Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has ...

in 1974 and worked as a

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and

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at the

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in 1975. Rybeck then served as chief defence physician (''försvarsöverläkare'') from 1975 to 1976, as an Army Staff doctor from 1976 to 1979 as well as acting

from 1979 to 1980. Rybeck then served as Surgeon-General of the Swedish Armed Forces and head of the

Medical Corps of the Swedish Armed Forces __NOTOC__ The Medical Corps of the Swedish Armed Forces ( sv, Försvarets medicinalkår, Medk) was a joint administrative corps for military physicians and military veterinarians in the Swedish Armed Forces. It was formed in 1969 ( SFS 1969:409) ...

from 1981 to 1985 and as Director-General of the

from 1985 to 1994. From 1994 to 1995, Rybeck was the director general of the National Board for Strategic Defence Research (NSF). Member of the Central Committee of the Swedish Society of Military Medical Officers (''Svenska Militärläkareföreningen'') from 1969 to 1979, secretary of the Disaster Medicine Organizing Committee of the Defence Medical Research Delegation from 1971 to 1974, medical delegate in

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for the

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in 1972, member of the delegation for the development of international law rules on humanity in war from 1974, medical expert at the

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at the diplomatic conference on the laws of war in

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from 1973 to 1976, chairman of the UN expert meeting in

on disarmament negotiations on bacteriological weapons in 1987, ''Nämnden för strategisk försvarsforskning'' ("Board for Strategic Defense Research") from 1994 to 1995. Rybeck was a member of the board of Bofors AB from 1995 to 1997. He was also part owner of the research company, Hibernon AB that performed brain research.

Personal life

In 1958, Rybeck married Karin Lindahl (born 1932), the daughter of dentist Karl-Axel Lindahl and Ingrid (née Alderin). He had three daughters; Johanna, Susanne and Anna-Karin.

Death

Rybeck died on 16 December 2019. The funeral service was held on 23 January 2020 in Grödinge Church in

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Awards, decorations and honours

Awards and decorations

Michael DeBakey Michael Ellis DeBakey (September 7, 1908 – July 11, 2008) was a Lebanese-American general and cardiovascular surgeon, scientist and medical educator who became Chairman of the Department of Surgery, President, and Chancellor of Baylor College ...

International Military Surgeons Award, USA (1986) *Title of Professor ( sv, Professors namn) (1993) *Commander of the

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, France (1994)

Honours

*Member of the

Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences The Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences ( sv, Kungliga Örlogsmannasällskapet, KÖMS), founded in 1771 by King Gustav III, is one of the Royal Academies in Sweden. The Society is an independent organization and a forum for navy and defence i ...

(1971) *Member of the

Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences The Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences ( sv, Kungliga Krigsvetenskapsakademien) is one of the Royal Academies in Sweden and was founded on 12 November 1796 by Gustaf Wilhelm af Tibell. The academy is an independent organization and a forum for m ...

(1981) *Member of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (1984) *Honorary doctor of the Russian Military Medical Academy,

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

(1997)

References

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