Daniel Enoch Nathanael Nordlander (3 January 1829 – 27 February 1890) was a

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of the

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to King

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, Director-general of Kongl. Telegrafverket, and Member of Parliament of the Riksdag of Sweden of the First Chamber for the Västerbotten County (1883-1885).

Biography

Daniel

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was born on 3 January 1829 in Uppsala,

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, as the son of the vicar and Member of Parliament

Nils Nordlander Nils is a Scandinavian given name, a chiefly Norwegian, Danish, Swedish and Latvian variant of Niels, cognate to Nicholas. People and animals with the given name * Nils Bergström (born 1985), Swedish ice hockey player *Nils Björk (1898–1989), ...

, founder of Skellefteå, and Anna Maria Gestrin. He studied at Härnösand secondary school and was enrolled as a student at Uppsala University on 7 December 1846. In the military, he was appointed

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in 1849,

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on 9 July 1850 at the Regiment of Nerike, and Lieutenant on 2 November 1855 after studies at the Higher Artillery School, a predecessor of the

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. In the

, he was appointed

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on 7 March 1862,

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on 15 February 1867, and

on 12 April 1872. Charles XV of Sweden and Prince Oscar with Adjutants

Nordlander served as

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at the

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in 1855, ordinary General Staff Officer 18 April 1856. He then served as Courier Officer on 5 March 1861 and then

on 28 January 1864 to King

. He was appointed

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at the Ministry of Defence 1867–1872. Thereafter, he was appointed

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at Televerket, head of the Northern Telegraph District, and then Director-general of Televerket in 1874. Daniel Nordlander served as Member of Parliament for the First Chamber of the Riksdag of Sweden for the Västerbotten County (1883-1885). In addition, he was also a member of the

Swedish Order of Freemasons The Swedish Order of Freemasons ( sv, Svenska Frimurare Orden) is a Swedish fraternal order of freemasonry, founded in 1735 as the oldest still active Swedish fraternal order. It is the native Swedish manifestation of Swedish Rite Freemasonry, re ...

. Nordlander was elected as member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences in 1871.

Distinctions

National orders

* :

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Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star (30 November 1889) (Knight 30 November 1878) * : Knight of the Order of the Sword (28 January 1871) * : Knight of the Order of Charles XIII (28 January 1881)

Foreign orders

* : Chevalier of the Legion of Honour (1867) * : Knight of the

Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus The Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus ( it, Ordine dei Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro) (abbreviated OSSML) is a Roman Catholic dynastic order of knighthood bestowed by the royal House of Savoy. It is the second-oldest order of knighthood in the wo ...

(1861) * : Commander 1st Class of the

Order of the Dannebrog The Order of the Dannebrog ( da, Dannebrogordenen) is a Danish order of chivalry instituted in 1671 by Christian V. Until 1808, membership in the order was limited to fifty members of noble or royal rank, who formed a single class known a ...

(1885) (Knight 1862) * : Knight of the

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(1862) * : Knight of the Order of the Red Eagle (1867) * : Knight of the Order of the Oak Crown (1867) * : Knight

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2nd Class of the

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(1879)

References

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Biography

Distinctions

National orders

Foreign orders

See also

References