Fredrik Hjalmar Adelborg (18 October 1886 – 21 September 1948) was a

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diplomat, director, explorer, donor and author.

Career

Adelborg was born at Öster-Malma Castle in Ludgo, Södermanland County, Sweden, the son of captain Otto Adelborg and baroness Jacquette De Geer. He was the brother of Gustaf-Otto Adelborg and

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. Adelborg was a sea cadet and attended the Royal Swedish Naval Academy from 1901 to 1903 and served in the Merchant Navy and carried out two complete global circumnavigations. He completed

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's examination and an examination in steam engine teaching at Stockholm Navigation School in 1907. He became a reserve under-lieutenant in the Swedish Navy in 1908 and was secretary to the vice consul at the Swedish consulate in

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from 1908 to 1909. He lived in the

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from 1910 to 1934 where he was head of different rupper companies; Director Assistant of the Gali Rubber Company in

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1910-11, Deputy CEO of the Gomali Rubber Company in

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1911-12, CEO of the Lower Perak Rubber Company in

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1912-16, Head of the Jendarata Rubber Company in

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1916-21 and CEO and Head of the Siginting and Pelepak Valley Rubber Company in Port Dickson from 1922. Adelborg undertook expeditions for the exploration of the Sakai in the

from 1911 to 1929 and did extensive travels in the

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. Adelborg conducted field trips to

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and

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and

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from 1910 to 1922. He donated large zoological collections to the

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in 1921. Adelborg was a delegate at the International Rubber Congress in

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in 1921, Consul General of Sweden in

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from 1928 to 1934 and chief of staff of the International Committee for Non-Intervention in Spain from 1937 to 1939. He was head of the courier department at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs from 1940. He was a member of the

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and an associate of the Associate Incorporated Society of Planters. He was permanent member of the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography.

Personal life

In 1916, he married the baroness Elisabeth Gyllenstierna af Lundholm (1894-1985), the daughter of the captain baron Carl Gyllenstierna and Malin Crafoord. Together they had one son, Anders Fredrik Adelborg (1917-1990). Adelborg died in 1948 and was buried at Norra begravningsplatsen in Stockholm.

In popular culture

Fredrik Adelborg inspired

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to the events in the ballad "Möte i monsunen" (Meeting in the monsoon), when he described to Taube how he had helped

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Swedish sailors during his time as Consul General of Sweden in Singapore. In ballad he is named as the person helping Fritiof Andersson.

Awards

Adelborg's awards: *Knight of the Order of the Polar Star 1944 *Knight of the Order of Vasa 1921 *Knight of the

Order of St John in Sweden The Order of Saint John in Sweden ( sv, (S:t) Johanniterorden i Sverige) is a Protestant chivalric order. It is a member of the Alliance of the Orders of Saint John of Jerusalem. It was founded in 1920 in Stockholm, Sweden, as an affiliate ...

*Commander of the

Order of the Dragon of Annam The Imperial Order of the Dragon of Annam (, , ; french: Ordre impérial du Dragon d'Annam, Ordre du Dragon Vert) was created in 1886 in the city of Huế, by Emperor Đồng Khánh of the Imperial House of Annam, upon the "recommendation" of th ...

*Knight of the

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*Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences' Wahlberg Medal 1921

Bibliography

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Adelborg, Fredrik 1886 births 1948 deaths Swedish explorers 20th-century travel writers Swedish travel writers Consuls-general of Sweden People from Nyköping Municipality Knights of the Order of the Polar Star Knights of the Order of Vasa Burials at Norra begravningsplatsen