Folke Olof Ragnar Herolf (11 November 1912 – 20 August 1982) was a

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officer. He served as commanding officer of the

Quartermaster Corps of the Swedish Armed Forces Quartermaster Corps of the Swedish Armed Forces ( sv, Försvarets intendenturkår, Intk) was a joint administrative corps of the Swedish Armed Forces which consisted of quartermaster officers on active duty. It was established in 1966 and was amalg ...

from 1968 to 1973.

Early life

Herolf was born on 11 November 1912 in Hässjö Parish,

Timrå Municipality Timrå Municipality (''Timrå kommun'') is a municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden. The town of Timrå is the municipal seat. The rural municipality ''Timrå'' was made a market town (''köping'') in 1947. The present municipality was ...

, Sweden, the son of Olof Nilsson, a chief engineer, and his wife Alfhild (née Fliesberg). He passed ''

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'' in

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in 1932.

Career

Herolf was commissioned as an officer and assigned as a second lieutenant to Skaraborg Regiment (I 9) in 1936. Herolf passed the quartermaster examination in 1942 after which he served regimental quartermaster in the

Life Regiment Hussars The Life Regiment Hussars ( sv, Livregementets husarer; designated K 3) is one of the world's oldest regiments still active. The regiment descends directly from units set up by King Gustav I of Sweden (Gustav Vasa) in 1536, when Sweden set ...

(K 3) from 1942 to 1945. He was promoted to captain in 1943 and served in the Army Staff from 1945 to 1948. Herolf served as section chief in the Royal Swedish Army Supply Administration from 1948 to 1954 when he was promoted to major. He then served as quartermaster in the II Military Area from 1954 to 1957. Herolf was head of the Operating Section (''Driftsektionen'') in the ''Förplägnadsbyrån'' ("Catering Bureau") in the Royal Swedish Army Supply Administration from 1957 to 1958, promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1958 and was head of the Military Section in the ''Centralbyrån'' ("Central Bureau") in the Royal Swedish Army Supply Administration from 1958 to 1963. From 1963 to 1965, Herolf was chief of staff of the Head Office in the Swedish Army Quartermaster Corps, after which he was promoted to colonel in 1965 and served as head of the Food Bureau in the

Quartermaster Administration of the Swedish Armed Forces Quartermaster Administration of the Swedish Armed Forces ( sv, Försvarets intendenturverk, FIV) was a Swedish government agency from 1963 to 1968, for the quartermaster administration of the Swedish Armed Forces. The agency had to meet the Swedi ...

from 1965 to 1968. In 1968, Herolf was promoted to senior colonel and served as commanding officer of the

from 1968 to 1973.

Personal life

In 1939, he married Elisabeth Edlund (born 1915), the daughter of Torsten Edlund and Bertha Ström. They had two children; Madeleine (born 1941) and Dag (born 1945).

Death

Herolf died on 20 August 1982 in Kungsholm Parish,

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Dates of rank

*1935 –

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*19?? –

Lieutenant A lieutenant ( , ; abbreviated Lt., Lt, LT, Lieut and similar) is a commissioned officer rank in the armed forces of many nations. The meaning of lieutenant differs in different militaries (see comparative military ranks), but it is often sub ...

*1943 –

Captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...

*1954 –

Major Major (commandant in certain jurisdictions) is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world. When used unhyphenated and in conjunction with no other indicators ...

*1958 –

Lieutenant colonel Lieutenant colonel ( , ) is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel. Several police forces in the United States use the rank of lieutenant colone ...

*1965 –

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*1968 – Senior colonel

Awards and decorations

Knight of the

Order of the Sword The Royal Order of the Sword (officially: ''Royal Order of the Sword''; Swedish: ''Kungliga Svärdsorden'') is a Swedish order of chivalry and military decoration created by King Frederick I of Sweden on February 23, 1748, together with the Or ...

(1955) * Swedish Military Sports Association's silver medal (''Sveriges militära idrottsförbunds silvermedalj'')

References

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