Gösta Oskar Vilhelm Frykman (11 March 1909 – 26 February 1974) was a

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officer.

Early life

Frykman was born on 11 March 1909 in

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, Sweden, the son of chief park ranger (''överjägmästare'') Dan Frykman and his wife Emy (née Forsgrén). He passed ''

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'' in 1929.

Career

Frykman was commissioned as an officer and was assigned as a second lieutenant to

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(I 15) in 1933. Frykman attended the

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from 1940 to 1942, served as a press officer in the Defence Staff from 1943 to 1946 and was captain of the

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in 1944. In 1946 he served as press officer in the camp staff during the

Swedish extradition of Baltic soldiers The Swedish extradition of Baltic soldiers, or simply the Extradition of the Balts (), was a controversial political event that took place in January 1946, in the aftermath of World War II when Sweden, a neutral country during the war, extradi ...

. He was military organizer at the defense exhibition in

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in 1946 and became major at the Swedish Infantry Combat School in 1954. Frykman was lieutenant colonel at Skaraborg Regiment (P 4) in 1957 and was commander of the Swedish UN battalion in Gaza in 1961 which was part of

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. The same year his battalion was redeployed to the Congo during the

Congo Crisis The Congo Crisis () was a period of Crisis, political upheaval and war, conflict between 1960 and 1965 in the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville), Republic of the Congo (today the Democratic Republic of the Congo). The crisis began almost ...

where he was commander of the Swedish UN battalion XI G from April 1961 to November 1961.

Other work

Frykman was a member of the inquiry within the Swedish National Board of Information (''Statens informationsstyrelse'') from 1941 to 1943 and chairman of the board of Fastigheter AB Bergslagen.

Personal life

On 4 April 1936 he married Ingrid Schollin-Borg (1914–2004), the daughter of captain Peter Schollin-Borg and Märtha (née Liedberg). He was the father of Jan Christer (born 1939), Jan Peter (born 1942), Åke (born 1944), Eva (born 1946) and Ingrid (born 1954).

Death

He died on 26 February 1974 in

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and was interred on 20 March 1974 at

Galärvarvskyrkogården Galärvarvskyrkogården (literally Galley Shipyard Cemetery) is a cemetery on the island of Djurgården in Stockholm, Sweden. It has about 1,300 burial sites and an area of approximately 0.9 hectares. History Galärvarvskyrkogården in Djurgår ...

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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 23 February 1748, together with the Or ...

(1953) *

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* Stockholm Defence Committee's Badge of Merit in silver (''Stockholms försvarskommittés förtjänsttecken i silver'')

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Frykman, Gosta 1909 births 1974 deaths Swedish Army colonels People of the Congo Crisis People from Vilhelmina Municipality Knights of the Order of the Sword Burials at Galärvarvskyrkogården