Jan Gottfrid Klenberg (22 October 1931 – 28 August 2020) was a

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admiral. He was born in

Mikkeli Mikkeli (; sv, S:t Michel; la, Michaelia) is a town and municipality in Finland. It is located in what used to be the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Etelä-Savo region. The municipality has a population of () (around 34,000 ...

. He served as Chief of Defence of the

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. Klenberg was the first navy officer in that position.

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The Finnish Defence Forces: Chiefs of Defence

Klenberg, Jan
at ''Biografiskt lexikon för Finland'' (in Swedish) {{DEFAULTSORT:Klenberg, Jan 1931 births 2020 deaths People from Mikkeli Chiefs of Staff (Finnish Defence Forces) Finnish admirals Recipients of the Military Order of the Cross of the Eagle, Class I