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Bo Varenius
Generalmajor (Sweden), Major General Bo Gerhard Otto Varenius (3 November 1918 – 23 July 1996) was a senior Swedish Coastal Artillery officer. Varenius served as Chief of the Naval Staff (Sweden), Chief of the Naval Staff from 1972 to 1984. Early life Varenius was born on 3 November 1918 in Hedvig Eleonora Parish, Stockholm, Sweden, the son of professor Otto Varenius and his wife Gurli Lindbäck. Varenius passed ''studentexamen'' from the ''Latinlinjen'' in Stockholm in 1938, after which he began studying law at Stockholm University, Stockholm University College and supplemented his ''studentexamen'' with science subjects. From 1939 to 1942, he did his Conscription in Sweden, military service and reserve officer training in the Swedish Coastal Artillery, from which he receives a reserve officer degree in 1942. He felt at home in the archipelago environment and saw it as a challenge to work with the problems with coastal defence. Varenius thus let go of the idea of studying law. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockholm
Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately 1 million people live in the Stockholm Municipality, municipality, with 1.6 million in the Stockholm urban area, urban area, and 2.5 million in the Metropolitan Stockholm, metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Mälaren, Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. The city serves as the county seat of Stockholm County. Stockholm is the cultural, media, political, and economic centre of Sweden. The Stockholm region alone accounts for over a third of the country's Gros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
