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Claës Axel Klingenstierna
''Claës'' Axel Klingenstierna ( 1875–1966) was a Swedish general staff officer. He was a member of the aristocratic family. Biography Axel Klingenstierna was born in the village of Kila in Södermanland. In the late 1890s, he studied in Montpellier, Dresden, and Moscow among other places. In 1902, he completed a course at the Royal Swedish Army Staff College. During the Russo-Japanese War, Klingenstierna and Nils D. Edlund led Swedish efforts to secretly support Empire of Japan, Japan with military intelligence and met with Colonel, Col. Akashi Motojirō, spymaster for the ''Daihon'ei'' in Europe. Among other things, Klingenstierna and were able to arrange for one Lieutenant, Lt. Bergen to infiltrate Russia in order to collect intelligence for the Japanese. In 1906, he became a lieutenant in the General Staff (Sweden), General Staff. Between 1928 and 1931, Klingenstierna served on an anti-aircraft research committee. In 1935, he was promoted to major general and transferre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Södermanland County
Södermanland County (, ) is a Counties of Sweden, county or ''län'' on the southeast coast of Sweden. In the local Sörmlandic dialects it is virtually universally shortened and pronounced as Sörmlands län, or simply Sörmland, which is the dominant pronunciation and spelling inside the county. For example, the name of the local Regional councils of Sweden, regional council is ''Region Sörmland''. Södermanland's capital is Nyköping and the largest settlement is Eskilstuna. In the sparsely populated interior, Katrineholm is the largest locality. In total, Södermanland has nine municipalities and about 300,000 inhabitants. Södermanland borders the counties of Östergötland County, Östergötland, Örebro County, Örebro, Västmanland County, Västmanland, Uppsala County, Uppsala, Stockholm County, Stockholm and to the Baltic Sea. It holds the popular camping route called "Sörmlandsleden" which is a system of trails covering a total of approximately 100 mil (1000 km ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |