Oscar Adolf Richard af Ström (8 July 1867 – 13 March 1952) was a

Swedish Army The Swedish Army () is the army, land force of the Swedish Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Sweden. Beginning with its service in 1521, the Swedish Army has been active for more than 500 years. History Svea Life Guards dates back to the year 1 ...

officer and

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. He competed in the

1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad () and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 6 July and 22 July 1912. The opening ceremony was he ...

and finished sixth in the individual dressage event on the horse ''Irish Lass''. af Ström became major in the reserve in 1930.

Awards and decorations

af Ström's awards: *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 ...

*Knight of the Order of St John in Sweden *Knight Fourth Class of the Military Merit Order with crown *First Class of the

Military Cross The Military Cross (MC) is the third-level (second-level until 1993) military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993) Other ranks (UK), other ranks of the British Armed Forces, and formerly awarded to officers of other Commonwealth of ...

*Knight Third Class of the Order of the Crown *Knight of the

Order of Leopold Order of Leopold may refer to: * Order of Leopold (Austria), founded in 1808 by emperor Francis I of Austria and discontinued in 1918 * Order of Leopold (Belgium), founded in 1832 by king Leopold I of Belgium * Order of Leopold II, founded in Congo ...

with war decoration

References

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* 1867 births 1952 deaths Swedish Army officers Swedish dressage riders Olympic equestrians for Sweden Swedish male equestrians Equestrians at the 1912 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Solna Municipality Knights of the Order of the Sword {{Sweden-equestrian-bio-stub