Gottfrid Björck
Generalmajor (Sweden), Major General Karl Gottfrid Björck (31 May 1893 – 8 July 1981) was a Swedish Army officer. He served as Inspector of the Swedish Army Service Troops from 1946 to 1949, and as such, was chief of transportation of the White Buses operation to rescue concentration camp inmates in areas under Nazi control and transport them to Sweden. Early life Björck was born on 31 May 1893 in Bäckseda, Jönköping County, Sweden, the son of merchant Karl Björck and his wife Anna (née Jonsson). He passed ''studentexamen'' in 1913 and was commissioned into the Swedish Army Service Troops as a second lieutenant in 1915. Career Björck attended the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 1922 to 1924 and served as captain in the General Staff (Sweden), General Staff from 1928 to 1934. In 1936, Björck was appointed ''aide-de-camp'' to Gustaf V of Sweden, His Majesty the King, and in 1941 he was appointed chief ''aide-de-camp'' (''överadjutant'') to His Majesty the King, a ...
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