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Karl Gustaf ''Börje'' Wallberg (28 February 1923 in

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– 19 December 2014) was a Swedish

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and

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who was added to the

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in 1994. Wallberg formed Gold medal award-winning collections of Mongolia, classic Korea, North Korea, Cambodia and Laos. He won the Strandell Medal of the Philatelic Society of Sweden and the Personal Medal of King Carl-XVI-Gustaf. Wallberg pursued a military career in the

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from 1946 to 1983, a.o. serving as commander of the Norrland Logistic Regiment from 1972 to 1974 and as Inspector of the

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from 1974 to 1983. He was elected a member of the

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in 1976.

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1923 births 2014 deaths Signatories to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists Swedish philatelists Fellows of the Royal Philatelic Society London Swedish Army colonels Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences People from Södertälje {{Philatelist-stub