Major General Pehr David Albert Janse (31 January 1893 – 2 October 1961) was a

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officer. Janse's senior commands include regimental commander of the

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, Inspector of the

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and acting commanding officer of the IV Military District.

Early life

Janse was born on 31 January 1893 in

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, Sweden, the son of lieutenant colonel Albert Fredrik Daniel Janse and his wife Carolina Elisabeth (née Swartz).

Career

Janse was commissioned as ''

underlöjtnant ''Underlöjtnant'' (from the German word '' Unterleutnant'') was the lowest officer rank in the Swedish Army from 1835 to 1937 instead of the previous ranks of ''fänrik'' and cornet. was reintroduced in 1914 with the same position as , from 19 ...

'' in the Scanian Dragoon Regiment (''Skånska dragonregementet'', K 6) in 1913 and lieutenant in the

in 1918, and in 1926, after completing the

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and completing the post of aspirant, became captain of the

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. He transferred to the

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(K 2) in 1921 and after that regiment's disbandment in 1928 to the Life Regiment of Horse (K 1), where in 1930 he was appointed ''

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''. In 1935 he re-entered the General Staff as major and Chief of Staff of the Cavalry Inspectorate (''Kavalleriinspektionen''). Two years later, he was appointed lieutenant lieutenant at the General Staff Corps and in 1938 he was lieutenant colonel in the Södermanland Regiment (I 10), where from 1939 he served as commander of the armored battalion. In 1941, Janse became regimental commander of

(I 18), and took up the newly created position as Inspector of the

in 1942 and was appointed acting military commander of the IV Military District in 1945. Janse left the post in 1953 and retired from the military. The same year he took up a position as inspector at the Svenska BP AB. Janse was from 1943 editor of the military-technical journal ''Pansar'' ("Armour") (from 1945 ''Pansar-Teknik-Underhåll'', "Armour-Technology-Maintenance"). From 1947 he was chairman of the ''Föreningen för befrämjande av skolungdomens vapenövningar'' ("Association for the Promoting of the School Youth's Weapons Exercises").

Personal life

In 1920, Janse married Ella Hedvig Marianne Holtermann (1895–1949), the daughter of Cabinet Chamberlain Oscar Holtermann and Countess Maud von Rosen. They had three children; (1920–2013), Maud (1923–2008) and Pehr (1931–1996). In 1950, he married Countess Ewa Creutz (1913–1966), the daughter of ''Friherre'' Carl-Gustaf Creutz and Gertrud Mathilda Schröder.

Death

Janse died on 2 October 1961 and was buried on 18 October 1961 at

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Dates of rank

*1913 – ''

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'' *1918 –

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*1926 –

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*1930 – ''

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'' *1935 –

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*1937 – Lieutenant colonel *1941 –

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*1948 – Major general

Awards and decorations

* Commander of the

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* Knight of the

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* Knight of the

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* Knight First Class of the

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Honors

*Member of the

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(1943)

References

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