Vice Admiral Albert Hugo Sigurd Lagerman (11 January 1904 – 9 March 1970) was a

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officer. Lagerman served as Commanding Admiral of Naval Command South (1958–1961) and was Chief of the

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(1963–1968).

Early life

Lagerman was born on 11 January 1904 in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of Albert Lagerman and his wife Thérese Olsson. He passed ''

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'' in 1922 and entered the

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the same year, from which he graduated in 1925 and was commissioned as an officer.

Career

Military career

Lagerman's mathematical talent and technical disposition gave a natural focus to the artillery service. He spent most of his early military career in artillery positions on

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s. Lagerman attended the artillery course at the Royal Swedish Naval Staff College from 1933 to 1935 and served from 1935 to 1938 in the Artillery Department at Karlskrona Naval Yard, and in 1938 he became artillery officer on . Lagerman was promoted to lieutenant in 1937 and served as a teacher at the Royal Swedish Naval Staff College in 1940 and at the

from 1941 to 1944. Lagerman was promoted to lieutenant commander in 1943 and was appointed head of the Artillery Department at Karlskrona Naval Yard (''Karlskrona örlogsvarv'') in 1944 and he was promoted to commander in 1945. In 1945, Lagerman was appointed head of the Artillery Division in the

. In this position, he took an active part in many development projects, of which the most notable is the testing of the naval version of the

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. He was promoted to captain in 1950 and then served as commander of the Stockholm Department (''Stockholmsavdelningen'') from 1950 to 1951 and as Inspector of the Naval Artillery (''Inspektör för sjöartilleriet'') from 1950 to 1955 as well as commander of the 1st Squadron of the

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from 1953 to 1954. Lagerman attended the Swedish National Defence College from 1952 to 1953 and in 1955 he was appointed head of the Weapons Department of the Royal Swedish Naval Materiel Administration. In 1958, Lagerman was promoted to rear admiral and assumed the position of Commanding Admiral, Naval Command South. He then served as Vice Chief of the Royal Swedish Naval Materiel Administration from 1962 to 1963 and then as its Chief from 1963 to 1968 when he retired and was promoted to vice admiral. His long-term service in the Naval Materiel Administration was characterized by a constant effort to adapt management operations to the requirements of the time. During his time, computer systems and storage offices were established. In his capacity as Vice Chief and Chief of the Royal Swedish Naval Materiel Administration, Lagerman was a member of the Administration Board of the Swedish Armed Forces from 1962 to 1968.

Other work

In addition to his military commitments, Lagerman was an expert in the National Computing Machinery Investigation (''Statens matematikmaskinutredning'') and in the Swedish Board for Computing Machinery from 1947 to 1955, and he was a member of the Swedish Board for Computing Machinery from 1955 to 1963, which actively helped to introduce computers in Sweden. Under his auspices, a Nordic symposium for computing machinery was organized in 1959 in Karlskrona. Lager was also chairman of the Central Joint Consultation Board of the wedishArmed Forces (''Försvarets centrala företagsnämnd'') from 1962. He became a member of the

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in 1942 and was its librarian from 1944 to 1945 and its chairman from 1958 to 1961. Lagerman became an honorary member in 1958. In addition, he was a member of the

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from 1951.

Personal life

In 1928, Lagerman married Ana Wilhelmson (born 1907), the daughter of Professor Carl Wilhelmson and his wife Berta (née Kerfstedt). They had one child; Thomas (born 1929). In 1955, he married Inga Wide (born 1910), the daughter of dentist Hjalmar Bretz and Hedvig Andersson.

Death

Lagerman died on 9 March 1970 in

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. The funeral service was held on 15 May 1970 at Skeppsholmen Church in Stockholm. He was interred at Galärvarvskyrkogården in Stockholm on 30 May 1970.

Dates of rank

*19?? – Acting sub-lieutenant *19?? –

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*1937 –

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*1943 –

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*1945 –

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*1950 –

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*1958 –

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*1968 – Vice admiral

Awards and decorations

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Commander Grand Cross of the

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(4 June 1965) * Order_of_the_Vasa_-_Ribbon_bar

Knight of the

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* Swedish Auxiliary Naval Corps's Gold Medal *

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's Gold Medal

Honours

*Member of the

(1942; honorary member in 1958) *Member of the

(1951)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lagerman, Sigurd 1904 births 1970 deaths Swedish Navy vice admirals Military personnel from Stockholm Members of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences Commanders Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword Knights of the Order of Vasa Burials at Galärvarvskyrkogården