Gösta Möller

Swedish officer and sprinter

Gösta Möller

Birth name| Sven Gösta Möller
Born| (1887-06-15)15 June 1887
Karlskrona, Sweden
Died| 23 September 1983(1983-09-23) (aged 96)
Karlskrona, Sweden
Allegiance|  Sweden
Service/branch| Coastal Artillery (Swedish Navy)
Years of service| 1910–1947
Rank| Major General
Commands held|

* Gotland Coastal Artillery Regiment
* Karlskrona Coastal Artillery Regiment
* Blekinge Coastal Artillery Defence
* Karlskrona Defence District

Major General Sven Gösta Möller (15 June 1887 - 23 September 1983) was a senior officer in the Swedish Coastal Artillery and a track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1]

## Early life[edit]

Möller was born on 15 June 1887 in Karlskrona, Sweden, the son of Carl Möller, a banker, and his wife Inga Bengtsson.[2] In 1912 he was eliminated in the first round of the 200 metres competition as well as of the 400 metres event.

## Career[edit]

Möller was commissioned as an officer in 1910 and was assigned as a underlöjtnant in the Swedish Coastal Artillery where he was promoted to lieutenant in 1915. He served in the Positionsartilleriregementet [sv] from 1917 to 1918.[2] Möller attended the Royal Swedish Naval Staff College from 1917 to 1918, 1920 to 1921, and 1924 to 1926.[3] He served in the Naval Staff from 1921 to 1922, and was a cadet officer in the Royal Swedish Naval Academy from 1921 to 1923.[2] Möller served as an adjutant to the Chief of the Swedish Coastal Artillery from 1923 to 1931,[3] was promoted to captain in 1923, and served as a teacher at the Royal Swedish Naval Academy and the Royal Swedish Naval Staff College from 1924 to 1931.[2]

Möller passed the general course and the staff course at the Royal Swedish Naval Staff College and conducted military studies abroad in 1930. He was promoted to major in 1935 and served as chief of staff in the Vaxholm Fortress from 1935 to 1936. Möller then served in the staff of the Chief of the Swedish Coastal Artillery from 1937 to 1938, and as commander of the Gotland Coastal Artillery Defence with Gotland Coastal Artillery Corps from 1938 to 1941. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1939 and to colonel in 1940. Möller served as commander of the Karlskrona Coastal Artillery Regiment from 1941 to 1943, as commander of the Blekinge Coastal Artillery Defence [sv] as well as commander of Karlskrona Defence District from 1943 to 1947 when he retired and was appointed major general in the reserve.[2]

## Personal life[edit]

In 1919, Möller married Marit Hall (1897–1952), the daughter of banker August Hall and Gunhild Fältström.[3] They had two children: Gunnar (born 1921) and Dagmar (born 1926).[2]

## Dates of rank[edit]

* 1910 – Underlöjtnant
* 1915 – Lieutenant
* 1923 – Captain
* 1935 – Major
* 1939 – Lieutenant colonel
* 1940 – Colonel
* 1947 – Major general

## Awards and decorations[edit]

* Commander 1st Class of the Order of the Sword (15 November 1946)[4]
* Commander of the Order of the Sword (15 November 1943)[5]
* Knight of the Order of Vasa (1933)[6]
* King Christian X's Liberty Medal[2]

## Honours[edit]

* Member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences (1939)[7]
* Honorary member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences (1947)[7]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Gösta Möller". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
2. ^ a b c d e f g Harnesk, Paul, ed. (1948). Vem är vem? [Who's Who?] (in Swedish). Vol. D. 3, Götalandsdelen utom Skåne. Stockholm: Vem är vem bokförlag. p. 686\. SELIBR 8198271.
3. ^ a b c Svensson, Stina, ed. (1953). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1953 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1953] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 749\. SELIBR 9649164.
4. ^ Sveriges statskalender för året 1950 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1950. p. 11.
5. ^ Sveriges statskalender för året 1945 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1945. p. 13.
6. ^ Sveriges statskalender för året 1950 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1950. p. 222.
7. ^ a b Sveriges statskalender för året 1950 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1950. p. 1061.

## External links[edit]

* Profile

Military offices

Preceded by

None

|  Gotland Coastal Artillery Regiment
1938–1941  | Succeeded by

Emil Cederlöf

Preceded by

Hjalmar Åström

|  Karlskrona Coastal Artillery Regiment
1941–1943  | Succeeded by

Alf Nyman

Preceded by

Gösta Ehrensvärd

|  Blekinge Coastal Artillery Defence
Karlskrona Defence District
1943–1947  | Succeeded by

Alf Nyman