Ivar Backlund
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Lieutenant General Gustav Ivar Backlund was a senior Swedish Army officer. Backlund began his military career in 1912, rising to the rank of captain by 1924. He held various roles, including adjutant
Backlund as colonel in 1944.
Swedish Defence University
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The Swedish Defence University is situated on Drottning Kristinas väg 37 in Östermalm, Stockholm City Centre, next to the campus of the Royal Institute of Technology.
Ivar Backlund
…1946 and served as Chief of the Army Staff until 1948. Later, he became the military commander of the VII Military District until 1955 and headed the Swedish National Defence College until 1956, retiring as a lieutenant general in 1957. Backlund was born on 14 February 1892 in Gothenburg, Sweden, the son of Anders Backlund, a…
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