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Gustaf Jacob af Dalström

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Gustaf Jacob af Dalström
Dalström in his full dress uniform with his awards
Governor of Gotland County
In office
23 November 1849[1] – 17 July 1858[1]
MonarchCharles XV
Preceded byMichael Silvius von Hohenhausen
Succeeded byGillis Bildt
Personal details
Born(1785-07-25)25 July 1785
Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
Died22 January 1867(1867-01-22) (aged 81)
Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden-Norway
RelationsThe 2nd Earl Kitchener
Sir Walter Kitchener
Military service
Allegiance Sweden
Sweden-Norway
Branch/serviceSwedish Army
Years of service1808–1858
CommandsÄlvsborg Regiment
Gotland National Conscription
Battles/warsFinnish War

War of the Sixth Coalition

Gustaf Jacob af Dalström was a Swedish military officer and civil servant. He fought during the Finnish War and the War of the Sixth Coalition later in 1849 he became the governor of Gotland.

Biography

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Gustaf Jacob af Dalström was the son of the parish priest Erik Dahlström and his wife Christina Julin and married in 1816 to Anna Christina Hållander.[2] He was the father of the military commander Oskar af Dalström.

Military career

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Dalström became an ensign in the Upplands Land Guard in 1808, he participated with distinction in the Finnish War and became a lieutenant after the Battle of Lemo on 19 August 1808. In 1813 he was appointed captain of the Älvsborg Regiment and in 1818 became a major in the General Staff colonel in 1831 and promoted to major general in 1848. In the War of the Sixth Coalition Dalström participated as chief of staff in the 4th Brigade and was severely wounded in the Combat of Roßlau. In 1833 Dalström was knighted, and from 1821 to 1836, he served as a major at the Military Academy Karlberg and was a commander of the Älvsborg Regiment from 1836 to 1848. In 1848 he became commander of a brigade of the Swedish observation corps on Funen and in September of the same year the highest commander of the Swedish troops remaining in Denmark. In 1849, Dalström became governor and military commander on Gotland and in 1853–1854 was the highest commander of the troops withdrawn to the protection of neutrality. In 1858 he was dismissed.[2]

Awards

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Foreign Awards

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References

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  1. ^ a b Kugelberg, A. (1931). "Gustaf Jacob Dalström, af". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 10. National Archives of Sweden. p. 115. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  2. ^ a b Hofberg, Herman; Heurlin, Frithiof; Millqvist, Viktor; Rubenson, Olof (1906). Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon: alfabetiskt ordnade lefnadsteckningar af Sveriges namnkunniga män och kvinnor från reformationen till nuvarande tid. Förra delen A-K (in Swedish) (Ny uppl.grundligt genomsedd, omarbetad och till våra dagar framförd af Frithiof Heurlin... ed.). Stockholm: Bonnier. pp. 218–219. SELIBR 81313.
  3. ^ a b c d e adelsvapen.com, Tab 1