Peter Nordbeck (Swedish Navy officer)

Vice Admiral Peter Esbjörn Nordbeck (born 19 July 1938) is a Swedish Navy officer. He was Chief of the Defence Staff from 1992 to 1993 and the Chief of Navy Staff from 1994 to 1998.

Peter Nordbeck
Birth name	Peter Esbjörn Nordbeck
Born	19 July 1938 Grängesberg, Sweden
Allegiance	Sweden
Service/branch	Swedish Navy
Years of service	1960–1998
Rank	Vice admiral
Commands held	HSwMS Jägaren 11th Torpedo Boat Division Chief of the Defence Staff Joint Operations Command Chief of Navy Staff Naval Command

Early life

Nordbeck was born on 19 July 1938 in Grängesberg, Sweden, the son of Stig Nordbeck and his wife Kerstin (née Froste).[1] His father, an engineer, was at the time of his birth, employed by Gränges AB in Grängesberg in Dalarna. Nordbeck has two siblings and two half-siblings. One-year-old, Nordbeck moved to Karlskrona where his father took up a position as chief engeineer at Karlskrona City Municipal Enterprises in 1939.[2][3] It was the Swedish Auxiliary Naval Corps who got him interested in the sea and directed him to a naval officer course.[3]

Career

Nordbeck attended the Royal Swedish Naval Academy from 1957 to 1960 and served in the Coastal Fleet from 1960 to 1970[1] aboard destroyers and torpedo boats.[3] Nordbeck then attended the Swedish Armed Forces Staff College from 1970 to 1972 and was captain of the HSwMS Jägaren and commanding officer of the 11th Torpedo Boat Division (11. torpedbåtsdivisionen)[3] before attending the Naval War College in the United States from 1974 to 1975.[1] Prior to his education in the United States, Nordbeck was a distinguished technician, but later focused on strategy and security policy.[3] Back in Sweden, Nordbeck served in the Naval Staff from 1975 to 1978 and in the Defence Staff from 1978 to 1986,[1] where he was head of Planning Section 1 in the Planning Staff from 1982.[4] He served in the Coastal Fleet from 1986 to 1988 and was chief of staff of Southern Military District (Milo S) from 1988 to 1991. During 1992 Nordbeck was the head of the Supreme Commander's Planning Department at the Defence Staff and from 1 October 1992 to 1993 he served as Chief of the Defence Staff.[5] From 1993, Nordbeck served as chief of the Joint Operations Command (Operationsledningen, OpL) until the 1 July 1994 when he was appointed Chief of Navy Staff as well as Chief of the Naval Command,[6] a position he held until 1 July 1998.[3]

Nordbeck is an honorary member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences, in which he was elected in 1978 as number 1046.[7] He was president of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences until 10 November 1999.[8] He was also chairman and is honorary chairman of the Friends of the Vasa Museum Association.[9][10] Nordbeck was also Inspectore Emeriti of the naval academic association SjöLund[11] and Inspector of the naval association SjöCannnes.[12]

Personal life

In 1962 he married the physiotherapist Eva Lindblad (born 1941), the daughter of colonel Törd Lindblad and Ruth (née Strömberg).[1] They have two children, Marie and Carl.[3]

Dates of rank

• 1960 – Acting sub-lieutenant (Fänrik)
• 1962 – Sub-lieutenant (Löjtnant)
• 1968 – Lieutenant (Kapten)
• 1972 – Lieutenant commander (Örlogskapten)
• 1973 – Commander
• 1980 – Commander with special position (Kommendörkapten med särskild tjänsteställning)
• 1982 – Captain
• 19?? – Senior captain
• 1988 – Rear admiral
• 1992 – Vice admiral

Awards and decorations

• H. M. The King's Medal, 12th size gold (silver-gilt) medal worn around the neck on the Order of the Seraphim ribbon (7 February 2013)[13]
• Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Tentera)[14]

References

1. Salander Mortensen, Jill, ed. (1996). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1997 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1997] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 825. ISBN 91-1-960852-7. SELIBR 3681533.
2. Davidsson, Åke, ed. (1966). Vem är vem?. 4, Skåne, Halland, Blekinge [Who's Who?. 4, Scania, Halland, Blekinge] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Vem är vem. p. 603. SELIBR 53512.
3. Öhman, Anders (1998-07-17). "DN gratulerar: En sjöman går iland" [DN congratulates: A sailor goes ashore]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 November 2017.
4. Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1984). Sveriges statskalender. 1984 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Liber. p. 105. ISBN 91-38-90400-4. SELIBR 3682782.
5. "Ny chef för Fst". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). 30 April 1992. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
6. "Sammanställning över utnämningar och nya befattningar" (PDF). Flygvapennytt (in Swedish). Stockholm: Flygstaben (1): 34. 1994. SELIBR 8257600.
7. "Hedersledamöter" [Honorary members] (in Swedish). Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
8. Nordbeck, Peter (10 November 1999). "Styresmannens anförande i Kungl Krigsvetenskapsakademien vid högtidssammankomsten den 10 november 1999" [The President's speech in the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences at the summit on 10 November 1999] (in Swedish). Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
9. "Seminarium på Gustav Adolfsdagen med kopplingar till Finland" [Seminar on Gustavus Adolphus Day with links to Finland] (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 13 May 2009. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
10. "Styrelse" [Board] (in Swedish). Vasa Museum. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
11. "Inspector Emeriti". www.sjolund1964.wixsite.com (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 November 2017.
12. "Medlemmar 23 okt 2016" [Members 23 October 2017]. www.sjocannes.se (in Swedish). SjöCannnes. Archived from the original on 2017-11-08. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
13. "Medaljförläningar 28 januari 2013" [Medal presentations 28 January 2013] (in Swedish). Royal Court of Sweden. 2013-01-28. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
14. "Royal Swedish Navy and Republic of Singapore Navy Sign Submarine Training Agreement (Swedish Navy Chief Conferred One of Singapore's Prestigious Awards)". Ministry of Defence. 27 February 1998. Retrieved 7 November 2017.