Axel Klingenstierna
Swedish military strategist (1875–1966)
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Claës Axel Klingenstierna (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈǎksɛl ˈklɪŋɛnˌɧæːɳa] 1875–1966) was a Swedish Army staff officer. He was a member of the Klingenstierna clan.
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| Born | July 7, 1875 Kila, Södermanland County, Sweden–Norway |
| Died | December 21, 1966 (aged 91) |
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| Branch/service | Swedish Army |
Years of service | 1896–1940 |
| Rank | Generalmajor |
Biography
Axel Klingenstierna was born in the village of Kila in Södermanland.[1]
In 1896, he was commissioned as an underlöjtnant in the Södermanland Regiment. In the late 1890s, he studied in Montpellier, Dresden, and Moscow among other places.[1] In 1902, he completed a course at the Royal Swedish Army Staff College.
During the Russo-Japanese War, Klingenstierna and Nils D. Edlund led Swedish efforts to secretly support Japan with military intelligence and met with Col. Akashi Motojirō, spymaster for the Daihon'ei in Europe.[2] Among other things, Klingenstierna and Iwan T. Aminoff were able to set up an espionage network inside Russia in order to collect intelligence for the Japanese.[3]
In 1906, he became a lieutenant in the General Staff.[1]
Between 1928 and 1931, Klingenstierna served on an anti-aircraft research committee. In 1935, he was promoted to generalmajor and transferred to the reserve.[4] Klingenstierna wrote numerous essays and received patents for a number of inventions.
Klingenstierna died in 1966.[5]
