Ingvar Berg
| Ingvar Berg | |
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| Birth name | Ingvar Oskar Daniel Berg |
| Born |
10 October 1905 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Died |
2 July 1993 (aged 87) Haverdal, Sweden |
| Allegiance | Sweden |
| Service/branch | Swedish Air Force |
| Years of service | 1926–1967 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Commands held |
Air Force Bomb and Shooting School (1943–45) F 7 Såtenäs (1945–50) F 1 Hässlö (1950–54) 4th Air Force Escadre (1954–57) 2nd Air Force Escadre (1957–66) Head of Contingent at NNSC (1966–67) |
| Personal information | |
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| Born |
10 October 1905 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Died |
2 July 1993 (aged 87) Haverdal, Sweden |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Modern pentathlon |
| Club | A1 IF, Stockholm |
Ingvar Oskar Daniel Berg (10 October 1905 – 2 July 1993) was a Swedish military commander and modern pentathlete who finished fourth at the 1928 Summer Olympics.[1][2]
In 1926 Berg became an artillery officer and in 1936 a lieutenant in the Swedish Air Force. Between 1943 and 1945 he served as the head of a newly formed Air Force school and after that took various leading positions at the Air Force. From 1966 to 1967 he headed the UN monitoring mission in Korea.[3]
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- ↑ "Ingvar Berg". sports-reference.com.
- ↑ Ingvar Berg. Swedish Olympic Committee
- ↑ Kjellander, Rune (2013). Svenska Flygvapnets högre chefer 1925–2005. Ödeshög: Rune Kjellander. p. 43. ISBN 978-91-637-1183-1
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