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Wilhelm Dyrssen
Born(1858-03-26)March 26, 1858
Hagelberg, Sweden
DiedJuly 14, 1929(1929-07-14) (aged 71)
Stockholm, Sweden
AllegianceSweden
Service / branchSwedish Navy
Years of service1877–1923
RankAdmiral
Commands
RelationsGustaf Dyrssen (son)
Magnus Dyrssen (son)
Other workMinister for Naval Affairs (1906–07)

Admiral Wilhelm Dyrssen (26 March 1858 – 14 July 1929) was a senior Swedish Navy officer. He served as minister for naval affairs from 1906 to 1907, and the Inspector of the Navy's Exercises at Sea from 1907 to 1916, as well as commander of the Stockholm Naval Station from 1916 to 1923.

Early life

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Dyrssen was born on 26 March 1858 at Klagstorp mansion [sv; de] in Hagelberg Parish [sv], Skaraborg County.[1][2] He was the son of the landowner Peder Johan Julius Dyrssen and his wife Gustafva Wilhelmina (née Hagerman).[3] Dyrssen was younger brother to Gerhard Dyrssen [sv] (1854–1938) and twin brother of Gustaf Dyrssen (1858–1934).[1]

Career

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Wilhelm Dyrssen and his twin brother Gustaf graduated from the Royal Swedish Naval Academy in autumn 1877.[4] Dyrssen devoted himself as an officer first at the technology of the naval artillery and then to staff duty and advancing to higher positions at sea.[4] He studied at the Artillery and Engineering College from 1880 to 1883, becoming a sub-lieutenant in 1882.[2] From 1883 to 1885, Dyrssen participated in the frigate Vanadis global circumnavigation. After returning home he served at the Royal Swedish Naval Materiel Administration from 1887 to 1889 and as a teacher at the Royal Swedish Naval Academy from 1886 to 1893 and as a cadet officer from 1892 to 1893.[2] Dyrssen became lieutenant in 1888 and served in the Fleet Staff from 1889 to 1892 and was head of the Artillery Department at the Naval Station in Karlskrona from 1894 to 1899. In 1899, he became head of the Artillery Department at the Royal Swedish Naval Materiel Administration, a position he stayed in until 1904.[5] Dyrssen was promoted to lieutenant commander in 1898, to commander in 1901[2] and to captain in 1903.[3]

In addition to this, he was hired as an expert on various issues relating to the navy, including the 1902 Warships Building Committee. After being minister for naval affairs from 1906 to 1907 in Arvid Lindman's first cabinet, he was called as a member of the committee, which had the task of examining the issue of an adequate coastal defence ship type and whose work resulted in the then under the political feuds much talked-about F-type.[4] He was appointed rear admiral already at 46 years of age in 1904 and became Inspector of the Navy's Exercises at Sea,[4] a position he stayed in until 1916.[3] In 1905, Dyrssen became the Highest Commander (högste befälhavare) of the Coastal Fleet. In this position, he got the opportunity to develop an unshakable calm as well as other solid commander qualities, especially during preparedness along the Swedish west coast in connection with Union crisis in 1905. As inspector he demonstrated an extraordinarily confident glance and an infallible judgment.[4] On his responsible post, he remained even during the first stage of World War I.[4] In 1910, Dyrssen became a military member of the Supreme Court of Sweden and in the year after, he was promoted to vice admiral. He resigned from the position of Highest Commander of the Coastal Fleet in 1916, and was appointed station commander of Stockholm Naval Station. He left active service in 1923 and thereby received the highest of the three admiralty ranks.

Later life

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The last years he devoted himself mainly to the management of his property Öråker near Mälarestäket and he also took a leading position as vice chairman in Sweden's Agricultural Employers Central Association (Sveriges lantarbetsgivares centralförening),[4] and chairman of the General Electoral League (Allmänna valmansförbundet) in Uppsala County.[3]

Dyrssen became a member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences in 1893 and honorary member in 1904.[5] He became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences in 1899.[2] Dyrssen was editor of the journal Tidskrift i Sjöväsendet from 1894 to 1898.[3]

Personal life

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In 1888, Dyrssen was married to baroness Lizinka af Ugglas (1866–1952), the daughter of Gustaf af Ugglas [sv] and Therese Björnstjerna.[3] He was the father of Gustaf Dyrssen and Magnus Dyrssen.

Dates of rank

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Awards

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Wilhelm (left) and his twin brother, admiral Gustaf Dyrssen.

Swedish

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Foreign

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References

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  1. ^ a b Vem var det?: biografier över bortgångna svenska män och kvinnor samt kronologisk förteckning över skilda ämbetens och tjänsters innehavare [Who was it?: biographies of deceased Swedish men and women and chronological list of different office and services holders] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1944. p. 51.
  2. ^ a b c d e Hildebrand, Albin; Nissen, Thorsten, eds. (1902). Svenskt porträttgalleri. 8, Kungliga flottan (in Swedish). Stockholm: Tullberg. p. 13.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Lindblad, Göran, ed. (1924). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1925 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1925] (in Swedish). Stockholm: P. A. Norstedt & Söners. p. 165.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Svenska Dagbladets Årsbok. SJUNDE ÅRGÅNGEN (Händelserna 1929) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Svenska Dagbladet. 1930. pp. 241–242.
  5. ^ a b Hildebrand, Albin, ed. (1913). Svenskt porträttgalleri. Generalregister (in Swedish). Stockholm: Tullberg. p. 164.
  6. ^ a b c d Unger, G. (1945). "Wilhelm Dyrssen". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 11. National Archives of Sweden. p. 716. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  7. ^ Sveriges statskalender för året 1925 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksell. 1925. p. 809.
  8. ^ Svensk rikskalender 1910 (in Swedish). Stockholm: P. A. Nordstedt & Söner. 1909. p. 616. SELIBR 498191.
  9. ^ Sveriges statskalender för år 1905 (in Swedish). Stockholm: P.A. Nordstedt & Söner. 1904. p. 456.
  10. ^ a b c d e f Svensk rikskalender 1910 (in Swedish). Stockholm: P. A. Nordstedt & Söner. 1909. p. 232. SELIBR 498191.
  11. ^ a b c d e Sveriges statskalender för år 1915 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1915. p. 288.
  12. ^ a b c Sveriges statskalender för år 1881 (in Swedish). Stockholm: P.A. Nordstedt & Söner. 1880. p. 167.
  13. ^ a b c Sveriges statskalender för år 1905 (in Swedish). Stockholm: P.A. Nordstedt & Söner. 1904. p. 193.
  14. ^ a b c Svensk rikskalender 1908 (in Swedish). Stockholm: P. A. Nordstedt & Söner. 1908. p. 229. SELIBR 498191.
  15. ^ "No. 28199". The London Gazette. 24 November 1908. p. 8698.
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