Curt Göransson

General Curt Ture Engelbrecht Göransson was a Swedish Army officer. Göransson's senior commands include Chief of the Defence Staff 1957–1961, military commander of the I Military District 1961–1963 and Chief of the Army 1963–1969.

Early life

Göransson was born on 15 July 1909 in Hedvig Eleonora Parish, Stockholm, Sweden, the son of lieutenant colonel Erik Göransson and his wife Elsa.

Göransson was commissioned as an officer in the Uppland Infantry Regiment with the rank of second lieutenant in 1930. He studied first at the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 1935 to 1937, and later at the Prussian Military Academy in Berlin from 1938 to 1939. Göransson was promoted to captain in the General Staff Corps in 1940 and was a teacher at the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 1942 to 1945. He served in the Svea Life Guards from 1945 to 1947 and was appointed major of the General Staff in 1948. Göransson served as a military expert at the Scandinavian defense negotiations from 1948 to 1949 and in defense investigation from 1949 to 1950.
He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the General Staff Corps in 1952 and served in the South Scanian Infantry Regiment in 1953. Göransson was promoted to colonel and regimental commander of Hälsinge Regiment in 1955. He remained in that position until 1957, when he was promoted to major general and appointed Acting Chief of the Defence Staff. Göransson was then Chief of the Defence Staff from 1957 to 1960. Göransson served then as a military expert in the 1960 Defence Committee. He then served as military commander of the I Military District from 1961 to 1963. He was promoted to lieutenant general in 1963 and served as Chief of the Army from 1963 to 1969, when he was promoted to full general.

In 1933, Göransson married Eva Nordlinder, the daughter of banker Ferdinand Nordlinder and Annie Hedberg. He was the father of Kjell and Christer.

Göransson died on
11 November 1996 in Danderyd, Stockholm County, Sweden. He is interred at Lidingö Cemetery.