Per Kellin


Per Åke Nilsson Kellin was a Swedish Army officer. He served as Chief of Home Guard from 1955 to 1968

Early life

Kellin was born on 17 September 1903 in Svea Life Guards Parish in Stockholm, Sweden, as the son of captain Nils Adolf Kellin and his wife Thyra Charlotta Hermansson. He passed studentexamen at in Stockholm in the spring of 1922.

Career

Kellin was commissioned as an officer in 1924 with the rank of second lieutenant and was assigned to Södermanland Regiment the same year. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1928 and later as captain in the General Staff Corps. In 1939, Kellin participated in a course in the French Army. He served as a teacher at the Royal Swedish Naval Staff College from 1940 to 1942 when he was promoted to major. During this time, Kellin was also military contributor in Radiotjänst, Arbetet and in Svenska Dagbladet.
Kellin served as Vice Chief of the Military Office of the Land Defence in 1944 and as Chief of the Army Section in the Military Office of the Minister of Defence from 1945 to 1947. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the General Staff Corps in 1946 and he served in the Älvsborg Regiment in 1947. Kellin was promoted to colonel in the General Staff Corps in 1950 and he was appointed Section Chief in the Army Staff. In 1952, Kellin was promoted to colonel in the Swedish Army Service Troops and in 1952 he was appointed commanding officer of the Scanian Logistic Regiment in Hässleholm.
On 1 October 1955, Kellin assumed the position of Chief of Home Guard and became a member of the Executive Committee of the Central Board of the National Rifle Clubs. He was promoted to major general in 1959. He held the Chief of Home Guard position until 30 September 1968 when he retired from active service.

Personal life

Kellin married on 7 October 1930 in Frustuna, Södermanland County to Selma Birgitta Jernbergh, the daughter of kronokassören JK Carl Laurentius Jernbergh and Selma Christina Lovisa Henschen.

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Awards and decorations

Swedish

Foreign

Honours