17 Facts About Torsten Friis

Lieutenant General Torsten Friis was a Swedish Air Force officer.

Torsten Friis was commissioned as an officer 1902 and was given the rank of underlojtnant the same year.

Torsten Friis became lieutenant in the Royal Swedish Fortification in 1907 and graduated from the Artillery and Engineering College in 1908.

Torsten Friis was promoted to captain in 1913 and served in the campaign with the Austro-Hungarian Army in 1916.

Torsten Friis was a teacher at the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 1918 to 1919 and at the Artillery and Engineering College from 1919 to 1921 and served as adjutant to the Crown Prince from 1920 to 1932.

Torsten Friis became captain in the General Staff in 1921 and major in the General Staff in 1922.

Torsten Friis was head of department at the General Staff's Technical Department from 1922 to 1927 and was lieutenant colonel in the General Staff in 1926 and became a lieutenant colonel in the Royal Swedish Fortification in 1928.

Torsten Friis was commanding officer of the Field Telegraph Corps from 1928 to 1932 and was promoted to colonel in the Field Telegraph Corps in 1932.

Torsten Friis was chief of the Military Office of the Land Defence from 1932 to 1934 and became major general in the Swedish Air Force in 1934.

Torsten Friis took over as Chief of the Air Force and was promoted to lieutenant general in 1936.

Torsten Friis was determined to make the Air Force as equal and effective weapon as one of the older military branches.

Torsten Friis was often on matters of fact superior to his subordinates and opponents, but he found it difficult to acknowledge others work and listen to their arguments.

Torsten Friis left the position as Chief of the Air Force in 1942 and was placed in the reserve the same year.

Torsten Friis was then governor of Drottningholm Palace, Gripsholm Castle, Haga Palace, Rosersberg Palace, Stockholm Palace, Stromsholm Palace, Tullgarn Palace and Ulriksdal Palace from 1947 to 1962.

Torsten Friis became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences in 1924 and was board member of Royal Automobile Club.

Torsten Friis was the father in law of colonel Sven Thofelt, doctor Ole Berg and count Karl-Hampus Morner.

The Torsten Friis' acquired the Gorvaln House in 1937 where they lived until their death in 1967 and 1968.