Arne Mohlin

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Lieutenant General Arne Herman Mohlin (9{{nbsp}}October 1909 – 2{{nbsp}}May 1992) was a Swedish Army officer. Mohlin served as Chief of the Army Staff and the General Staff Corps from 1961 to 1963 and he was commanding officer of the VI Military District/Upper Norrland Military District from 1963 to 1972. Mohlin is also famous for being one of two survivors of {{ship|SS|Hansa|1899|6}} which was torpedoed in 1944 which killed 84 people.

Early life

Mohlin was born on 9 October 1909 in Engelbrekt Parish, Stockholm, Sweden,{{cite book |title=Sveriges dödbok 1901-2009 |trans-title=Swedish death index 1901-2009 |edition=Version 5.0 |year=2010 |publisher=Sveriges släktforskarförbund |location=Solna |language=sv |isbn=978-91-87676-59-8 |id={{LIBRIS|11931231}}}} the son of Einar Mohlin, an adjunct lecturer, and his wife Gunhild (née Appelqvist).

Career

He was commissioned as an officer with the rank of second lieutenant in the Fortifikationen (“Royal Engineers”) in 1930. He became captain in the Swedish Engineer Troops in 1940 and served in the General Staff Corps in 1944.{{cite book |editor-last=Burling |editor-first=Ingeborg |date=1956 |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1957 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1957 |location=Stockholm |publisher=Norstedt |language=sv |url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1957/0703.html |page=679}} In 1944 Mohlin was aboard {{ship|SS|Hansa|1899|6}} on his way to a military inspection on Gotland when it was torpedoed by the Soviet submarine L21.{{cite news |url=https://www.dn.se/arkiv/familj/den-siste-overlevande-fran-hansa-har-avlidit/ |newspaper=Dagens Nyheter |title=Den siste överlevande från "Hansa" har avlidit |trans-title=The last survivor of "Hansa" has died |date=1992-05-09 |access-date=12 October 2017 |language=sv}} 84 people died and two survived, Mohlin and Arne Thuresson, the ship's second mate.{{cite web |url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=78&artikel=6020945 |publisher=Sveriges Radio |work=P4 Jämtland |title=Sovjetisk ubåt sänkte svensk passagerarfärja |trans-title=Soviet submarine sank Swedish passenger ferry |agency=TT |date=17 November 2014 |access-date=12 October 2017 |language=sv}}

Mohlin was promoted to major in the Engineer Troops in 1948. At this time, Mohlin also served as military expert in the 1949 Defense Investigation. He served in the General Staff Corps in 1949 and was head of the Organization Department of the Army Staff from 1950 to 1953 where he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1952. In 1954 he was appointed commanding officer of the Göta Engineer Corps (Ing 2) and in 1955 he was promoted to colonel in the Engineer Troops.

Mohlin served as commanding officer of Halland Regiment (I 16) from 1957 to 1959{{cite book |editor-last=Lagerström |editor-first=Sten |date=1968 |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1969 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1969 |location=Stockholm |publisher=Norstedt |language=sv |id={{LIBRIS|3681519}} |url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1969/0683.html |page=667}} and he was also a member of the 1958 Defense Command Committee. He was then as acting military commander of the VI Military District (Milo VI) from 1959 to 1961 when he was promoted to major general. He then served two years as Chief of the Army Staff and the General Staff Corps before being appointed military commander of the VI Military District in 1963. The VI Military District changed name to Upper Norrland Military District (Milo ÖN) in 1966, the same year as Mohlin was promoted to lieutenant general. Mohlin continued to serve as commanding officer of it until his retirement in 1972.{{cite book |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1981 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1981 |year=1980 |publisher=Norstedt |location=Stockholm |language=sv |isbn=91-1-805012-3 |id={{LIBRIS|3681525}} |url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1981/0751.html |page=731}}

Personal life

In 1937 he married Martha Uhlin (1914–1995), the daughter of captain Martin Uhlin and Dagmar Kullgren. He was the father of Björn (born 1941), Barbro (born 1943) and Karin (born 1946).{{cite book |editor1-last=Davidsson |editor1-first=Åke |date=1968 |title=Vem är vem?. 5, Norrland : supplement, register |trans-title=Who's Who?. 5, Norrland : supplements, directory |edition=2nd |location=Stockholm |publisher=Vem är vem |language=sv |id={{LIBRIS|53513}} |url=https://runeberg.org/vemarvem/norr68/0304.html |page=280}}

Death

Mohlin died on 2 May 1992 in Täby Parish and was buried on 2 June 1992 at Djursholm Cemetery.{{cite web |url=http://finngraven.se/(S(swmi111nufn5oicqsuvypauo))/DisplayInfo.aspx?id=1988580 |publisher=Finngraven.se |title=Arne Mohlin |access-date=12 October 2017 |language=sv}}

Dates of rank

1930 – Second lieutenant
1935 – Lieutenant
1940 – Captain
1948 – Major
1952 – Lieutenant colonel
1955 – Colonel
1961 – Major general
1966 – Lieutenant general

Awards and decorations

50x50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword (6 June 1968){{cite book |url=https://gupea.ub.gu.se/bitstream/2077/65665/1/gupea_2077_65665_1.pdf |title=Sveriges statskalender. 1969 |editor-first=Bengt |editor-last=Sköldenberg |year=1969 |publisher=Fritzes offentliga publikationer |location=Stockholm |language=sv |id={{LIBRIS|3682754}} |page=94}}
50x50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Commander 1st Class of the Order of the Sword (6 June 1961){{cite book |url=https://gupea.ub.gu.se/bitstream/2077/65026/1/gupea_2077_65026_1.pdf |title=Sveriges statskalender för skottåret 1968 |year=1968 |publisher=Fritzes offentliga publikationer |location=Stockholm |language=sv |id={{LIBRIS|8261599}} |page=97}}
50x50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Knight of the Order of Vasa
50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Home Guard Medal of Merit in Gold (6 June 1960){{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1960-06-04/10/SVD |newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet |title=Hemvärnsmedaljer |trans-title=Home Guard medals |page=10A |date=1960-06-04 |access-date=22 April 2025 |language=sv |url-access=subscription}}