Tage Olihn

Olihn was born on 5 November 1908 in Ronneby, Sweden, the son of Nils Olihn, a teacher, and his wife Elna (née Svensson).{{cite book |url=https://runeberg.org/vemarvem/sthlm62/1035.html |editor1-last=Harnesk |editor1-first=Paul |date=1962 |title=Vem är vem? |volume=1, Stor-Stockholm |trans-title=Who's Who? |edition=2nd |location=Stockholm |publisher=Vem är vem bokförlag |language=sv |id={{SELIBR|53509}} |page=1011}} He was educated at the Artillery and Engineering College in 1930 and was the same year commissioned as an officer in Halland Regiment (I 16) with the rank of second lieutenant.

Olihn attended the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 1938 to 1940.{{cite book |editor-last=Burling |editor-first=Ingeborg |year=1962 |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1963 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1963 |location=Stockholm |publisher=Norstedt |language=sv |id={{SELIBR|9649168}} |url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1963/0846.html |page=830}} He then served in the Swedish Volunteer Corps in Finland during the Winter War in 1940. Olihn became captain of the General Staff Corps in 1943. In 1946, a cadet school was established in the Ethiopian Imperial Guard, commanded by Olihn.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ewPfCgAAQBAJ&q=%22Tage+Ohlin%22&pg=PT98 |last1=Gyllenhaal |first1=Lars |last2=Westberg |first2=Lennart |title=Svenskar i krig 1945-2015 |year=2015 |publisher=Historiska media |location=Lund |language=sv |isbn=9789175450834 |id={{SELIBR|17853087}}}} The army group, "Group Olihn" trained officers in the Imperial Guard until 1948 when it was replaced by "Group Nilsson", commanded by lieutenant colonel Rickard Nilsson.{{cite web |url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/?Sokord=Magnus+Bruzelius&page=80&postid=Arkis+D48F88C7-C405-11D6-81CC-00D0B73E7A8B |publisher=National Archives of Sweden |title=Svenska arméofficersgruppen i Etiopien (1935 – 1964) |access-date=20 November 2019 |language=sv}} Back in Sweden in 1948, he was promoted to major in the Svea Life Guards (I 1). Olihn became major of the General Staff Corps in 1950 and served as head of the Education Department in the Army Staff from 1950 to 1953. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1952 and attended the Swedish National Defence College in 1953.

Olihn was appointed military attaché in Washington, D.C. and Ottawa in 1954 and was promoted to colonel in 1955. He then served as a military adviser in Abyssinia from 1956 to 1959. There he commanded a group of 12 Swedish General Staff Corps officers who served as military advisors training Ethiopian staff officers.{{cite news |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=VEST19560426.1.1& |newspaper=Vestkusten |title=Tolv svenska generalstabsofficerare |location=San Francisco & Oakland, Cal |page=1 |number=17 |id={{SELIBR|4085814}} |date=26 April 1956 |access-date=20 November 2019 |language=sv}} Back in Sweden, he was appointed regimental commander of Halland Regiment in 1959. After a year, Olihn was appointed Inspector of the Swedish Armoured Troops. In 1963, he was promoted to major general and appointed military commander of the I Military District. Three years later, he was appointed to military commander of the Lower Norrland Military District (Milo NN).{{cite book |url=https://runeberg.org/vemarvem/norr68/0338.html |editor1-last=Davidsson |editor1-first=Åke |date=1968 |title=Vem är vem? |volume=5, Norrland : supplement, register |trans-title=Who's Who? |edition=2nd |location=Stockholm |publisher=Vem är vem bokförlag |language=sv |id={{SELIBR|53513}} |page=314}} Olihn served in this position until 1973 when he was promoted to lieutenant general and retired from the military.{{cite book |editor1-last=Uddling |editor1-first=Hans |editor2-last=Paabo |editor2-first=Katrin |year=1994 |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1995 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1995 |location=Stockholm |publisher=Norstedt |isbn=91-1-943202-X |language=sv |id={{SELIBR|8261514}} |url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1995/0852.html |page=852}}

Olihn was a member of the Swedish-Ethiopian Association, succeeding Carl Gustaf von Rosen as chairman in 1960.{{cite journal |url=https://svensk-etiopiska.se/images/stories/tenaestelin/Tenaestelin-2-2010.pdf |journal=Tenaestelin: Litet av Varje för Etiopiensvenskar: Svensk-etiopiska Föreningens Medlemsblad |title=Tenaestelin fyller 50 år |first=Ingegerd |last=Nylander |year=2010 |number=2 |publisher=Svensk-etiopiska föreningen |location=Stockholm |language=sv |id={{SELIBR|4109608}} |page=24}} He was also an honorary member of the Friends of the Halland Regiment Association (''Hallands regementes kamratförening).{{cite book |url=http://vanersborgssonersgille.se/onewebmedia/%C3%85rsskifter/1996/1996.pdf |title=ÅRSSKRIFT 1996 |year=1996 |publisher=Vänersborgs söners gille |location=Vänersborg |language=sv |volume=65 |id={{SELIBR|4110281}} |page=21}}

In 1940 he married Charlotte Ankarcrona (1918–1999), the daughter of major Sten Ankarcrona and Ellen Kjellberg. They had three children: Nils (born 1941), Ulla (born 1943) and Ann-Charlotte (born 1955).

Olihn died on 16 April 1996 in Söndrum parish in Halland County.{{cite book |title=Sveriges dödbok 1947-2003 |trans-title=Swedish death index 1947-2003 |edition=Version 3.0 |year=2005 |publisher=Sveriges släktforskarförbund |location=Sundbyberg |language=sv |id={{SELIBR|9854744}}}}

• 1930 – Second lieutenant
• 19?? – Lieutenant
• 1943 – Captain
• 1948 – Major
• 1952 – Lieutenant colonel
• 1955 – Colonel
• 1963 – Major general
• 1973 – Lieutenant general

• 50x50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword (6 June 1970){{cite web |url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/E0000849_00015#?c=&m=&s=&cv=14&xywh=3035%2C-92%2C4054%2C2222 |publisher=Royal Court of Sweden |work=Kungl. Maj:ts Ordens arkiv |title=Matriklar (D 1) |trans-title=Directory (D 1) |volume=14 |page=21 |date=1970–1979 |access-date=18 December 2024 |language=sv |via=National Archives of Sweden |url-access=registration}}
• 50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Commander 1st Class of the Order of the Sword (6 June 1962){{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=97}}
• 50x50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Knight of the Order of Vasa
• 50x50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Medal for Noble Deeds in gold

• 50x50px {{flagicon|Ethiopian Empire}} Commander of the Order of Menelik II
• 50x50px {{flagicon|Ethiopian Empire}} Commander of the Order of the Star of Ethiopia
• 50x50px {{flagicon|Denmark}} Knight First Class of the Order of the Dannebrog
• 50x50px {{flagicon|France}} Officer of the Order of the Black Star
• 50x50px {{flagicon|Norway}} Knight First Class of the Order of St. Olav
• 50x50px {{flagicon|USA}} Legionnaire of the Legion of Merit (25 May 1956){{cite web |url=https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/400628 |website=www.valor.militarytimes.com |title=D. Tage Olihn |date=25 May 1956 |accessdate=19 November 2019}}
• 50x50px {{flagicon|Finland}} Order of the Cross of Liberty, 4th Class with swords

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