Axel Gyllenkrok

Colonel Friherre Axel Walfrid Carl Gyllenkrok (9 August 1888 – 8 August 1946) was a Swedish officer and sports shooter. Gyllenkrok commanded the 3rd Flying Corps (1932–1934) and Halland Regiment (1937–1938). Early life Gyllenkrok was born on 9 August 1888 in Karlskrona, the son of naval captain, Friherre Axel Thure Christian Gyllenkrok and his wife Elin Emma Ulrika Frick. Career Military career Gyllenkrok was commissioned as a underlöjtnant and was assigned to Svea Life Guards in 1908 and attended the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 1913 to 1915 and was appointed captain of the General Staff in 1920 after aspirant service. He was an expert in the uniform committee and in the committee for experiments with helmets between 1920 and 1922. In the Swedish Air Force, Gyllenkrok was, among other things, head of the Air Force's first course for reserve officers in 1927 and for the flight course for General Staff officers in 1928. He served in the Air Staff between 1927 and 1932 and was promoted to captain in the Air Force in 1928. Gyllenkrok served as a teacher at the Infantry Officer School (Infanteriofficersskolan, IOS) from 1928 to 1931 and he was an expert in the committee for arranging Sweden's defense against air strikes between 1928 and 1930. Gyllenkrok was promoted to major in the Army in 1929 and served as a teacher at the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 1929 to 1930. He became a member of the 1930 Defense Commission (1930 års försvarskommission) but received, upon request, dismissal from the 1934 appointment.