Stig Synnergren
| Stig Synnergren link Alchetron Dbpedia (Officer, spook) | |
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| Born | 1915-02-25 Boden, Sweden |
| Died | 2004-04-29 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Alma mater | Royal Swedish Army Staff College, Swedish National Defence College |
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Stig Gustaf Eugén Synnergren was a Swedish officer and spook. He was leader of the extra-parliamentary Swedish IB intelligence agency, and kept some control over the apparatus after his retirement.[1]
Career
Synnergren was commissioned as an officer with the rank of second lieutenant in 1939 and served in the Ski Battalion in Kiruna during World War II. After the German attack on Norway on 9 April 1940, he as an intelligence officer in the regimental staff, on several occasions, alone and on skis, went into the war zone in Northern Norway to make contact with the Norwegian forces and gather intelligence within the German dominated area. Because of his experience and skills, he became, after a brief interlude a cadet officer at Karlberg in 1944.
Synnergren's rapid ascent through the ranks continued, including graduation from the Royal Swedish Army Staff College and various military studies abroadTemplate:Where?. He held teaching positions and became a major while heading the Tactics Department. Notably, he became the Chief of the Army Staff in 1963 and ultimately achieved the rank of Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces in 1967. During his tenure as Supreme Commander, Synnergren oversaw significant military policy changes.
Synnergren was widely associated with military intelligence, particularly during the exposure of the secret intelligence agency IB. Beyond his military career, Synnergren held various positions of trust in organizations such as the Swedish Tourist Association, Swedish Ski Association, and corporate boards. He also sat on the board of the East Economic Office, a unique agency within Swedish military intelligence.[2]
Outside political control
In 1994, Synnergren told the Swedish neutrality policy commission:
I am not ashamed to say that I have never asked anyone for advice up in government. The responsibility was mine, I made the decisions. And it was not all decisions that the government found out, the Minister of Defense or the Prime Minister. And in the occasional cases where I briefed that we were doing something, it was when the risk was great that it would become public knowledge.[3]
Other stay behind groups in Norway
In 1995 he mentioned the existence of a second stay-behind network in Norway. {{#subobject: |Has superobject=Stig Synnergren |Has objectClass=Quotation |Has author=Stig Synnergren|+sep=, |Has text=“I've encountered the name Alfa. As I recall, it was an independent organization that worked together with stay behind in Norway.” |Is about=Stig Synnergren,Norway/Stay Behind,Alfa,IB|+sep=, |Has wikipediaPage= |Has location=|+sep=, |Has publicationDate=1995 |Sourced from=In an article series in Dala-Demokraten in May-June 1995 |Has sourceDetails= |Has sourceTitle= |Has sourceName=In an article series in Dala-Demokraten in May-June 1995 |Has sourceURL=
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“I've encountered the name Alfa. As I recall, it was an independent organization that worked together with stay behind in Norway.”
Stig Synnergren (1995) [4]
References
- ↑ Quoted in Johan Setsaas, Gro-Gate, page 458
- ↑ http://www.svd.se/stig-synnergren-har-avlidit
- ↑ https://www.scup.com/doi/10.18261/ISSN1891-1757-2012-04-04
- ↑ In an article series in Dala-Demokraten in May-June 1995
