Birger Elmér
Birger Elmér | |
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 Elmér, 1960s | |
| Born | Carl Gustaf Birger Elmér 8 August 1919 Jönköping, Sweden |
| Died | 8 November 1999 (aged 80) Jönköping, Sweden |
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| Known for | The IB affair |
| Political party | Social Democratic[1] |
Carl Gustaf Birger Elmér (8 August 1919 – 8 November 1999) was a Swedish military and intelligence officer. Until 1975 he was the head of the Swedish Armed Forces' secret intelligence agency, known as IB.
Awards and decorations
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Commander of the Order of the Polar Star (3 December 1974)[2]
Publications
- Elmér, Birger (1956). Propagandaanalys: en studie av sovjetiska radioytsändningar på svenska och finska språken åren 1952-1954 [Propaganda analysis: a study of Soviet radio broadcasts in the Swedish and Finnish languages in the years 1952-1954] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Beredskapsnämnden för psykologiskt försvar. SELIBR 1276050.
References
- ^ Mellin, Lena (27 August 2001). "Han var IB:s agent". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 February 2012.
- ^ "Matriklar (D 1)" [Directory (D 1)]. Kungl. Maj:ts Ordens arkiv (in Swedish). Royal Court of Sweden. 1970–1979. p. 245. Retrieved 16 December 2025 – via National Archives of Sweden.
Further reading
- Ebervall, Lena; Samuelson, Per E. (2022). IB - som i inhämtning Birger (in Swedish). Stockholm: Piratförlaget. ISBN 9789164208460. SELIBR t87tfwccrn59n6v0.
External links
- Birger Elmér at IMDb