Carl Algernon

Infobox Military Person
name=Carl Fredrik Robert Algernon
lived=9 October 1925 – 15 January 1987
placeofbirth=Stockholm, Sweden
placeofdeath=Stockholm, Sweden


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branch=Swedish Navy
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rank=Rear admiral
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laterwork=Weapons inspector
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Carl Fredrik Robert Algernon (9 October 1925 – 15 January 1987) was a Swedish rear admiral and war materials inspector.

Carl Algernon was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He became a lecturer at the Swedish National Defence College in 1964. In 1972 he was appointed as commander of Östra militärområdesstaben and was at the same time promoted to the rank of "Kommendör av första graden" ("Commander of 1st Degree"). In 1974 he became a head of division at the Swedish Armed Forces Chief of Staff and in 1978 head of the commando expedition at the Ministry of Defence. In 1978 he was promoted to the rank of rear admiral. In 1981 he was appointed as a war materials inspector at Krigsmaterielinspektionen (KMI), a government organization tasked with supervising and revise exports of war material to foreign countries. At the outbreak of the Bofors scandal in the late 1980s he became one of the leading investigators into the scandal despite the fact the he was a personal friend of the CEO of Bofors, Martin Ardbo, since many years.

Algernon died when he was hit by a train at the Stockholm Metro station T-Centralen on 15 January 1987. Earlier on the day he had a meeting with the CEO of Nobel Industrier (the new owners of Bofors), Anders Carlberg, about the allegations of smuggling against the company. During the conversation, Carlberg had told Algernon about an internal investigation which had confirmed that smuggling had existed. Due to Algernon's position as a leading investigator of the Bofors scandal, it was speculated that he might have been assassinated (i.e. pushed down on the railway). The subsequent investigation into his death, which ended on 11 March 1987, concluded that he had committed suicide.

See also

* Cats Falck
* Claes-Ulrik Winberg

Persondata
NAME=Algernon, Carl Fredrik
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Algernon, Carl Fredrik Robert (full name)
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Rear admiral, war materials inspector
DATE OF BIRTH=9 October 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH=Stockholm, Sweden
DATE OF DEATH=15 January 1987
PLACE OF DEATH=T-Centralen, Stockholm, Sweden