Gunnar Krantz (veterinarian)

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Gunnar Teodor Krantz (17 February 1911 – 4 March 2003) was a Swedish veterinarian. He served as the Veterinary Surgeon-in-Chief and head of the Swedish Army Veterinary Corps from 1957 to 1969 and as Director of the Swedish Armed Forces Veterinarian Service from 1969 to 1976.

Early life[edit]

Krantz was born on 17 February 1911 in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of Carl Teodor Krantz and his wife Ester (née Kjellin).[1] He passed studentexamen in 1930, obtained his bachelor's degree in veterinary medicine in 1933,[2] and became a licensed veterinarian in 1937.[3]

Career[edit]

Krantz began his career as an assistant at the Department of Pathological Anatomy at the Royal Veterinary College of Sweden (Veterinärhögskolan) in 1937.[2] He became battalion veterinary officer in the Life Regiment of Horse in 1939. He served in the Army Command in 1941,[3] as a battalion veterinary officer in the Veterinary Department of the Army Inspectorate (Arméinspektionen) in 1943,[2] as a regimental veterinary officer in the Svea Artillery Regiment in 1944, and as a regimental veterinary officer in the Veterinary Department of the Army Inspectorate in 1944. Krantz attended the Swedish National Defence College in 1953 and served in the Medical Board of the Swedish Armed Forces in 1955. He served as an army veterinary surgeon in the staff of the IV Military District in 1957.[3]

Krantz served as Veterinary Surgeon-in-Chief and head of the Swedish Army Veterinary Corps from 1957 to 1969.[1] In 1969, the veterinary medical activities were transferred from the Army Staff to the Medical Board of the Swedish Armed Forces.[4] From the same year, he became the Director of the Swedish Armed Forces Veterinarian Service (försvarsöverveterinär) in the Veterinary Section of the Health Care Office at the Medical Board of the Swedish Armed Forces.[5] He served in this position until 1976.[1]

Krantz served as secretary and treasurer of the Swedish Veterinary Society (Sveriges veterinärförbund) from 1942 to 1957.[3] He was the chairman of the Swedish Women's Auxiliary Veterinary Corps (Svenska Blå Stjärnan) until April 1962 when he was succeeded by Inga-Lisa Ekstedt.[6] He was the chairman of the Swedish Federation of Animal Welfare Associations (Sveriges djurskyddsföreningars riksförbund) from 1977 to 1985.[7][8]

Personal life[edit]

On 5 September 1937, Krantz married Anna Lisa Julin (1909–2003), the daughter of postmaster Teodor Julin and Elma (née Lindeberg), in Vårdinge Church [sv] south of Södertälje, Stockholm County.[3][9] They had three children: Birgitta (1940–2002), Bengt (born 1942), and Cecilia (born 1947).[3]

Death[edit]

Krantz died on 4 March 2003. The funeral service was held on 11 April 2003 at Bromma Church in Stockholm.[10] He was interred on 6 May 2003 at Bromma Cemetery.[11]

Awards and decorations[edit]

Swedish[edit]

  • Sweden Commander 1st Class of the Order of the Polar Star (6 June 1969)[12]
  • Sweden Commander of the Order of the Polar Star (6 June 1961)[13]
  • Sweden Knight of the Order of Vasa (1954)[14]
  • Sweden Swedish Women's Auxiliary Veterinary Corps Medal of Merit in gold (Svenska Blå Stjärnans förtjänstmedalj i guld) (April 1963)[15]
  • Sweden Swedish Women's Auxiliary Veterinary Corps Medal of Merit in silver (Svenska Blå Stjärnans förtjänstmedalj i silver) (26 May 1961)[16]
  • Sweden Swedish Women's Auxiliary Veterinary Corps Silver Medal (Svenska Blå Stjärnans silvermedalj)[3]
  • Sweden Djurvännernas förening's gold medal (1982)[17]
  • Sweden Swedish Society for the Protection of Animals (Svenska Djurskyddsföreningen) Medal of Merit (May 1979)[18]

Foreign[edit]

Honours[edit]

Bibliography[edit]

  • Krantz, Gunnar T. (1937). Om s. k. hudtuberkulos hos nötkreatur [In regards to bovine cutaneous tuberculosis]. Meddelande / Sällskapet för veterinärmedicinsk forskning, 99-1768294-5 ; 7 (in Swedish). Uppsala. SELIBR 2129874.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Krantz, Gunnar T. (1964). Det militära veterinärväsendet: uppgifter, funktion och utveckling från och med andra världskriget [The military veterinary service: tasks, function, and development from the Second World War onwards]. Meddelande från Rådet för veterinärhistoria och biografisk forskning, 3614474 ; 21 (in Swedish). Stockholm. SELIBR 9892590.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Krantz, Gunnar T. (1974). Det tyska militärveterinärväsendet under andra världskriget [The German military veterinary service during the Second World War] (in Swedish). Stockholm. SELIBR 8820893.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Krantz, Gunnar T. (1990). Hästminne - återblick på en svunnen veterinärverksamhet [Horse Memory - Reflection on a Past Veterinary Practice]. Meddelande från Rådet för veterinärhistoria och biografisk forskning, 3614474 ; 103 (in Swedish). [s.l.] SELIBR 9892577.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Krantz, Gunnar T. (1990). "Krigskirurgiska studier": svenska veterinärer i Finland under fortsättningskriget [Surgical Studies in Wartime": Swedish Veterinarians in Finland during the Continuation War]. Meddelande från Rådet för veterinärhistoria och biografisk forskning, 3614474 ; 104 (in Swedish). [s.l.] SELIBR 9879228.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Jönsson, Lena, ed. (2000). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 2001 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 2001] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 630. ISBN 9172850426. SELIBR 8261515.
  2. ^ a b c Harnesk, Paul, ed. (1945). Vem är vem? [Who's Who?] (in Swedish). Vol. D. 1, Stockholmsdelen. Stockholm: Vem är vem bokförlag. p. 424. SELIBR 8198269.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Harnesk, Paul, ed. (1962). Vem är vem? [Who's Who?] (in Swedish). Vol. 1, Stor–Stockholm (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Vem är vem bokförlag. p. 714. SELIBR 53509.
  4. ^ "Kungl. Maj:ts proposition nr 110 år 1969" (in Swedish). Stockholm. 14 March 1969. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  5. ^ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1970). Sveriges statskalender 1970 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. p. 114.
  6. ^ "Kvinnlig ordförande i Sv. Blå stjärnan". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 1962-04-09. p. 26. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Tänker på djurens bästa". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 1977-06-21. p. 12. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  8. ^ Hultman, Barbro, ed. (1985-08-31). "namn: Sten Hedner". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). p. 19. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Lysning". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 1937-08-15. p. 2A. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Döda" [Deaths]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 2003-03-09. p. 33. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  11. ^ "Krantz, GUNNAR TEODOR". www.svenskagravar.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  12. ^ "Åtta storkommendörer i ordensregnet". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 1969-06-07. p. 10. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  13. ^ Sveriges statskalender för skottåret 1968 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1968. p. 169.
  14. ^ Sveriges statskalender för skottåret 1968 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1968. p. 368.
  15. ^ "Blå stjärnan belönar fem med guldmedalj". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 1963-04-22. p. A17. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  16. ^ "Utmärkelsetecken från Blå Stjärnan". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 1961-05-28. p. 10A. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  17. ^ Johansson, Kerstin, ed. (1982-06-05). "namn i dag". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). p. 17. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  18. ^ Westtorp, Hans, ed. (1979-05-29). "namn i dag: Gunnar T. Krantz". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). p. 15. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
Military offices
Preceded by
Erik Liljefors
 Veterinary Surgeon-in-Chief of the Swedish Army
1957–1969 		Succeeded by
None
Preceded by
None
 Director of the Swedish Armed Forces Veterinarian Service
1969–1976 		Succeeded by
Viktor Hultsved
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