3 August 1950(1950-08-03) (aged 82) Uddevalla, Sweden
Buried
Sandsborgskyrkogården
Service/branch
Swedish Navy
Years of service
1889–1933
Rank
Vice Admiral
Commands held
HSwMS Hugin
HSwMS Fylgia
HSwMS Sverige
Royal Swedish Naval Academy
Military Office of the Minister for Naval Affairs
Coastal Fleet
Stockholm Naval Station
Vice Admiral Carl Fredrik Wilhelm Riben (13 May 1868 – 3 August 1950) was a senior Swedish Navy officer. Riben served as head of the Royal Swedish Naval Academy (1918–1921), of the Military Office of the Minister for Naval Affairs (1921–1923), as Commander-in-Chief of the Coastal Fleet (1923–1925) as well as of Stockholm Naval Station (1926–1933). He also served as president of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1933–1935) and chairman of the Directorate of the Swedish Nobility Foundation (1940–1944).
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Vice Admiral Carl Fredrik Wilhelm Riben (13 May 1868 – 3 August 1950) was a senior Swedish Navy officer. Riben served as head of the Royal Swedish Naval...
their coal bunkers, with four oil-buring Penhoët boilers. 1917–1918: FredrikRiben 1926–1927: Gunnar Bjurner 1940–1940: Alarik Wachtmeister 1940–1941:...
1929–1931: Bror Munck 1931–1933: Carl Gustaf Hammarskjöld 1933–1935: FredrikRiben 1935–1937: Ludvig Hammarskiöld 1937–1939: Oscar Nygren 1939–1941: Otto...
Lagercrantz 1919 Carl Alarik Wachtmeister 1925 Henry Lindberg 1925 FredrikRiben 1930 John Schneidler 1932 Charles de Champs 1934 Harald Åkermark 1934...
she was decommissioned. Fylgia was sold for scrap in 1957. 1915–1916: FredrikRiben 1919–1920: Gunnar Unger 1922–1923: Claës Lindsström 1925–1925: Nils...
Ministry for Naval Affairs 1918–1921 Succeeded by None Preceded by FredrikRiben Commander-in-Chief of the Coastal Fleet 1926–1927 Succeeded by Harald...
Per Albin Hansson 1840–1843: Carl David Forsberg 1843–1844: Carl Wilhelm Riben 1844–1855: Malcolm von Schantz 1855–1866: Carl Gustaf Årman 1866–1873: Nils...
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