Gustaf Dyrssen
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| Born |
24 November 1891 , Sweden |
| Died | 13 May 1981 (aged 89) Kungsängen, Sweden |
| Allegiance | Sweden |
| Service/branch | Swedish Army |
| Years of service | 1912–1957 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands held |
Gotland Artillery Corps (1939–41) Svea Artillery Regiment (1941–42) Boden Fortress (1942–45) IV. Military Area (1945–57) |
 Dyrssen at the 1920 Olympics |
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Representing  Sweden
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1920 Antwerp | Modern pentathlon |
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1924 Paris | Modern pentathlon |
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1936 Berlin | Team épée |
Gustaf Peder Wilhelm Dyrssen (24 November 1891 – 13 May 1981) was a Swedish Army officer and Olympic modern pentathlete.
Dyrssen was born in , Sweden and was the son of admiral Wilhelm Dyrssen and baroness Lizinka af Uggla and brother of Magnus Dyrssen. He became a second lieutenant at the Svea Artillery Regiment (A 1) in 1912 and studied at the Artillery and Engineering College from 1914 to 1915. Dyrssen became a lieutenant in 1915 and studied at the War College from 1917 to 1919. He was a cadet at the General Staff from 1920 to 1922, became captain in 1924 and served at the State Railways from 1924 to 1926. Dyrssen was a teacher at the Artillery and Engineering College from 1926 to 1932, captain of the Svea Artillery Regiment from 1930 to 1932, captain of the General Staff in 1932 and bureau chief at the Railway Board (Järnvägsstyrelsen) from 1932 to 1937.
He was appointed to major in 1934 and was the first adjutant and lieutenant colonel in the General Staff in 1937. Dyrssen was head of the communications department at the Defence Staff from 1937 to 1939 and lieutenant colonel and commander of the Gotland Artillery Corps (A 7) in 1939. Dyrssen was appointed colonel in 1940 and was commander of the Svea Artillery Regiment from 1941 to 1942, the commandant of the Boden Fortress as well as the deputy military commander of the VI. Military Area from 1942 to 1945. He was appointed major general in 1944 and was the military commander of the IV. Military Area and superior commandant in Stockholm from 1945 to 1957. He retired from the Army in 1957 and was appointed lieutenant general in the reserve.
Dyrssen won the eventing contest at the 1916 Swedish Games. In the modern pentathlon he won a gold medal at the 1920 and a silver medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics. He competed in the individual and team épée at the 1924, 1928 and 1936 Olympics and won a team silver medal in 1936. He won seven medals in the épée at the world championships of 1931–1938, as well as three national titles, in 1927, 1932 and 1952, aged 60. Dyrssen won the modern pentathlon at the Nordiska Idrætslege in Copenhagen in 1921, the patrol competition on skis at the 1922 Nordic Games and the Swedish Championship in modern pentathlon in 1922.
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