Wilhelm Agrell

Wilhelm Agrell (2013)

Hans Wilhelm Kristofer Agrell, born 13 October 1950 in Uppsala, is a Swedish writer and historian within the area of peace and conflict studies.[1] His authorship has mostly focussed on Swedish foreign, security and defence policy during the Cold War.

Biography

Wilhelm Agrell is the son of Jan Agrell, a professor of pedagogics and psychology working in the area of military psychology, and Estrid Ehrenberg.[1] He's the grandson of Sigurd Agrell.

He studied at Stockholm University and received his bachelor's degree in 1972. In 1973, he was part of a Swedish United Nations peacekeeping battalion sent to the Middle East following the Yom Kippur War. After that, he worked in the Swedish Armed Forces for a few years. In 1978, he started postgraduate studies at Lund University, where he received his Ph.D. in history in 1985, with a thesis about the Swedish military doctrine from 1945 to 1982. Since 2006 he is professor of professor of intelligence analysis at Lund University.[2]

He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences since 1990.

In 2002, he was awarded the Nils Holgersson Plaque.

References

  1. 1 2 Agrell, Wilhelm in Vem är det, 1993 edition
  2. ↑ Wilhelm Agrell, Lund University, accessed 2017-03-20
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