Wilhelm Agrell Explained
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Birth Name: | Hans Wilhelm Kristofer Agrell |
Birth Date: | 13 October 1950 |
Birth Place: | Uppsala, Sweden |
Occupation: | Professor of intelligence analysis |
Alma Mater: | Stockholm University |
Relatives: | Sigurd Agrell (grandfather) |
Hans Wilhelm Kristofer Agrell (born 13 October 1950) is a Swedish writer and historian within the area of peace and conflict studies. His authorship has mostly focussed on Swedish foreign, security and defence policy during the Cold War.
Early life
Agrell was born on 13 October 1950 in Uppsala, Sweden, the son of, a professor of pedagogics and psychology working in the area of military psychology, and Estrid (née Ehrenberg).[1] He's the grandson of Sigurd Agrell.
Career
He studied at Stockholm University and received his bachelor's degree in 1972 and he served in the Swedish Army School of Staff Work and Communications (Arméns stabs- och sambandsskola, StabSbS) from 1972 to 1973. Agrell was then sent to the Middle East following the Yom Kippur War as part of the Swedish 52 M Battalion in the United Nations Emergency Force. After that he served in the Air Staff from 1974 to 1976 and was first administrative officer in the Defence Staff from 1976 to 1978. He started working at the Research Policy Institute in 1978[1] and started postgraduate studies at Lund University the same year, where he received his Ph.D. in history in 1985,[1] with a thesis about the Swedish military doctrine from 1945 to 1982. He became docent at Lund University in 1987[1] and since 2006 he is professor of intelligence analysis at Lund University.[2]
Personal life
In 1977 he married librarian (born 1952), the daughter of agronomist Hilding Frostell and Gunnel (née Brunberg).[1]
Awards and decorations
Honours
Selected bibliography
- Book: Agrell, Wilhelm. 1999. LIBRIS
7282911
. 9146176128. sv. Stockholm. Wahlström & Widstrand. Övrig illegal verksamhet: övervakningen av de svenska kärnvapenmotståndarna 1958-1968.
- Book: Agrell, Wilhelm. 2000. LIBRIS
7622494
. 9172039221. sv. Stockholm. Carlsson. Ökenvägen: minnet av krig.
- Book: Agrell, Wilhelm. 2001. LIBRIS
8382168
. 9188877531. sv. Stockholm. Tiden. Dödsbudet.
- Book: Agrell, Wilhelm. 2002. LIBRIS
8415678
. 9189442490. sv. Lund. Historiska media. Svenska förintelsevapen: utvecklingen av kemiska och nukleära stridsmedel 1928-1970.
- Book: Agrell, Wilhelm. 2006. LIBRIS
10038725
. 9185377597. sv. Lund. Historiska Media. Skuggor runt Wallenberg: uppdrag i Ungern 1943-45.
- Book: Agrell, Wilhelm. 2006. LIBRIS
10142336
. 9185377090. sv. Lund. Historiska media. Stockholm som spioncentral.
- Book: Agrell, Wilhelm. 2008. LIBRIS
10601365
. 9789185507979. sv. Lund. Historiska Media. Maskerad front: kalla krigets underättelsehistoria.
- Book: Agrell, Wilhelm. 2009. 1. uppl.. LIBRIS
11301896
. 9789140664112. sv. Malmö. Gleerup. Underrättelseanalysens metoder och problem: medan klockan tickar-.
- Book: Agrell, Wilhelm. 2010. LIBRIS
11855650
. 9789173534178. sv. Stockholm. Atlantis. Fredens illusioner: det svenska nationella försvarets nedgång och fall 1988-2009.
- Book: Agrell, Wilhelm. 2013. LIBRIS
13589279
. 9789173536141. sv. Stockholm. Atlantis. Ett krig här och nu: från svensk fredsoperation till upprorsbekämpning i Afghanistan 2001-2014.
- Book: Agrell, Wilhelm. 2014. LIBRIS
16532638
. 9789173537070. sv. Stockholm. Atlantis. Fru Petrovas sko: en rysk spiontragedi i 50-talets Australien.
- Book: Agrell, Wilhelm. 2016. LIBRIS
19424111
. 9789173538527. sv. Stockholm. Atlantis. Stora sabotageligan: Kominterns och Sovjetunionens underjordiska nätverk i Sverige.
- Book: Agrell, Wilhelm. 2017. LIBRIS
20690791
. 9789175455471. sv. Lund. Historiska media. Sprickor i järnridån: svensk underrättelsetjänst 1944-1992.
- Book: Agrell, Wilhelm. 2018. Första utgåvan. LIBRIS
22330225
. 9789127151161. sv. Stockholm. Natur & Kultur. Det dunkla pusslet: spionagets historia - från faraos ögon och öron till global nätspaning.
- Book: Agrell, Wilhelm. 2021. LIBRIS
zb613lq1w2ts2fqn
. 9789173291675. sv. Stockholm. Medströms bokförlag. Yom Kippur-kriget och Sverige 1973.
Notes and References
- Book: Uddling . Hans . Paabo . Katrin . 1992 . Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1993 . Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1993 . Stockholm . Norstedt . 91-1-914072-X . sv . . 26.
- Web site: Wilhelm Agrell . Lund University, Department of Political Science. 31 March 2017 . 2017-03-20.
- Web site: Nils Holgersson-plaketten . Svenska barnboksinstitutet . www.sbi.kb.se . Nils Holgersson Plaque . 20 November 2017 . sv.
- Det går aldrig att informera bort konflikternas källor . Skog & Framtid: En Tidning Om Svensk Skogsforskning . Lars . Klingström . 2013 . 2 . Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet (SLU) . Umeå . sv . . 20.