Erik af Edholm

Lieutenant General Erik Gustaf af Edholm (6 November 1878 – 16 February 1954) was a Swedish Army officer.

af Edholm was born on 6 November 1878 in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of the First Marshal of the Court Erik Wilhelm af Edholm and his wife Emma Mariana Charlotta (née Braunerhielm).

[3] af Edholm conducted military studies in the Italian Army in Tripoli in 1913.

He was commander of the III Army Division from 1937 to 1942 before retiring and placed in the reserve as lieutenant general in 1944.

[3] He was the father of Marianne Agnes Elisabeth (1919–2012), Margaretha Emma Thyra (1921–2006)[1] and Erik af Edholm (1923–2009).