Helge Söderbom

Lieutenant General Johan Helge Fritiof Söderbom (21 May 1881 – 3 January 1975) was a senior Swedish Army officer.

On 27 May 1900, he improved Gustaf Rundberg's unofficial Swedish record in long jump, from 6.17 to 6.20 meters.

[4][5][6][7] Söderbom graduated from the Military Academy Karlberg in Stockholm in 1902[8] and was commissioned as an officer the same year, assigned to Hälsinge Regiment in Gävle as a underlöjtnant[2] where he was promoted to lieutenant in 1905.

Following that, he was a teacher in military administration at the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 1919 to 1924,[3] and was active as a civilian as head of Filmstaden in Råsunda between 1920 and 1921.

He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1926 and was head of the Maintenance Bureau at the Quartermaster Department (Intendenturdepartementet) in the Royal Swedish Army Materiel Administration from 1927 to 1928.

[8] His "organizational talent has gained general recognition, not least because during the contingency period 1939-1945 he had to lead the work of the army's quartermaster rearmament and be responsible for the maintenance of the mobilized forces".