Vice Admiral John Christoffer Schneidler (4 June 1868 – 26 April 1958) was a senior Swedish Navy officer.

[1] Schneidler was commissioned as a naval officer with the rank of underlöjtnant in the Swedish Navy in 1888 and was promoted to sub-lieutenant in 1890.

[4] Promoted to lieutenant commander in 1911, Schneidler was appointed naval adviser in the Royal Thai Navy the same year, and during this special service he and his wife lived in Bangkok.

To the tune of Felix Mendelssohn's march from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" performed by the small band of the Swedish Navy, the bride and groom entered, escorted by two marshals, the sub-lieutenant of the navy, Göran af Klercker and the volunteer of the Life Guards of Horse Count Axel Cronhielm.

The wedding was witnessed by the Prince and Princess Bernadotte, the cabinet minister Gerhard Dyrssen [sv] and Mrs Dyrssen, vice admiral Hjalmar af Klintberg [sv] and Mrs af Klintberg, rear admirals Fredrik Lennman [sv] and Louis Palander with wives, count and countess Ruuth, and royal navy officers in the city with their wives and others.

[12] Their first son, Carl Axel Christoffer Schneidler was born on 7 December 1901,[13] and died on 17 June 1921 in Karlskrona at the age of 19.

[16][17] A third son, Bernt Gustaf Schneidler, was born on 22 September 1915 in Karlskrona[18] and was as a sub-lieutenant in the Swedish Naval Quartermaster Corps.

[19] A fourth son, Joost Christoffer ("Christer") Schneidler was born on 27 October 1918 and died on 13 July 1946 in Stockholm.

The choir of the Order of Neptune [sv] under the direction of music director S. Möller sang works by Edvard Grieg.