Lieutenant General Nils Birger Valdemar Personne (29 June 1918 – 26 August 2013) was a Swedish Air Force officer.

Alarmingly poor blood pressure values at the medical examination in connection with the admission tests could have put a stop to continued flight plans.

[4] For a time they were stationed in Trollhättan and flew over the Skagerrak and Kattegat in a 4.5-hour pass over the sea, and witnessed, among other things, how the Gertrud Bratt was sunk by the German submarine U-4 with two torpedoes on 24 September 1939.

He then served in the Swedish National Defence College from 1956 to 1959 when he was promoted to colonel and appointed commander of the Södermanland Wing (F 11) in Nyköping.

The unit was disbanded the same year and Personne was appointed chief of staff in the Upper Norrland Military District with the rank of major general.

[4] After his retirement from the military, Personne worked for Nyge Aero in Nyköping from 1981 to 1988,[6] to build the target towing for the Swedish Armed Forces.