Martin Fehrm

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'''Erik Martin Fehrm''' (8 March 1910 – 6 August 2001) was a Swedish engineer and civil servant. He was mainly active at the [[Swedish National Defence Research Institute]] (FOA), where he served as Director General from 1957 to 1968.

==Career==
Fehrm was born in Järna, [[Vansbro Municipality]], Sweden, the son of Fritz Fehrm, a bookseller, and his wife Klara (née Matsson).<ref name="Uddling & Paabo (1992), p. 324"> |url=http://bit.ly/2HDIFst |page=324}}</ref> He passed ''[[studentexamen]]'' in [[Falun]] and initiated studies at the [[KTH Royal Institute of Technology]] in [[Stockholm]], from which he gratuated with a degree in [[electrical engineering]] in 1932.<ref name="kkrva">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> With a keen interest in radio technology, he received the following year employment at the [[Royal Swedish Army Materiel Administration]]. In 1940, Fehrm came as a 3rd degree flight engineer to the [[Royal Swedish Air Force Materiel Administration]], where he would stay until the war was over. During the war years he developed into an expert on eco-radio and participated actively in the special working group that had been created for the area within the Swedish Board of Inventions (''Statens uppfinnarnämnd''). His expertise was also used for the investigation of advanced military equipment, which ended in the country crashed airplane or in any other way,<ref name="kkrva"/> for example the [[Sweden_during_World_War_II#The_Bäckebo_rocket|Bäckebo rocket]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Fehrm became 2nd degree flight engineer in 1942. Fehrm was head of department at the [[Swedish National Defence Research Institute]] (FOA) from 1945 to 1957 when he was appointed Director General of FOA. Fehrm held this post until 1968. He was then Director General of the National Swedish Board for Technical Development (''Styrelsen för teknisk utveckling'', STU) from 1968 to 1971.<ref name="Uddling & Paabo (1992), p. 324"/>

He became a member of the National Board of the Swedish Institutes of Technology (''Överstyrelsen för de tekniska högskolorna'') in 1959.<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 382">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2) |url=http://bit.ly/2VN8S1M |page=382}}</ref> Fehrm was chairman of the Swedish Natural Science Research Council (''Statens naturvetenskapliga forskningsråd'') from 1965 to 1977, and the ''Stamnätsnämnden'' from 1966 to 1985. He was a member of the Swedish Government Research Advisory Board (''Forskningsberedningen'') from 1962 to 1978, the ''Miljövårdsberedningen'' from 1968 to 1977, and the Swedish Transport Research Delegation (''Transportforskningsdelegationen'') from 1971 to 1982. Furthermore, Fehrm was chairman of the board of the AB Atomenergi from 1969 to 1976, chairman of the Swedish Association of Graduate Engineers (''Svenska Teknologföreningen'', SvTF) from 1972 to 1973, and 1st vice chairman of the Swedish Association of Graduate Engineers (''Sveriges civilingenjörsförbund'') from 1974 to 1977.<ref name="Uddling & Paabo (1992), p. 324"/>

==Personal life==
He was married to Ragna Fägersten (born 1912), the daughter of Helge Fägersten and Signe Janzon.<ref name="Uddling & Paabo (1992), p. 324"/>

==Awards and decorations==
*Commander First Class of the [[Order of the Polar Star]]<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 382"/>
*Knight of the [[Order of Vasa]]<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 382"/>
*[[Illis quorum]], 12th size (1977)<ref name="Uddling & Paabo (1992), p. 324"/>

==Honours==
*Member of the [[Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences]] (1949)<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 382"/>
*Member of the [[Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences]] (1958)<ref name="Harnesk (1962), p. 382"/>
*Technical honorary doctor, [[Chalmers University of Technology]] (1963)<ref name="Uddling & Paabo (1992), p. 324"/>

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[[Category:1910 births]]
[[Category:2001 deaths]]
[[Category:Swedish electrical engineers]]
[[Category:20th-century Swedish engineers]]
[[Category:Swedish civil servants]]
[[Category:Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences]]
[[Category:Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences]]
[[Category:Royal Institute of Technology alumni]]
[[Category:Illis Quorum recipients]]
[[Category:Commanders First Class of the Order of the Polar Star]]
[[Category:Knights of the Order of Vasa]]
[[Category:People from Vansbro Municipality]]

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