Gustaf Dyrssen

Gustaf Peder Wilhelm Dyrssen was a Swedish Army officer and Olympic modern pentathlete.

Dyrssen was born in Stockholm, Sweden and was the son of admiral Wilhelm Dyrssen and baroness Lizinka af Uggla and brother of Magnus Dyrssen. He became a second lieutenant at the Svealand Artillery Regiment in 1912 and studied at the Artillery and Engineering College from 1914 to 1915. Dyrssen became a lieutenant in 1915 and studied at the War College from 1917 to 1919. He was a cadet at the General Staff from 1920 to 1922, became captain in 1924 and served at the State Railways from 1924 to 1926. Dyrssen was a teacher at the Artillery and Engineering College from 1926 to 1932, captain of the Svealand Artillery Regiment from 1930 to 1932, captain of the General Staff in 1932 and bureau chief at the Railway Board from 1932 to 1937.

Source: Wikipedia