Background
Adelborg was born at Öster-Malma Castle in Ludgo, Södermanland County, Sweden and was the son of captain Otto Adelborg and baroness Jacquette De Geer.
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Fredrik Adelborg
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Adelborg was a sea cadet and attended the School of Naval Warfare from 1901 to 1903 and served in the Merchant Navy and carried out two complete global circumnavigations. He completed mate"s examination and a examination in steam engine teaching at Stockholm Navigation School in 1907.
Career
He was the brother of Gustaf-Otto and Louise. He became a reserve under-lieutenant in the Swedish Navy in 1908 and was secretary to the vice consul at the Swedish consulate in Bristol from 1908 to 1909. He lived in the Malay Peninsula, Federated Malay States from 1910 to 1934 where he was head of different rupper companies.
Director Assistant of the Gali Rubber Company in Penang 1910-1911, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Gomali Rubber Company in Johor 1911-1912, Chief Executive Officer of the Lower Perak Rubber Company in Perak 1912-1916, Head of the Jendarata Rubber Company in Teluk Anson 1916-1921 and Chief Executive Officer and Head of the Siginting and Pelepak Valley Rubber Company in Portuguese Dickson from 1922. undertook expeditions for the exploration of the Sakai in the Malay Peninsula from 1911 to 1929 and did extensive travels in the Orient. conducted field trips to China, French Indochina, Java and Sumatra, Ceylon and Egypt from 1910 to 1922.
He donated large zoological collections to the Swedish Museum of Natural History in 1921. was a delegate at the International Rubber Congress in London in 1921, Consul General of Sweden in Singapore from 1928 to 1934 and chief of staff of the International Committee for Non-Intervention in Spain from 1937 to 1939. He was head of the courier department at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs from 1940.
Fredrik inspired Evert Taube to the events in the ballad "Möte i monsunen" (Meeting in the monsoon), when he described to Taube how he had helped shanghaied Swedish sailors during his time as Consul General of Sweden in Singapore. In ballad he is named as the person helping Fritiof Andersson.
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Membership
He was a member of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland and an associate of the Associate Incorporated Society of Planters. He was permanent member of the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography.).
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Nationality
Sweden
Awards
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Legion of Honour; Order of Vasa; Order of the Polar Star; Order of the Dragon of Annam Adelborg's awards: Knight of the Order of the Polar Star 1944 Knight of the Order of Vasa 1921 Knight of the Order of St John in Sweden Commander of the Order of the Dragon of Annam Knight of the Legion of Honour Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences' Wahlberg Medal 1921 The Order of the Polar Star is a Swedish order of chivalry created by King Frederick I on 23 February 1748, together with the Order of the Sword and the Order of the Seraphim.; The Royal Order of Vasa (Kungliga Vasaorden) is a Swedish order of chivalry, awarded to citizens of Sweden for service to state and society especially in the fields of agriculture, mining and commerce.Legion of Honour; Order of Vasa; Order of the Polar Star; Order of the Dragon of Annam Adelborg's awards: Knight of the Order of the Polar Star 1944 Knight of the Order of Vasa 1921 Knight of the Order of St John in Sweden Commander of the Order of the Dragon of Annam Knight of the Legion of Honour Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences' Wahlberg Medal 1921 The Order of the Polar Star is a Swedish order of chivalry created by King Frederick I on 23 February 1748, together with the Order of the Sword and the Order of the Seraphim.; The Royal Order of Vasa (Kungliga Vasaorden) is a Swedish order of chivalry, awarded to citizens of Sweden for service to state and society especially in the fields of agriculture, mining and commerce.