Background
Hjukström was born in Sorsele, Sweden and was the son of huntmaster Gustaf Hjukström and Ida (née Abrahamsson).
Hjukström was born in Sorsele, Sweden and was the son of huntmaster Gustaf Hjukström and Ida (née Abrahamsson).
His team finished first in the military patrol event.
His last rank was lieutenant colonel. At the 1948 Winter Olympics he participated in the demonstration event military patrol (precursor to biathlon). He was the youngest son and he had three brothers.
After his primary education he was a forestry worker for three years before he joined the Västerbotten Regiment in Umeå.
In 1944 he was advanced to the rank of a lieutenant and became ski master of the Swedish Army in the following year. From 1946 to 1948 he was platoon leader at the ranger school Kiruna, and became captain in 1950, when he entered Military Academy Karlberg.
From 1953 to 1955 he was General Staff candidate, became major in 1962, and was deputy battalion commander. In 1966, advanced to the rank of an lieutenant colonel, he was transferred to the army staff of the Chief of the Army.