commander of the Coastal Artillery
What was the position of Otto Ludvig Beckman from 1907 to 1909?
Otto Ludvig Beckman Otto Ludvig Beckman ( 29 April 1856 – 27 June 1909 ) was a Swedish Navy general and commanding officer of the Swedish Coastal Artillery . He was assassinated during czar Nicholas IIs visit to Stockholm in 1909 . Career . Beckman began his career as a sub-lieutenant in the Swedish Navy in 1876 and was promoted to lieutenant in 1881 and captain in 1888 . He was a teacher at the Royal Swedish Naval Academy from 1889 to 1891 and was head of the Naval Mine Department at the naval station in Karlskrona from 1891 to 1901 . Beckman was promoted to commander of second rank in 1897 and first rank in 1900 . He was a member of the Executive Board of the Fleets Retirement Fund from 1899 . Beckman was promoted to colonel and commander of Karlskrona Coastal Artillery Regiment ( KA 2 ) as well as artillery commander of Karlskrona Fortress in 1902 . In 1907 , Beckman was promoted to major general and became commander of the Coastal Artillery . He was a long-standing member of Karlskrona City Council and deputy chairman of the city treasury . He was a member of the Defence Committee in 1907 . Beckman was also an honorary member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences . Assassination . During Czar Nicholas IIs visit to Stockholm in 1909 the anarchist Hjalmar Wång tried to assassinate the czar . He failed , however , and killed Beckman instead . It was after a banquet at the Royal Palace , when Beckman and his colleagues made a short visit to the Grand Hôtel . Ten minutes after midnight on the 27 June he walked , dressed in parade uniform , through Kungsträdgården . There he met Wång who shot him in the back . Right after , the 22-year-old Wång shot himself in the head twice . Wång died the next morning from his injuries . Commander P . Dahlgren who was walking with Beckman escaped without injures . The passer-by , feldsher Levander , was hit by a bullet but survived . Beckman was buried on the 2 July 1909 at Norra begravningsplatsen in Solna Municipality . Personal life . Beckman was married to Olga Maria Högsted ( born 1861 ) , and together they had the sons , lieutenant colonel Per Evald Ottocar Beckman ( 1885–1962 ) , commander Sven Alfred Ottocar Beckman ( 1887–1962 ) , and district judge Herbert Ottokar Beckman ( 1893-1981 ) as well as the daughter , rector Olga Elsa Beckman ( 1888–1975 ) . Awards and decorations . - Commanders 1st Class of the Order of the Sword ( 16 June 1908 ) - Commander 2nd Class of the Order of the Sword ( 1 December 1904 ) - Knight 1st Class of the Order of the Sword ( 1896 ) Honours . - Member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences ( 1891 ) - Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences ( 1901 )