 He became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences in 1936 (president 1948-49) and became honorary member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences in 1954.On 16 October 1916, Nordenskiöld married Dagmar Werner (1897–1978), the daughter of the wholesaler Carl Linus Werner and Severina (Inez) Natalia (née Jehander).They had two children, Claës-Henrik Nordenskiöld (1917–2003), who also became an air force general, and Brita Christina (1919–1971) who was married 1940–1948 to Prince Ferdinand Aloys Andreas Joseph Anton Maria of Liechtenstein (1901–1981).