Chief of the Army Staff (Sweden)
| Chief of the Army Staff | |
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| Chefen för arméstaben | |
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| Ministry of Defence | |
| Type | Chief of the Army Staff |
| Abbreviation | CAst |
| Reports to | Chief of Army |
| Seat | Östermalmsgatan 87, Stockholm (1937–1981) Lidingövägen 24, Stockholm (1981–1994) Enköping (2019–) |
| Term length | No fixed term |
| Formation | 1937, 2019 |
| First holder | Colonel Helge Jung (1937) Colonel Dag Lidén (2019) |
| Final holder | Major General Lennart Rönnberg |
| Abolished | 1994 |
| Unofficial names | Arméstabschef |
| Deputy | Vice Chief of the Army Staff |
The Chief of the Army Staff[1] (Swedish: Chefen för arméstaben, CAst, or Arméstabschef) is the professional head of the Swedish Army Staff. The post was created in 1936 with colonel Helge Jung as the first incumbent. The post disappeared in 1994 and was reintroduced in 2019 when the new Army Staff was established.
History
The Chief of the Army Staff was from 1937 to 1994 the second most senior member of the Swedish Army after the Chief of the Army and headed the Army Staff. The position was initially held by a colonel (1937–1943) and later by a major general (1943–1994). The Chief of the Army Staff was also Chief of the General Staff Corps.[2] When the Army Staff was disbanded in 1994, the office was eliminated. In 2019, the Army Staff was re-established and a Chief of the Army Staff was appointed again, this time held by a colonel.
Chiefs of the Army Staff
Chiefs of the Army Staff (1937–1994)
| No. | Portrait | Chief of the Army Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Chief of the Army | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | Major General[a] Ernst af Klercker (1881–1955) Acting | 1 August 1936 | 30 June 1937 | 333 days | Lieutenant General Oscar Nygren | [3][4] | |
| 1 | Major General[b] Helge Jung (1886–1978) | 1 July 1937 | 30 September 1940 | 3 years, 91 days | Lieutenant General Per Sylvan | - | |
| 2 | Major General Folke Högberg (1884–1972) | 1 October 1940 | 30 September 1942 | 1 year, 364 days | Lieutenant General Ivar Holmquist | [5] | |
| 3 | Colonel Henry Tottie (1888–1952) | 1942 | 1943 | 0–1 years | Lieutenant General Ivar Holmquist | - | |
| 4 | Major General Hugo Gadd (1885–1968) | 1943 | 1946 | 2–3 years | Lieutenant General Ivar Holmquist Lieutenant General Archibald Douglas | - | |
| 5 | Major General Ivar Backlund (1892–1969) | 1946 | 1948 | 2–3 years | Lieutenant General Archibald Douglas | - | |
| 6 | Major General Viking Tamm (1896–1975) | 1948 | 1953 | 4–5 years | Lieutenant General Carl August Ehrensvärd | - | |
| 7 | Major General Bert Carpelan (1895–1981) | 1953 | 1957 | 3–4 years | Lieutenant General Carl August Ehrensvärd | - | |
| 8 | Major General Gustav Åkerman (1901–1988) | 1957 | 1961 | 3–4 years | Lieutenant General Thord Bonde | - | |
| 9 | Major General Arne Mohlin (1909–1992) | 1961 | 1963 | 1–2 years | Lieutenant General Thord Bonde | - | |
| 10 | Major General Stig Synnergren (1915–2004) | 1963 | 1966 | 2–3 years | Lieutenant General Curt Göransson | - | |
| 11 | Major General Ove Ljung (1918–1997) | 1966 | 1968 | 1–2 years | Lieutenant General Curt Göransson | - | |
| - | Major General Karl Eric Holm (1919–2016) Acting | 1966 | 1968 | 1–2 years | Lieutenant General Curt Göransson | - | |
| 12 | Major General Karl Eric Holm (1919–2016) | 1968 | 1972 | 3–4 years | Lieutenant General Curt Göransson Lieutenant General Carl Eric Almgren | - | |
| 13 | Major General Lennart Ljung (1921–1990) | 1972 | 1974 | 1–2 years | Lieutenant General Carl Eric Almgren | - | |
| - | Major General Gösta Hökmark (1920–1993) Acting | 1973 | 1976 | 2–3 years | Lieutenant General Carl Eric Almgren | [6] | |
| 14 | Major General Gösta Hökmark (1920–1993) | 1976 | 31 March 1979 | 2–3 years | Lieutenant General Nils Sköld | [6][7] | |
| 15 | Major General Robert Lugn (1923–2016) | 1 April 1979 | 1983 | 3–4 years | Lieutenant General Nils Sköld | [7] | |
| 16 | Major General Krister Larsson (1934–2022) | 1983 | 1988 | 4–5 years | Lieutenant General Nils Sköld Lieutenant General Erik G. Bengtsson | - | |
| 17 | Major General Curt Sjöö (born 1937) | 1988 | 1990 | 1–2 years | Lieutenant General Erik G. Bengtsson | - | |
| 18 | Major General Lennart Rönnberg (1938–2022) | 1990 | 1994 | 3–4 years | Lieutenant General Åke Sagrén | - |
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Chiefs of the Army Staff (2019–present)
| No. | Portrait | Chief of the Army Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Chief of Army | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colonel Dag Lidén (born 1961) | 1 January 2019 | 31 May 2022 | 3 years, 150 days | Major General Karl Engelbrektson | [8][c] | |
| 2 | Colonel Stefan Jansson (born 1967) | 1 June 2022 | Incumbent | 3 years, 303 days | Major General Karl Engelbrektson Major General Jonny Lindfors | [10] | |
| 3 | Colonel Dan Rasmussen (born ?) | 1 April 2026 | Incumbent | −23 days | Major General Jonny Lindfors | [11] |
![Dag Lidén [sv]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dag_Lid%C3%A9n2013.jpg)
Vice Chiefs of the Army Staff
Swedish: Souschef
| No. | Portrait | Vice/Deputy Chief of the Army Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Chief of Staff | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colonel Gunnar Möller (1897–1953) | 1942 | 1944 | 1–2 years | Colonel Henry Tottie Major General Hugo Gadd | [12] | |
| 2 | Colonel Rolf Lindquist (1895–1944) | 1 April 1944 | 24 November 1944[d] | 237 days | Major General Hugo Gadd | [13] | |
| 3 | Colonel Bert Carpelan (1895–1981) | 1 February 1945 | 1947 | 1–2 years | Major General Hugo Gadd Major General Ivar Backlund | [14] | |
| 4 | Colonel Adolf Norberg (1900–1988) | 1947 | 1948 | 0–1 years | Major General Ivar Backlund | - | |
| 5 | Colonel Miles Flach (1902–1974) | 1949 | 1950 | 0–1 years | Major General Viking Tamm | [15] |
![Gunnar Möller [sv]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:%C3%96verste_Wilhelm_Carl_Gunnar_M%C3%B6ller_(1897-1953).jpg)
![Rolf Lindquist [sv]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:%C3%96verste_Rolf_Lindquist.jpg)
![Adolf Norberg [sv]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Adolf_Oskar_Norberg.jpg)
![Miles Flach [sv]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Axel_Emil_Bancroft_(Miles)_Flach.jpg)
Footnotes
- ^ af Klercker was colonel when taking office on 1 August 1936 and was promoted to major general on 19 March 1937 while still in office.[3]
- ^ Jung was colonel when taking office on 1 July 1937 and was promoted to major general in 1938 while still in office.
- ^ In the middle of 2021, Lidén's position as Chief of Army Staff was extended until further notice, however, until 30 June 2022 at the latest.[9]
- ^ Perished aboard SS Hansa on his way to Gotland.
References
- ^ Gullberg 1977, p. 134.
- ^ "Riksdagsskrivelse 1936:327" (in Swedish). Riksdag. 16 June 1936. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
- ^ a b Wikland 1975–1977, p. 298.
- ^ FL 1936, p. 8.
- ^ Broomé 1971–1973, p. 659.
- ^ a b GP 1976, p. 11.
- ^ a b Wennerholm 2015, p. 153.
- ^ Owetz 2018, p. 13.
- ^ Försvarets forum 2021, p. 9.
- ^ Försvarets forum 2022, p. 8.
- ^ Försvarets forum 2025, p. 9.
- ^ Dahl & Bohman 1949, p. 377.
- ^ DN 1944, p. 9.
- ^ SvD 1946, p. 10.
- ^ TBT 1949, p. 5.
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- Dahl, Torsten; Bohman, Nils, eds. (1949). Svenska män och kvinnor: biografisk uppslagsbok. 5 Lindorm-O (in Swedish). Stockholm: Bonnier. SELIBR 53804.
- Gullberg, Ingvar E. (1977). Svensk-engelsk fackordbok för näringsliv, förvaltning, undervisning och forskning [A Swedish-English dictionary of technical terms used in business, industry, administration, education and research] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Norstedt. ISBN 91-1-775052-0. SELIBR 8345587.
- Owetz, Josefine (December 2018). "Stort rekryteringsbehov inom nya arméstaben" (PDF). Officerstidningen (in Swedish) (8). Stockholm: Officerarnas riksförbund. SELIBR 3614713.
- Wennerholm, Bertil, ed. (2015). Så kom JAS-projektet till: vittnesseminarium kring beslutsprocessen om JAS 39 1979-1983 : 11 november 2013. Forskningsprojektet Försvaret och det kalla kriget (FOKK), 1652-5388; 45 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Forskningsprojektet Försvaret och det kalla kriget (FoKK. ISBN 9789198049886. SELIBR 18205009.
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- "Hökmark ny arméstabschef". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). No. 56. 1976-02-27. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- "Varje försvarsgren har fått sin chef". Falu Länstidning (in Swedish). No. 78. Stockholm. TT. 1936-07-01. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
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