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Template:Scandinavian military rank sidebar General, Template:Lang-fi is the highest officer's rank in Sweden and Finland. In Sweden, it is held by the Supreme Commander (Template:Lang-sv) of the Swedish Armed Forces and the monarch. In Finland, it is held by the Chief of Defence. In Sweden, the monarch still holds the nominal rank of General as well as Admiral and General of the Air Force.

Finnish Defence Forces rank of kenraali is comparable to Ranks of NATO armies officers as OF-9.

Sweden

Swedish generals

The following have held the rank of general in the Swedish Armed Forces from 1900 to 2020:

Name Year
promoted		 Born Died Notes
Axel Rappe 1903 1838 1918 Chief of the General Staff (1899–1905)
Knut Gillis Bildt 1919[a] 1854 1927 Chief of the General Staff (1905–1919)
Lars Tingsten 1922[a] 1857 1937 Chief of the General Staff (1919–1922)
Carl Gustaf Hammarskjöld 1930[a] 1865 1940 Chief of the General Staff (1922–1930)
Oscar Nygren 1937[b] 1872 1960 Chief of the General Staff (1933–1937)
Olof Thörnell 1939 1877 1977 Supreme Commander (1939–1944)
Helge Jung 1944 1886 1978 Supreme Commander (1944–1951)
Nils Swedlund 1951 1898 1965 Supreme Commander (1951–1961)
Bengt Nordenskiöld 1954[a] 1891 1983 Chief of the Air Force (1942–1954)
Carl August Ehrensvärd 1957[a] 1892 1974 Chief of the Army (1948–1957)
Axel Ljungdahl 1960[a] 1887 1995 Chief of the Air Force (1954–1960)
Torsten Rapp 1961 1905 1993 Supreme Commander (1961–1970)
Thord Bonde 1963[a] 1900 1969 Chief of the Army (1957–1963)
Lage Thunberg 1968[a] 1905 1997 Chief of the Air Force (1961–1968)
Curt Göransson 1969[a] 1909 1996 Chief of the Army (1963–1969)
Stig Synnergren 1970 1915 2004 Supreme Commander (1970–1978)
Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden 1973 1946 — King of Sweden (1973–present)
Stig Norén 1973[a] 1908 1996 Chief of the Air Force (1968–1973)
Carl Eric Almgren 1976[a] 1913 2001 Chief of the Army (1969–1976)
Lennart Ljung 1978 1921 1990 Supreme Commander (1978–1986)
Bengt Gustafsson 1986 1933 2019 Supreme Commander (1986–1994)
Owe Wiktorin 1994 1940 — Supreme Commander (1994–2000)
Johan Hederstedt 2000 1943 — Supreme Commander (2000–2003)
Håkan Syrén 2004 1952 — Supreme Commander (2004–2009)
Sverker Göranson 2009 1954 — Supreme Commander (2009–2015)
Micael Bydén 2015 1964 — Supreme Commander (2015–present)
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Upon retirement.
  2. ^ Upon retirement on 1 October 1937. However, Nygren was called back for service as commander of the 2nd Army Corps in Upper Norrland and in Western Sweden from 1939 to 1941.

Holders of the rank in Sweden

Finland

Holders of the rank in Finland

In peacetime the rank of Full General is reserved for the Commander of Finnish Defence Forces. Sometimes a General's branch of service is indicated in the rank. So far Finland has had seventeen of jalkaväenkenraali (General of Infantry), a few of jääkärikenraali (Jägergeneral), two of ratsuväenkenraali (General of Cavalry) and one tykistönkenraali (General of Artillery). Marshal Mannerheim himself was the other one of the two Generals of Cavalry before his promotion to Field Marshal.

See also

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