Fredrik Ståhlberg

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Fredrik Ståhlberg
Birth nameNils Fredrik Adam Ståhlberg
Born (1966-08-24) 24 August 1966 (age 57)
Skövde, Sweden
AllegianceSweden
Service/branchSwedish Army
Years of service1989–present
RankMajor General
Commands held
Battles/warsBosnian War
War in Afghanistan

Major General Nils Fredrik Adam Ståhlberg (born 24 August 1966) is a Swedish Army officer. He currently serves as the Deputy Chief of Joint Operations from 1 January 2023. Prior to that, Ståhlberg served as commanding officer of the Western Military Region (2013–2017), as Chief of the Land Component Command (2017–2018), as Deputy Chief of Army (2017–2020), as Deputy Vice Chancellor of the Swedish Defence University from 2020 to 2022 and as Deputy Director of Human Resources in 2021.

Early life[edit]

Ståhlberg was born on 24 August 1966 in Skövde, Sweden.[1] He grew up in Karlsborg and moved to Skövde in 1986 to do his military service as company commander in Skaraborg Regiment (P 4).[2] Then he had no intention of becoming an officer but the plan was to study economics at the University of Gothenburg, but his platoon leader saw the potential and encouraged him to apply for officer training.[3]

Career[edit]

Ståhlberg graduated from the Military Academy Karlberg in 1989 and was commissioned as an officer and appointed second lieutenant the same year.[4] In 1990–1991 he attended the General Course at the Royal Swedish Army Staff College and in 1991 was promoted to lieutenant.[5] After taking the Higher Course at the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 1992 to 1993[5] he was promoted to captain in 1993.[4][5] From 1995 to 1996 he was Deputy Company Commander of the Implementation Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina, after which he took the Tactical Course at the Swedish Armed Forces Staff College (the Swedish National Defence College from 1 January 1997) from 1996 to 1997.[5] In 1997 he was promoted to major,[6][5] after which he served as company commander at the Combat School South (Stridsskola Syd, SSS) from 1997 to 1998 and company commander at Skaraborg Regiment and Skaraborg Brigade from 1998 to 1999.[5] He attended the Management Course at the Swedish National Defence College from 1999 to 2001 and served from 2001 to 2003 in the Joint Forces Command at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters with defence planning and doctrine development within J5 and as head of field exercises.[5] In 2003, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel[5] and he served from 2003 to 2005 as ADC to Minister of Defence Leni Björklund.[5][7][8] He was head of education from 2005 to 2007 at Skaraborg Regiment,[9][10] and served in 2008 as chief of staff in Afghanistan[11][12] and was from 2009 to 2012 the chief of staff at the Land Component Command in the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters.[13]

After being promoted to colonel, Ståhlberg served as commander of the Skaraborg Regiment from 2012 to 2017 and also commander of the Western Military Region from 2013 to 2017.[14][15] He was then project manager in the Training & Procurement Staff at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters from 1 April to 30 September 2017.[16] From 1 October 2017, Ståhlberg was brigadier general and Chief of the Land Component Command in the Joint Support Staff (Insatsstaben, INSS STAB) at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters.[17] Between September 2017 and February 2020, Ståhlberg also served as Deputy Chief of Army.[18][19] Ståhlberg took over as head of education and Deputy Vice Chancellor of the Swedish Defence University on 1 February 2020.[20] On 1 August 2022, Ståhlberg assumed the post of Deputy Director of Human Resources of the Swedish Armed Forces with an appointment until 31 December 2022.[21] Ståhlberg was promoted to major general on 1 January 2023 and assumed the position of Deputy Chief of Joint Operations.[22]

Personal life[edit]

He is married to Jeanette Ståhlberg with whom he has two children, Beatrice and Alexander.[3]

Dates of rank[edit]

Awards and decorations[edit]

Swedish[edit]

etc.

Foreign[edit]

etc.

Honours and memberships[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Sveriges befolkning 1980 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Sveriges släktforskarförb. 2004. ISBN 9187676370. SELIBR 9632925.
  2. ^ Claesson, Kristina (12 September 2012). "Går inte bara komma hem och vara tvärsäker på saker". Skövde Nyheter (in Swedish). p. 9. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b "En vicerektor med fötterna på fältet" (in Swedish). Swedish Defence University. 2020-02-03. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  4. ^ a b Försvarsmaktens rulla 1995 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Högkvarteret, Försvarsmakten. 1995. p. 168. SELIBR 4343056.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i Engman, Guy, ed. (2004). Svensk försvarskalender 2004 [Swedish defence handbook 2004] (in Swedish). Eskilstuna: Streck & punkt. p. 424. SELIBR 4341861.
  6. ^ Försvarsmaktens rulla 1999 (in Swedish). Stockholm. 1999. p. 206. SELIBR 21443548.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ^ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2004). Sveriges statskalender 2004 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 82. ISBN 91-38-32120-3. SELIBR 89506762.
  8. ^ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2005). Sveriges statskalender 2005 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 82. ISBN 9138321971. SELIBR 9879458.
  9. ^ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2007). Sveriges statskalender 2007 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. p. 226. ISBN 978-9138323588. SELIBR 10414913.
  10. ^ Henriksson, Maria, ed. (2008). Sveriges statskalender 2008 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. p. 236. ISBN 978-91-38-32405-9. SELIBR 10900526.
  11. ^ a b "Nya ledamöter i akademien" (in Swedish). Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences. 2018-05-21. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  12. ^ Dupont, Maria (2008-09-27). "Granatattack mot tysk bas i Afghanistan" (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  13. ^ Sveriges statskalender 2010 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. 2010. p. 229. ISBN 978-91-38-32520-9. SELIBR 11846164.
  14. ^ Sveriges statskalender 2015 (in Swedish) (203: årgången ed.). Västerås: Skydd och välfärd i Sverige AB. 2015. pp. 322, 324. ISBN 9789186947415. SELIBR 19456697.
  15. ^ Dahlberg, Jessica (2017). "Chefsbyte vid P4 och MRV" (PDF). Försvarets forum: Personaltidning för fast anställda och reservofficerare i svenska försvarsmakten (in Swedish) (2). Stockholm: Försvarets forum: 7. SELIBR 4109339.
  16. ^ "PÅ NY POST" (PDF). Försvarets forum: Personaltidning för fast anställda och reservofficerare i svenska försvarsmakten (in Swedish) (2). Stockholm: Försvarets forum: 9. 2017. SELIBR 4109339.
  17. ^ "PÅ NY POST" (PDF). Försvarets forum: Personaltidning för fast anställda och reservofficerare i svenska försvarsmakten (in Swedish) (5). Stockholm: Försvarets forum: 9. 2017. SELIBR 4109339.
  18. ^ Owetz, Josefine (2020). "Fredrik Ståhlberg ny vicerektor vid FHS" (PDF). Officerstidningen (in Swedish) (1). Stockholm: Officerarnas riksförbund: 11. SELIBR 3614713.
  19. ^ "Fredrik Ståhlberg". LinkedIn. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  20. ^ "PÅ NY POST" (PDF). Försvarets forum: Personaltidning för fast anställda och reservofficerare i svenska försvarsmakten (in Swedish) (1). Stockholm: Försvarets forum: 8. 2020. SELIBR 4109339.
  21. ^ "PÅ NY POST" (PDF). Försvarets forum: Personaltidning för fast anställda och reservofficerare i svenska försvarsmakten (in Swedish) (4). Stockholm: Försvarets forum: 8. 2022. SELIBR 4109339.
  22. ^ "PÅ NY POST" (PDF). Försvarets forum: Personaltidning för fast anställda och reservofficerare i svenska försvarsmakten (in Swedish) (1). Stockholm: Försvarets forum: 8. 2023. SELIBR 4109339.
  23. ^ "Försvarsutbildarna firar 100 år". Skaraborgs Allehanda (in Swedish). 2018-05-14. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  24. ^ "Ståhlberg lämnade över till Alexandersson". Skaraborgs Allehanda (in Swedish). 2017-03-31. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  25. ^ Dahlberg, Jessica (31 March 2017). "Ny chef vid Skaraborgs regemente och Militärregion Väst" (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  26. ^ "Föreningens styrelse" [The board]. www.beridnahogvakten.se (in Swedish). Association for the Mounted Guard. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  27. ^ "2017 års Verksamhet" (in Swedish). Swedish Federation for Voluntary Defence Education and Training – Skaraborg. 2017. p. 2. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
Military offices
Preceded by
Ronald Månsson
Skaraborg Regiment
2012–2017
Succeeded by
Bengt Alexandersson
Preceded by
None
Western Military Region
2013–2017
Succeeded by
Bengt Alexandersson
Preceded by
Stefan Andersson
Land Component Command
2017–2018
Succeeded by
None
Preceded by
?
Deputy Chief of Army
2017–2020
Succeeded by
Preceded by Deputy Vice Chancellor of the Swedish Defence University
2020–2022
Succeeded by
Preceded by Deputy Chief of Joint Operations
2023–present
Succeeded by
Incumbent