List of Swedish Navy lieutenant generals
This is a list of lieutenant generals in the Swedish Navy, i.e. the Swedish Coastal Artillery (1902–2000) and in the Swedish Amphibious Corps (2000–present). The grade of lieutenant general (or three-star general[a]) is ordinarily the second-highest in the peacetime Coastal Artillery/Amphibious Corps, ranking above major general and below general.
List of lieutenant generals
[edit]Entries are indexed by the numerical order in which each officer was appointed to that rank while on active duty, or by an asterisk (*) if the officer did not serve in that rank while on active duty. Each entry lists the officer's name, date of rank, date the officer vacated the active-duty rank, number of years on active duty as lieutenant general (Yrs),[b] positions held as lieutenant general, and other biographical notes.[c]
List of Swedish Coastal Artillery lieutenant generals (1902–2000)
[edit]Name | Photo | Date of rank | Date vacated | Yrs[b] | Position | Notes[c] | Ref | |
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1 | Herman Wrangel | ![]() |
1916 | 1924 | 8 |
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(1859–1938) | [1] |
2 | Tor Wahlman | ![]() |
1936 | 1941 | 5 |
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(1878–1954) | [2] |
* | Hjalmar Åström | ![]() |
1953 | 1953 | 0 |
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(1888–1957) | [3] |
* | Rudolf Kolmodin | ![]() |
1961 | 1961 | 0 |
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(1896–1978) | [4] |
3 | Bo Westin | ![]() |
1969 | 1978 | 9 |
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(1913–2009) | [5] |
* | Henrik Lange | ![]() |
1972 | 1972 | 0 |
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(1908–2000) | [6] |
4 | Gunnar Eklund | ![]() |
1 Oct 1972 | 1982 | 10 |
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(1920–2010) | [7] |
5 | Torsten Engberg | ![]() |
1 Apr 1987 | 1994 | 7 |
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(1934–2018) | [8] |
6 | Lars G. Persson | 1996 | 1998 | 2 |
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(1937–) | [9] |
List of Swedish Amphibious Corps lieutenant generals (2000–present)
[edit]Name | Photo | Date of rank | Date vacated | Yrs[b] | Position | Notes[c] | Ref | |
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1 | Håkan Syrén | ![]() |
2000 | 2004 | 4 |
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(1952–) Promoted to general, 1 Jan 2004 | |
2 | Bengt-Arne Johansson | 2000 | 2003 | 3 |
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(1943–) | [10] | |
3 | Göran Gunnarsson | ![]() |
2003 | 2005 | 2 |
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(1950–) |
See also
[edit]- Generallöjtnant
- List of Swedish Air Force lieutenant generals
- List of Swedish Army lieutenant generals after 1900
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ Until 1972, a Swedish lieutenant general was a two-star rank.
- ^ a b c The number of years on active duty as lieutenant general is taken to be the number of days rounded to the nearest whole year and excluding any gaps in appointment.
- ^ a b c Biographical notes include years of birth and death; dates of promotion to higher permanent grade; and other unusual career events such as death in office or resignation.
References
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Vem är det 1932, p. 930.
- ^ Svensson 1953, p. 1094
- ^ Svensson & Ekstedt 1955, p. 1058
- ^ Vem är det 1976, p. 547.
- ^ Salander Mortensen 1996, p. 1188
- ^ Salander Mortensen 1996, p. 644
- ^ Salander Mortensen 1996, p. 274
- ^ Salander Mortensen 1996, p. 293
- ^ Moen 2006, p. 472
- ^ Kjellander 2007, p. 98
- Kjellander, Rune (2007). Svenska marinens högre chefer 1700-2005: chefsbiografier och befattningsöversikter samt Kungl Örlogsmannasällskapets ämbetsmän och ledamöter 1771-2005 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Probus. ISBN 9789187184833. SELIBR 10452099.
- Moen, Ann, ed. (2006). Vem är det 2007: svensk biografisk handbok [Who is it 2007: Swedish biographical handbook] (in Swedish). Malmö: Nationalencyklopedin. ISBN 919751327X. SELIBR 10171521.
- Salander Mortensen, Jill, ed. (1996). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1997 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1997] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. ISBN 91-1-960852-7. SELIBR 3681533.
- Svensson, Stina, ed. (1953). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1953 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1953] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. SELIBR 9649164.
- Svensson, Stina; Ekstedt, Tage, eds. (1955). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1955 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1955] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. SELIBR 3681511.
- Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1977 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1977] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1976. ISBN 91-1-766022-X. SELIBR 3681523.
- Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1933 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1933] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1932.