Police ranks of Sweden

New organization

Swedish police ranks and insignia after reorganization 2015^[1]¹
Rank	National Police Commissioner	Police Director	Deputy Police Director	Police Commissioner	Deputy Police Commissioner	Chief Superintendent	Assistant Police Commissioner
Note		Regional Police Chief, Head of Department	Deputy Chief of Region, Deputy Head of Dept.	District Police Chief, Head of Division	Special assignment		Special assignment
Swedish	Rikspolischef	Polisdirektör (Regionpolischef, Avdelningschef)	Biträdande Polisdirektör	Polismästare (Polisområdeschef, Enhetschef)	Polisöverintendent	Polisintendent	Polissekreterare
Insignia
Rank	Superintendent, Detective Superintendent	Chief Inspector, Detective Chief Inspector	Inspector, Detective Inspector	Sergeant, Detective Sergeant	Senior Police Constable	Police Constable	Police Trainee
Note	Local Police Chief, Head of Section		Head of Group		After 4 years of employment
Swedish	Poliskommisarie, kriminalkommissarie (Lokalpolisområdeschef, Sektionschef)	Poliskommisarie, kriminalkommissarie	Polisinspektör, kriminalinspektör (Gruppchef)	Polisinspektör, kriminalinspektör	Polisassistent	Polisassistent	Polisaspirant
Insignia

Old organization

Swedish police ranks and insignia prior to 2015^[2]¹
Order	Rank	Swedish
1.	National Police Commissioner	Rikspolischef
2.	Deputy Director-General Head of the National Police Board Head of the National Bureau of Investigation Chief Commissioner of Stockholm, Västra Götaland and Skåne County Police Departments	Överdirektör Chefen för polisavdelningen vid Rikspolisstyrelsen Rikskriminalchef Länspolismästare i Stockholms län, Västra Götaland och Skåne
3.	Chief Commissioners outside of Stockholm, Västra Götaland and Skåne County Police Departments Deputy Chief Commissioners, Stockholm, Västra Götaland and Skåne County Police Departments	Länspolismästare i alla län utom Stockholm, Västra Götaland och Skåne Biträdande länspolismästare i Stockholms län, Västra Götaland och Skåne
4.	Deputy Chief Commissioners outside of Stockholm, Västra Götaland and Skåne County Police Departments District Police Commissioner Deputy Police Commissioner Director at the National Police Academy^[3] Head of Division at the National Police Board	Biträdande länspolismästare utom i Stockholms län, Västra Götaland och Skåne Polismästare Polisöverintendent Rektor på Polishögskolan Enhetschef Rikspolisstyrelsen
5.	Chief Superintendent Chief of police in a city larger than 35,000 people — for example, Uppsala or Norrköping — or in charge of a department in the one of the metropolitan areas.^{[citation needed]}	Polisintendent
6.	Assistant Police Commissioner In charge of departments in a county or city, of a police district in the three largest cities and in larger counties.^{[citation needed]}	Polissekreterare
7.	Superintendent Detective Superintendent In charge of a police district within a county or city police force, leads a riot police battalion, the riot police unit or helicopter unit for the county police. Usually commands around 300 policemen. Police chief for towns between 10,000 and 22,000 inhabitants.^{[citation needed]}	Poliskommisarie, Kriminalkommissarie med särskild tjänsteställning
8.	Chief Inspector, Detective Chief Inspector In charge of a police station in the three largest cities, or a police chief of towns less than 10,000 people. Chief of Company for the riot police and armed units. Usually commands around 120-150 personnel.^{[citation needed]}	Poliskommissarie Kriminalkommissarie
9.	Inspector Detective Inspector In charge of a police station or precinct, a riot police unit of 40-45 officers or a police helicopter squadron.^{[citation needed]}	Polisinspektör, Kriminalinspektör med särskild tjänsteställning
10.	Sergeant Detective Sergeant Lowest officer rank at precinct level that can make arrests, issue fines, and personally open and lead an investigation. Usually supervises 20-25 policemen or in case of riot police, a squad of 15 riot police officers.^{[citation needed]}	Polisinspektör Kriminalinspektör
11.	Senior Police Constable, 4 years of employment Squad leaders, cannot make an arrest or lead/open an investigation unless specifically authorized by a sergeant. However, may issue certain fines. Usually leads squad of 5-6 constables.^{[citation needed]}	Polisassistent, 4 års anställning
12.	Police Constable Between 0 and 4 years of service. Patrolling, emergency responses, assistance, etc.^{[citation needed]}	Polisassistent
13.	Police Trainee	Polisaspirant

Notes

^ ^a ^b Official titles in English from Utrikes namnbok, 9th edition, issued by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and a booklet issued by the Stockholm County Police

References

^ "Slutredovisning från Genomförandekommittén för nya Polismyndigheten" (in Swedish). SOU/Genomförandekommittén för nya Polismyndigheten. 2015-03-12. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
^ "TJÄNSTETECKEN Polisens gradbeteckningar" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Police Authority. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
^ "All about the Swedish National Police Academy" (PDF). Swedish National Police Academy. Retrieved 3 August 2015.

[1] "Slutredovisning från Genomförandekommittén för nya Polismyndigheten" (in Swedish). SOU/Genomförandekommittén för nya Polismyndigheten. 2015-03-12. Retrieved 3 August 2015.

[2] "TJÄNSTETECKEN Polisens gradbeteckningar" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Police Authority. Retrieved 3 August 2015.

[3] "All about the Swedish National Police Academy" (PDF). Swedish National Police Academy. Retrieved 3 August 2015.

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