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This is a list of lieutenant generals in the Swedish Air Force since its formation in 1926. The grade of lieutenant general (or three-star general[a]) is ordinarily the second-highest in the peacetime air force, ranking above major general and below general.

List of Swedish Air Force lieutenant generals

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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]

The list is sortable by active-duty appointment order, last name, date of rank, date vacated, and number of years on active duty as lieutenant general.

Name Photo Date of rank Date vacated Yrs[b] Position Notes[c] Ref
1 Torsten Friis 1936   30 Jun 1942   6   (1882–1967) [1]
2 Bengt Nordenskiöld 1 Jul 1942   30 Apr 1954   12   (1891–1983) Promoted to general, 30 Apr 1954 [2]
3 Axel Ljungdahl 1 Jul 1954   30 Jun 1960   6   (1897–1995) Promoted to general, 1960 [3]
4 Torsten Rapp 1 Jul 1960   1 Oct 1961   1   (1905–1993) Promoted to general, 1 Oct 1961 [4]
* Gustaf Adolf Westring 1961   1961   0  
  • –.
 (1900–1963) [5]
5 Lage Thunberg 1 Oct 1961   30 Sep 1968   7   (1905–1977) Promoted to general, 1968 [6]
* Björn Bjuggren 1964   1964   0  
  • –.
 (1904–1968) [7]
6 Stig Norén 1966   30 Sep 1973   7   (1908–1996) Promoted to general, 1973 [8]
7 Nils Personne 1972   1980   8   (1918–2013) [9]
* Gösta Odqvist 1973   1973   0  
  • –.
 (1913–2005) [10]
8 Dick Stenberg 1 Oct 1973   30 Sep 1982   9   (1921–2004) [11]
9 Sven-Olof Olson 1980   30 Sep 1988   8   (1926–2021) [12]
10 Bengt Lehander 1 Oct 1982   1988   6   (1925–1994) [13]
11 Lars-Erik Englund 1986   30 Sep 1994   8   (1934–2010) [14]
12 Owe Wiktorin 1 Jul 1991   1 Jul 1994   3   (1940–) Promoted to general, 1 Jul 1994 [15]
13 Kent Harrskog 1 Oct 1994   2000   6   (1944–) [16]
14 Kjell Nilsson 1998   2000   2  
  • Chief of the Joint Operations Command (Operationsledningen, OpL), 1998–2000.
 (1943–2018) [17]
15 Jan Jonsson 1 Jul 2000   31 Oct 2007   7   (1952–2021) [18]
16 Mats Nilsson 2000   31 Oct 2007   7   (1956–) [17]
17 Jan Salestrand 2007   2014   7   (1954–) [19]
18 Anders Silwer 1 Jan 2012   2017   6   (1959–) [20]
* Micael Bydén –[d]   1 Oct 2015   –   (1964–) Promoted to general, 1 Oct 2015 [21]
19 Johan Svensson 1 Mar 2017   31 Dec 2022   6   (1962–) [22]
20 Carl-Johan Edström 1 Jan 2023     2   (1967–) [23]
21 Thomas Nilsson 1 May 2023     2   (1963–) [24]

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ Until 1972, a Swedish lieutenant general was a two-star rank.
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ a b Bydén was appointed Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces on 11 September 2015 when he was major general and took office on 1 October 2015 as general.

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ Lagerström 1966, p. 279
  2. ^ Böhme 1990–1991, p. 292
  3. ^ Uddling & Paabo 1994, p. 705
  4. ^ Norén 1995–1997, p. 675
  5. ^ Burling 1962, p. 1150
  6. ^ Lagerström 1968, p. 956
  7. ^ Lagerström 1966, p. 98
  8. ^ Salander Mortensen 1996, p. 836
  9. ^ Salander Mortensen 1996, pp. 891–892
  10. ^ Salander Mortensen 1996, p. 855
  11. ^ Scheiderbauer 2007–2011, p. 225
  12. ^ Salander Mortensen 1996, p. 870
  13. ^ Uddling & Paabo 1992, p. 642
  14. ^ Salander Mortensen 1996, p. 296
  15. ^ Salander Mortensen 1996, p. 1207
  16. ^ Salander Mortensen 1996, p. 450
  17. ^ a b Kjellander 2013, p. 82
  18. ^ Kjellander 2013, p. 67
  19. ^ "CURRICULUM VITAE" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  20. ^ "Curriculum vitae" (PDF). Swedish Armed Forces. 1 January 2012. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-26. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  21. ^ "Micael Bydén ny ÖB" [Micael Bydén new Supreme Commander] (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 11 September 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  22. ^ Söderström, Carina (2016-12-14). "Johan Svensson ny produktionschef i Försvarsmakten" (in Swedish). Defence Materiel Administration. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  23. ^ "Ny organisation i Försvarsmaktens högkvarter samt utnämningar" (in Swedish). Government Offices of Sweden. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  24. ^ "Thomas Nilsson blir ny chef för Must" (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 23 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.

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