Anders Callert

Major General Anders Bertil Callert (born 10 May 1965) is a Swedish Army officer. Callert currently serves as Assistant Chief of Armed Forces Training & Procurement since 2016.

Anders Callert
Birth name	Anders Bertil Callert
Born	10 May 1965 Österhaninge, Sweden
Allegiance	Sweden
Service/branch	Swedish Army
Years of service	1988–present
Rank	Major General
Commands held	Norrland Artillery Battalion Artillery Combat School Artillery Regiment Assistant Chief of Armed Forces Training & Procurement

Career

Callert was born on 10 May 1965 in Österhaninge Parish, Haninge Municipality, Sweden.[1] Callert was commissioned as an officer in 1988 with the rank of fänrik in Norrland Artillery Regiment, where he came to serve for about ten years. He was promoted to captain in 1992 and major in 1996.[2] After being promoted to lieutenant colonel, he served from 2004 to 2005 as commander of Norrland Artillery Battalion, from 2006 to 2008 as commanding officer of the Artillery Combat School (Artilleriets stridsskola, ArtSS) and from 2007 to 2008 also deputy regimental commander of the Artillery Regiment.[3] Thereafter, Callert served from 2008 to 2010 as head of the Analysis and Follow-up Section in the Joint Forces Command at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters in Stockholm.[4]

In 2010, he was promoted to colonel and served as regimental commander of the Artillery Regiment from 2010 to 2014.[5] From 1 February 2014, he served in the Implementation Department (Genomförandeavdelningen) of Training & Procurement Staff at the Headquarters, for a period in 2014 as deputy head and from 2014 to 2016 as head.[6] Callert was promoted to brigadier general in 2016 and as of 1 June 2016, he serves as Assistant Chief of Armed Forces Training & Procurement in the Training & Procurement Staff at the Headquarters.[7] He was promoted to major general in 2017.[8]

Dates of rank

• 1988 – Fänrik
• 19?? – Lieutenant
• 1992 – Captain
• 1996 – Major
• 2004 – Lieutenant Colonel
• 2010 – Colonel
• 2016 – Brigadier General
• 2017 – Major General

References

1. Sveriges befolkning 1980 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Sveriges släktforskarförb. 2004. ISBN 9187676370. SELIBR 9632925.
2. Svenska försvarets rulla 1989 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Försvarets läromedelscentral. 1989. p. 449. SELIBR 4109293.Försvarsmaktens rulla. 1995 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Högkvarteret, Försvarsmakten. 1995. p. 351. SELIBR 4343056.Försvarsmaktens rulla. 1999 (in Swedish). Stockholm. 1999. p. 517. SELIBR 21443548.
3. Sveriges statskalender 2008 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB. 2008. p. 236. ISBN 9789138324059. SELIBR 10900526.Sveriges statskalender 2009 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB. 2009. p. 236. ISBN 9138324644. SELIBR 11452377.
4. Sveriges statskalender 2010 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB. 2010. p. 228. ISBN 9138325209. SELIBR 11846164.
5. Sveriges statskalender 2013 (in Swedish) (201st ed.). Västerås: Skydd och välfärd i Sverige AB. 2013. p. 337. ISBN 9789186947613. SELIBR 14215217.Välilä, Viktoria (2014-01-21). "Anders Callert lämnar som chef för Artilleriregementet" (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. Retrieved 2017-11-25.
6. "PÅ NY POST" (PDF). Försvarets forum: personaltidning för fast anställda och reservofficerare i svenska försvarsmakten (in Swedish). Stockholm: Försvarets forum (1): 5. 2014. SELIBR 4109339.Välilä, Viktoria (2014-01-21). "Anders Callert lämnar som chef för Artilleriregementet" (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. Retrieved 2017-11-25.
7. "PÅ NY POST" (PDF). Försvarets forum: personaltidning för fast anställda och reservofficerare i svenska försvarsmakten (in Swedish). Stockholm: Försvarets forum (3): 8. 2016. SELIBR 4109339.
8. "PÅ NY POST" (PDF). Försvarets forum: personaltidning för fast anställda och reservofficerare i svenska försvarsmakten (in Swedish). Stockholm: Försvarets forum (1): 9. 2017. SELIBR 4109339.