Curt Sjöö

Lieutenant General Curt Ove Leonard Sjöö (born 16 March 1937) is a retired Swedish Army officer. Sjöö's senior commands include Chief of the Army Staff (1988–1990) and military commander of the Upper Norrland Military District (1990–1992) and of the Northern Military District (1993–1996). He also served as Chief of His Majesty's Military Staff from 1997 to 2003.

Curt Sjöö
Birth name	Curt Ove Leonard Sjöö
Born	16 March 1937 Eksjö, Sweden
Allegiance	Sweden
Service/branch	Swedish Army
Years of service	1958–1996
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands held	Military Academy Karlberg Swedish Army Service Troops Chief of the Army Staff Upper Norrland Military District Northern Military District
Other work	Chief of His Majesty's Military Staff

Career

Sjöö was born on 16 March 1937 in Eksjö Parish, Jönköping County, Sweden,[1] the son of Ernst Sjöö and his wife Ester (née Isaksson).[2] He passed studentexamen in Eksjö 1955 and was commissioned as an officer in Skånska trängregementet (T 4) in 1958 with the rank of fänrik. He attended the Swedish Armed Forces Staff College from 1966 to 1969 and then served in the Army Staff and the Defence Staff from 1969 to 1978. Sjöö served as battalion commander in the Svea Logistic Regiment (T 1) in Linköping from 1978 to 1980 and as head of the Military Academy Karlberg from 1980 to 1983. He was promoted to senior colonel in 1983 and then served as Inspector of the Swedish Army Service Troops from 1983 to 1987. Sjöö was section chief in the staff of the Western Military District (Milo V) from 1987 to 1988 and Chief of the Army Staff from 1988 to 1990. In 1990, Sjöö was appointed military commander of the Upper Norrland Military District and in 1993 of the Northern Military District.[2] His appointment was prolonged on 1 July 1994.[3] He left the position and retired in 1996.[2]

Personal life

In 1960, he married Birgitta Sköld (born 1936), the daughter of major Nils Sköld and Karin (née Fredriksson).[2]

Dates of rank

• 1958 – Fänrik
• 19?? – Lieutenant
• 1966 – Captain
• 1972 – Major
• 1974 – Lieutenant Colonel
• 1980 – Colonel
• 1983 – Senior Colonel
• 1988 – Major General
• 1990 – Lieutenant General

Awards and decorations

• H. M. The King's Medal, 12th size gold (silver-gilt) medal worn around the neck on the Royal Order of the Seraphim ribbon (28 January 2002)[4]
• Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon (24 November 1998)[5]
• 1st Class / Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (5 May 1998)[6]
• Grand Cross of the Order of May (4 June 1998)[7]

Honours

• Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1983)[8]
• Honorary member of the Swedish Pistol Shooting Association (Svenska pistolskytteförbundet)[9]

References

1. Sveriges befolkning 1980 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Sveriges släktforskarförb. 2004. ISBN 9187676370. 9632925.
2. Salander Mortensen, Jill, ed. (1996). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1997 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1997] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 1023. ISBN 91-1-960852-7. SELIBR 3681533.
3. "Sammanställning över utnämningar och nya befattningar" (PDF). Flygvapennytt (in Swedish). Stockholm: Flygstaben (1): 34. 1994. SELIBR 8257600.
4. "Medaljförläningar 2002-01-28" (in Swedish). Royal Court of Sweden. 2002-01-28. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
5. "ORÐUHAFASKRÁ" (in Icelandic). President of Iceland. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
6. "SJOO Gen.C.A. Curt". www.quirinale.it (in Italian). Quirinal Palace. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
7. "BOLETIN OFICIAL Nº 29.258 1ª Sección". Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina (in Spanish). 26 October 1999. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
8. "Ledamöter" (in Swedish). Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
9. "Föreningsutskick 4/2016" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Pistol Shooting Association. 2016-12-16. p. 5. Retrieved 5 February 2020.