List of Swedish Army lieutenant generals after 1900

This is a list of lieutenant generals in the Swedish Army since 1900. The grade of lieutenant general (or three-star general[lower-alpha 1]) is ordinarily the second-highest in the peacetime Army, ranking above major general and below general. The lieutenant general was originally the general's deputy (locum tenens) or closest man. The lieutenant general was usually the commander of a division.[1]

Historically, during the 20th century, lieutenant generals were promoted one grade upon retirement to full four-star general.

List of lieutenant generals

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),[lower-alpha 2] positions held as lieutenant general, and other biographical notes.[lower-alpha 3]

Name Photo Date of rank Date vacated Yrs[lower-alpha 2] Position Notes[lower-alpha 3] Ref
1Gustaf Anton Bråkenhielm 7 Jun 1901   1 Jul 1904   3  
  • Commander, 1st Army Division, 1896–1904.
(1837–1922) [2]
2Jesper Crusebjörn 7 Jun 1901   27 Jul 1903   2   (1843–1904) [3]
3Hemming Gadd 1902   1905   3   (1837–1915) Promoted to general, 1905 [4]
*Carl Munck 1902   1902   0  
  • –.
(1836–1905) [5]
4Carl Wilhelm Ericson 23 Aug 1902   23 Feb 1906   4   (1840–1928) [6]
5Casten Warberg 1905   1910   5   (1845–1910) Died in office. [7][8]
6Wilhelm Stjernstedt 1905   1907   2  
  • Commander, 5th Army Division, 1899–1907.
(1841–1919) [9]
7Carl Axel Nordenskjöld 1908   1911   3  
  • Commander, 3rd Army Division, 1902–1911.
(1846–1924) [10]
8Gustaf Uggla 1908   1913   5  
  • Commander, 2nd Army Division, 1902–1913.
(1846–1924) Promoted to general, 1913 [11]
9Knut Gillis Bildt 28 Oct 1910   14 Jul 1919   9   (1854–1927) Promoted to general, 14 Jul 1919 [12]
10Fredrik Leth 30 Sep 1910   1915   4   (1850–1919) [13]
11Axel von Matern 27 Oct 1911   2 Jul 1915   4  
  • Commander, 1st Army Division, 1904–1915.
(1848–1920) [14]
12Lars Tingsten 1913   1922   9  
  • Commander, 2nd Army Division, 1913–1914.
  • Inspector of the Infantry, 1914–1919.
  • Chief of the General Staff, 1919–1922.
(1857–1937) Promoted to general, 1922. [15]
13Olof Malm 20 May 1914   30 Mar 1917   3  
  • Commander, 5th Army Division, 1911–1917.
(1851–1939) [16]
*Fredrik Holmquist 10 Apr 1915   10 Apr 1915   0  
  • –.
(1847–1927) [17]
*Ludvig Munthe 10 Apr 1915   10 Apr 1915   0  
  • –.
(1849–1937) [18]
14Christofer von Platen 1915   1915   0  
  • Commander, 3rd Army Division, 1911–1917.
(1852–1924) [19]
15Hugo Jungstedt 9 Mar 1917   28 Mar 1919   2  
  • .
(1854–1936) [20]
16Gustaf Wrangel 5 Jun 1917   12 Sep 1919   2   (1858–1923)
17Erik Bergström 14 Jul 1919   4 Apr 1922   3  
  • Inspector of the Infantry, 1919–1922.
(1857–1937) [21]
18Pehr Hasselrot 1921   1926   5  
  • Inspector of the Infantry, 1922–1926.
(1861–1937) [22]
19David Hedengren 1922   1923   1  
  • Inspector of the Militärläroverken, 1919–1923.
(1858–1946) [23]
20Constantin Fallenius 1922   1927   5  
  • Commander, 5th Army Division, 1917–1923.
  • Inspector of the Militärläroverken, 1923–1928.
(1862–1932) [24]
21Axel Odelstierna 1922   1923   1  
  • Commander, Royal Engineers (Fortifikationen), 1915–1923.
(1858–1935) [25]
*Bror Munck 13 Oct 1922   13 Oct 1922   0  
  • –.
(1857–1935) [26]
22Fredrik Frölich 26 May 1922   1 Nov 1926   4   (1861–1933) [27]
23Axel Carleson 1923   1926   3  
  • Commander, 3rd Army Division, 1922–1926.
(1861–1951) [28]
*Emil Mörcke 30 Nov 1923   13 Jun 1926   3  
  • Commander, 1st Army Division, 1917–1926.
(1861–1951) [29]
24Thorsten Rudenschöld 1924   1926   2  
  • Commander, 2nd Army Division, 1922–1926.
(1863–1926) Died in office. [30]
25Karl Toll 1925   1927   2   (1862–1936) [31]
26Curt Wilhelm Rappe 1925   1928   3   (1863–1939) [32]
*Carl Gustaf Hammarskjöld 23 Apr 1926   23 Apr 1930   4   (1865–1940) Promoted to general, 23 Apr 1930. [33]
27Lars Sparre 1926   1929   3   (1864–1947) [34][35]
*Joachim Åkerman 1928   1928   0  
  • –.
(1868–1958) [36]
*Georg Nyström 1928   1928   0  
  • –.
(1865–1942) [37]
28Reinhold von Rosen 1929   1930   1  
  • Inspector of the Cavalry, 1922–1930.
(1865–1946) [38]
29Henri de Champs 25 Apr 1930   1930   1  
  • Commander, Royal Engineers (Fortifikationen), 1923–1934.
(1869–1948) [39]
30Ludvig Hammarskiöld 20 Jan 1933   1934   1   (1869–1958) [40]
*John Nauckhoff 17 Feb 1933   17 Feb 1933   0  
  • –.
(1867–1953) [41]
*Peter Hegardt 9 Jun 1933   9 Jun 1933   0  
  • –.
(1868–1945) [42]
*Carl Sjögreen 1933   1933   0  
  • –.
(1868–1958) [43]
31Axel Sjögreen 1933   1935   2  
  • Commander, Southern Army Division, 1928–1935.
(1870–1959) [44]
*Bo Boustedt 1933   1933   0  
  • –.
(1868–1939) [45]
32Gösta Lilliehöök 21 Dec 1934   1936   1   (1871–1952) [46]
*Axel Hultkrantz 11 Apr 1935   11 Apr 1935   0  
  • –.
(1870–1955) [47]
33Olof Thörnell 1 Jul 1936   1 Jan 1940   4   (1877–1977) Promoted to general, 1 Jan 1940. [48]
34Oscar Nygren 1 Jul 1936   1 Oct 1937   1   (1872–1960) Promoted to general, 1 Oct 1937. [49]
35Axel Lyström 23 May 1937   1 Oct 1937   0  
  • Commanding General, Northern Army Division, 1933–1937.
(1873–1945) [50]
36Per Sylvan 1 Oct 1937   1 Oct 1940   3   (1875–1945) [51]
*Lennart Lilliehöök 1937   1937   0  
  • –.
(1872–1950) [52]
*Oscar Osterman 1939   1939   0  
  • –.
(1874–1956) [53]
*Pontus Reuterswärd 1939   1939   0  
  • –.
(1871–1949) [54]
37Ivar Holmquist 1 Oct 1940   31 Mar 1944   3   (1879–1954) [55]
38Erik Testrup 1943   1943   0  
  • –.
(1878–1972) [56]
39Helge Jung 1 Jan 1944   1 Apr 1944   0   (1886–1978) Promoted to general, 1 Apr 1944. [57]
40Archibald Douglas 1944   1948   4   (1883–1960) [58]
*Erik af Edholm 1944   1944   0  
  • –.
(1878–1954) [59]
41Helge Söderbom 1946   1946   0  
  • –.
(1881–1975) [60]
42Ernst af Klercker 1 Mar 1947   1 Apr 1947   0   (1881–1955) [61]
*Ivar Gewert 1957   1957   0   (1891–1971) [62]
43Carl August Ehrensvärd 1948   1957   9   (1892–1974) Promoted to general, 1957. [63]
*Axel Bredberg 1949   1949   0  
  • –.
(1884–1960) [64]
*Folke Högberg 1 Apr 1949   1949   -0  
  • –.
(1884–1972) [65]
*Hugo Cederschiöld 1950   1950   0  
  • –.
(1878–1968) [66]
44Nils Swedlund 1 Feb 1951   1 Apr 1951   0   (1898–1965) Promoted to general, 1 Apr 1951 [67]
45Henry Kellgren 20 Sep 1951   30 Sep 1951   0   (1886–1954) [68]
*Henry Tottie 1951   1951   0  
  • –.
(1888–1952) [69]
*Samuel Åkerhielm 1953   1953   0  
  • –.
(1887–1976) [70]
*Sven Colliander 1955   1955   0  
  • –.
(1890–1961) [71]
46Thord Bonde 1957   1963   6   (1900–1969) Promoted to general, 1963 [72]
*Ivar Backlund 1957   1957   0  
  • –.
(1892–1969) [73]
*Gustaf Dyrssen 1957   1957   0  
  • –.
(1891–1981) [74]
*Birger Hedqvist 1 Oct 1959   1959   -1  
  • –.
(1894–1964) [75]
*Sven Salander 1959   1959   0  
  • –.
(1894–1965) [76]
*Carl Årmann 1960   1960   0  
  • –.
(1894–1988) [77]
*Harald Hægermark 1960   1960   0  
  • –.
(1894–1965) [78]
*Bert Carpelan 1961   1961   0  
  • –.
(1895–1981) [79]
*Viking Tamm 1961   1961   0  
  • –.
(1896–1975) [80]
47Curt Göransson 1963   1969   6   (1909–1996) Promoted to general, 1969 [81]
*Richard Åkerman 1963   1963   0  
  • –.
(1898–1981) [82]
*Nils Björk 1963   1963   0  
  • –.
(1898–1989) [83]
*Hilding Kring 1 Oct 1964   1 Oct 1964   0  
  • –.
(1913–2001) [84]
*Edward Malm 1964   1964   0  
  • –.
(1899–1983) [85]
48Carl Eric Almgren 1966   1976   10   (1913–2001) Promoted to general, 1976 [86]
49Arne Mohlin 1966   1972   6   (1909–1992) [87]
50Gustav Åkerman 1966   1967   1   (1901–1988) [88]
*Regner Leuhusen 1966   1966   0  
  • –.
(1900–1994) [89]
51Stig Synnergren 1 Apr 1967   1 Oct 1970   4   (1915–2004) Promoted to general, 1 Oct 1970 [90]
*Malcolm Murray 1968   1968   0  
  • –.
(1904–1995) [91]
*Fale Burman 1968   1968   0  
  • –.
(1903–1973) [92]
52Ove Ljung 1969   1974   5   (1918–1997) [93]
*Karl Gustaf Brandberg 1971   1971   0  
  • –.
(1905–1997) [94]
53Karl Eric Holm 1972   1983   11   (1919–2016) [95]
*Tage Olihn 1973   1973   0  
  • –.
(1908–1996) [96]
*Stig Löfgren 1973   1973   0  
  • –.
(1912–1998) [97]
*Erik Rosengren 1973   1973   0  
  • –.
(1908–1988) [98]
54Nils Sköld 1974   1984   10   (1921–1996) [99]
*Sten Wåhlin 1974   1974   0  
  • –.
(1914–1981) [100]
*Bengt Liljestrand 1975   1975   0   (1919–2000) [101]
55Lennart Ljung 1 Oct 1976   1 Oct 1978   2   (1915–2004) Promoted to general, 1 Oct 1978 [102]
56Karl-Gösta Lundmark 1976   1980   4   (1919–1995) [103]
57Erik G. Bengtsson 1980   1990   10   (1928–) [104]
58Bengt Gustafsson 1984   1 Oct 1986   3   (1933–2019) Promoted to general, 1 Oct 1986 [105]
59Carl Björeman 1984   1988   4   (1924–2020) [106]
60Lars-Eric Wahlgren 1 Jul 1988   1993   5  
  • Force Commander, UNIFIL, 1988–1993.
  • Force Commander, UNPROFOR, 1993–1993.
(1929–1999) [107]
61Gustaf Welin 1988   1992   4   (1930–2008) [108]
62Åke Sagrén ?   1996   0   (1935–)
63Curt Sjöö 1990   1996   6   (1937–) [109]
64Percurt Green 1994   2000   6   (1939–) [110]
65Sven-Åke Jansson 1 Jul 1994   1998   4   (1937–2014) [111][112]
66Folke Rehnström 1996   2002   6  
  • Director, Main Unit, Ministry of Defence, 1996–1998.
  • Chief of the Joint Forces Directorate, 1998–2002.
(1942–2020)
67Mertil Melin 1 Apr 1996   2000   4   (1945–)
68Johan Hederstedt 1998   1 Jul 2000   2  
  • –.
(1943–) Promoted to general, 1 Jul 2000
69Hans Berndtson 1 Jul 1998   2005   7   (1945–)
70Johan Kihl 2000   2004   4   (1946–)
71Claes-Göran Fant 1 Sep 2005   2007   1  
  • Expert in the Swedish Defence Commission (Försvarsberedningen), 2005–2007.
(1951–)
72Sverker Göranson 2007   25 Mar 2009   2   (1954–) Promoted to general, 25 Mar 2009
73Anders Lindström 13 Dec 2007   2011   3   (1955–)
74Göran Mårtensson 2014   2016   2   (1960–)
75Dennis Gyllensporre 2014     7   (1964–)
76Michael Claesson 10 Sep 2020     0   (1965–)

See also

Footnotes

  1. Until 1972, a Swedish lieutenant general was a two-star rank.
  2. 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. 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. Bengt Liljestrand had the temporary rank of lieutenant general as Force Commander of UNEF II from 1975 to 1976 but was major general in the Swedish Army.[101]

References

Notes

  1. Westrin 1908, p. 902
  2. Jacobsson 1926, p. 597
  3. Jacobson 1931, p. 389
  4. ?d 1964–1966, p. 697
  5. H G-m 1985–1987, p. 764
  6. Lager 1953, p. 121
  7. Hildebrand & Bergström 1908, p. 67
  8. Hildebrand 1913, p. 780
  9. Tjerneld 2007–2011, p. 455
  10. H G-m 1990–1991, p. 245
  11. Thyselius 1918, p. 393
  12. Boëthius 1924, p. 336
  13. Wikland 1977–1979, p. 584
  14. Wikland 1985–1987, p. 243
  15. Lindblad 1924, p. 758
  16. Wikland 1982–1984, p. 730
  17. Wikland 1971–1973c, p. 286
  18. Zetterberg 1987–1989, p. 42
  19. H G-m 1995–1997, p. 341
  20. Broomé 1973–1975, p. 475
  21. Uddgren 1922, p. 723
  22. ?a 1969–1971, p. 333
  23. ?b 1969–1971, p. 427
  24. ?c 1956, p. 298
  25. H G-m 1992–1994, p. 32
  26. Zetterberg 1985–1987, p. 773
  27. Wikland 1964–1966, p. 640
  28. Vem är det 1945, p. 194.
  29. Cronenberg 1987–1989, p. 279
  30. Lindblad 1924, p. 640
  31. Vem är det 1932, p. 852.
  32. Nilzén 1995–1997, p. 680
  33. Hildebrand 1969–1971, p. 187
  34. Vem är det 1942, p. 763.
  35. Gillingstam 2003–2006, p. 697
  36. Svensson & Ekstedt 1955, p. 1052
  37. Vem var det? 1944, p. 144.
  38. Carlsson 1998–2000, p. 378
  39. Ericsson 1931, p. 424
  40. Wikland 1969–1971b, p. 188
  41. Norberg 1987–1989, p. 460
  42. Wikland 1969–1971c, p. 519
  43. Svensson 1953, p. 960
  44. Svensson 1953, p. 959
  45. Vem är det 1939, p. 118.
  46. Broomé 1980–1981, p. 120
  47. Wikland 1971–1973b, p. 464
  48. Lagerström 1968, p. 959
  49. Cronenberg 1990–1991, p. 704
  50. Åberg 1982–1984, p. 464
  51. Vem är det 1945, p. 1047.
  52. Vem är det 1945, p. 645.
  53. CHC 1992–1994, p. 409
  54. H G-m 1998–2000, p. 61
  55. Wikland 1971–1973a, p. 288
  56. Lagerström 1968, p. 945
  57. Vem är det 1976, p. 516.
  58. Burling 1956, pp. 213–214
  59. Vem är det 1945, p. 251.
  60. Lagerström 1968, p. 931
  61. Wikland 1975–1977a, p. 298
  62. Lagerström 1968, p. 309
  63. Lagerström 1968, p. 218
  64. Svensson 1953, pp. 154–155
  65. Broomé 1971–1973, p. 659
  66. Burling 1956, p. 180
  67. Zetterberg 2014, p. 542
  68. Wikland 1975–1977c, p. 37
  69. Kjellander 2003, p. 221
  70. Lagerström 1968, p. 1068
  71. Burling 1956, p. 187
  72. Lagerström 1968, p. 124
  73. Lagerström 1968, pp. 55–56
  74. Vem är det 1980, p. 226.
  75. Wikland 1969–1971a, p. 497
  76. Burling 1962, p. 932
  77. Vem är det 1984, p. 1236.
  78. Burling 1962, pp. 391–392
  79. Vem är det 1980, p. 184.
  80. Lagerström 1968, p. 939
  81. Uddling & Paabo 1994, p. 413
  82. Vem är det 1980, p. 1172.
  83. Vem är det 1984, p. 132.
  84. Wikland 1975–1977b, p. 557
  85. Vem är det 1980, p. 704.
  86. Salander Mortensen 1996, p. 47
  87. Vem är det 1984, p. 777.
  88. Vem är det 1984, p. 1232.
  89. Uddling & Paabo 1992, p. 648
  90. Salander Mortensen 1996, p. 1091
  91. Uddling & Paabo 1994, p. 785
  92. Lagerström 1968, p. 151
  93. Uddling & Paabo 1994, p. 703
  94. Salander Mortensen 1996, p. 170
  95. Salander Mortensen 1996, p. 498
  96. Uddling & Paabo 1992, p. 845
  97. Uddling & Paabo 1994, p. 737
  98. Vem är det 1980, p. 884.
  99. Uddling & Paabo 1994, p. 1015
  100. Vem är det 1980, p. 1152.
  101. Vem är det 1976, pp. 601–602.
  102. Vem är det 1984, p. 701.
  103. Uddling & Paabo 1994, p. 724
  104. Salander Mortensen 1996, p. 98
  105. Salander Mortensen 1996, p. 406
  106. Salander Mortensen 1996, p. 138
  107. Salander Mortensen 1996, p. 1153
  108. Salander Mortensen 1996, p. 1174
  109. Uddling & Paabo 1994, p. 1010
  110. Salander Mortensen 1996, p. 392
  111. Flygvapennytt 1994, p. 34.
  112. Hagström 2014

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