Chief of the Air Staff (Sweden)
The Chief of the Air Staff[1] (Swedish: Chefen för flygstaben, CFS, or Flygstabschef) was from 1936 to 1994 the second most senior member of the Swedish Air Force (after the Chief of the Air Force) and headed the Air Staff. The position was held by a senior member of Swedish Air Force. In 2019, the Air Staff was re-established and a Chief of the Air Staff was appointed again.
| Chief of the Air Staff
Chefen för flygstaben | |
|---|---|
 | |
Incumbent Colonel Dennis Hedström since 1 June 2019 | |
| Ministry of Defence | |
| Type | Chief of the Air Staff |
| Abbreviation | CFS |
| Reports to | Chief of Air Force |
| Seat | Banérgatan 62-64, Stockholm (1943–1981) Lidingövägen 24, Stockholm (1981–1994) Ärna Air Base (2019–) |
| Term length | At Her Majesty's pleasure |
| Formation | 1936, 2019 |
| First holder | Lieutenant Colonel Bengt Nordenskiöld (1936) Colonel Anders Persson (2019) |
| Final holder | Major General Bernt Östh |
| Abolished | 1994 |
| Unofficial names | Flygstabschef |
| Deputy | Vice Chief of the Air Staff (1936–1994) |
Chiefs of the Air Staff
Chiefs of the Air Staff (1936–1994)
| No. | Portrait | Chief of the Air Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Prime Minister | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lieutenant Colonel[lower-alpha 1] Bengt Nordenskiöld (1891–1983) | 1 July 1936 | 1942 | 5–6 years | Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp Per Albin Hansson | [2] | |
| 2 | Colonel[lower-alpha 2] Axel Ljungdahl (1897–1995) | 1942 | 1947 | 4–5 years | Per Albin Hansson Tage Erlander | - | |
| 3 | Colonel[lower-alpha 3] Gustaf Adolf Westring (1900–1963) | 1947 | 1957 | 9–10 years | Tage Erlander | - | |
| 4 | Major General Lennart Peyron (1909–1981) | 1957 | 1960 | 2–3 years | Tage Erlander | - | |
| 5 | Major General Stig Norén (1908–1996) | 1960 | 1964 | 3–4 years | Tage Erlander | - | |
| 6 | Major General Gösta Odqvist (1913–2005) | 1964 | 1966 | 1–2 years | Tage Erlander | - | |
| 7 | Major General Claës-Henrik Nordenskiöld (1917–2003) | 1966 | 1970 | 3–4 years | Tage Erlander Olof Palme | - | |
| 8 | Major General Dick Stenberg (1921–2004) | 1 April 1970 | 30 September 1973 | 3 years, 182 days | Olof Palme | [3] | |
| 9 | Major General Hans Neij (1921–1985) | 1973 | 30 September 1978 | 4–5 years | Olof Palme Thorbjörn Fälldin | [4] | |
| 10 | Major General Erik Nygren (1923–1999) | 1 October 1978 | 30 September 1980 | 1 year, 365 days | Thorbjörn Fälldin Ola Ullsten | [4] | |
| 11 | Major General Evert Båge (1925–2021) | 1 October 1980 | 1984 | 3–4 years | Thorbjörn Fälldin Olof Palme | [4] | |
| 12 | Major General Bengt Lönnbom (born 1933) | 1984 | 1987 | 2–3 years | Olof Palme Ingvar Carlsson | - | |
| 13 | Major General Bert Stenfeldt (born 1933) | 1987 | 1990 | 2–3 years | Ingvar Carlsson | - | |
| 14 | Major General Bernt Östh (born 1936) | 1990 | 1994 | 3–4 years | Ingvar Carlsson Carl Bildt | - | |
| - | Senior Colonel Kjell Nilsson (1943–2018) Acting | 1993 | 1994 | 0–1 years | Carl Bildt | - |
Chiefs of the Air Staff (2019–present)
| No. | Portrait | Chief of the Air Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Prime Minister | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colonel Anders Persson (born 1968) | 1 January 2019 | 30 September 2019 | 272 days | Stefan Löfven | [5] | |
| 2 | Colonel Anders Jönsson (born ?) | 1 October 2019 | 31 May 2020 | 243 days | Stefan Löfven | [6][7] | |
| 3 | Colonel Dennis Hedström (born ?) | 1 June 2020 | 31 May 2024 | 3 years, 365 days | Stefan Löfven | [8] |
Vice Chiefs of the Air Staff
Swedish: Souschef
| No. | Portrait | Vice/Deputy Chief of the Air Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Prime Minister | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colonel Karl Silfverberg (1899–1978) | 1943 | 1948 | 4–5 years | Per Albin Hansson Tage Erlander | - | |
| 2 | Colonel Torsten Rapp (1905–1993) | 1 October 1948 | 1951 | 2–3 years | Tage Erlander | [9] | |
| 3 | Colonel Greger Falk (1910–1990) | 1951 | 1953 | 1–2 years | Tage Erlander | - | |
| 4 | Colonel Stig Möller (1911–2002) | 1953 | 1959 | 5–6 years | Tage Erlander | - | |
| 5 | Colonel Gösta Odqvist (1913–2005) | 1959 | 1961 | 1–2 years | Tage Erlander | - | |
| 6 | Colonel Nils Personne (1918–2013) | 1961 | 1966 | 4–5 years | Tage Erlander | - |
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Footnotes
- Promoted to Colonel on 1 July 1937.[2]
- Promoted to Major General in 1943.
- Promoted to Major General in 1950.
References
- Gullberg 1977, p. 134
- Böhme 1990–1991, p. 292
- Scheiderbauer 2007–2011, p. 225
- Wennerholm 2015, p. 154
- Ullman 2019
- "PÅ NY POST" (PDF). Försvarets forum: personaltidning för fast anställda och reservofficerare i svenska försvarsmakten (in Swedish). Stockholm: Försvarets forum (5): 8. 2018. SELIBR 4109339. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- "PÅ NY POST" (PDF). Försvarets forum: personaltidning för fast anställda och reservofficerare i svenska försvarsmakten (in Swedish). Stockholm: Försvarets forum (1): 8–9. 2020. SELIBR 4109339. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- "PÅ NY POST" (PDF). Försvarets forum: personaltidning för fast anställda och reservofficerare i svenska försvarsmakten (in Swedish). Stockholm: Försvarets forum (2): 9. 2020. SELIBR 4109339. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- Norén 1995–1997, p. 675
Print
- Böhme, Klaus-Richard (1990–1991). "Bengt G Nordenskiöld". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). 27. National Archives of Sweden. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- Gullberg, Ingvar E. (1977). Svensk-engelsk fackordbok för näringsliv, förvaltning, undervisning och forskning [A Swedish-English dictionary of technical terms used in business, industry, administration, education and research] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Norstedt. ISBN 91-1-775052-0. SELIBR 8345587.
- Norén, Stig (1995–1997). "B Torsten Rapp". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). 29. National Archives of Sweden. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- Scheiderbauer, Sven (2007–2011). "Dick Stenberg". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). 33. National Archives of Sweden. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- Wennerholm, Bertil, ed. (2015). Så kom JAS-projektet till: vittnesseminarium kring beslutsprocessen om JAS 39 1979-1983 : 11 november 2013. Forskningsprojektet Försvaret och det kalla kriget (FOKK), 1652-5388 ; 45 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Forskningsprojektet Försvaret och det kalla kriget (FoKK. ISBN 9789198049886. SELIBR 18205009.
Web
- Ullman, Angela (2 October 2019). "Ny flygvapenchef tog befälet" (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
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