List of Swedish Navy lieutenant generals

This is a list of lieutenant generals in the Swedish Navy, i.e. the Swedish Coastal Artillery (1902–2000) and in the Swedish Amphibious Corps (2000–present). The grade of lieutenant general (or three-star general[lower-alpha 1]) is ordinarily the second-highest in the peacetime Coastal Artillery/Amphibious Corps, ranking above major general and below 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]

List of Swedish Coastal Artillery lieutenant generals (1902–2000)

Name Photo Date of rank Date vacated Yrs[lower-alpha 2] Position Notes[lower-alpha 3] Ref
1Herman Wrangel 1916   1924   8   (1859–1938) [1]
2Tor Wahlman 1936   1941   5   (1878–1954) [2]
*Hjalmar Åström 1953   1953   0  
  • –.
(1888–1957) [3]
*Rudolf Kolmodin 1961   1961   0  
  • –.
(1896–1978) [4]
*Henrik Lange 1972   1972   0  
  • –.
(1908–2000) [5]
3Bo Westin 1969   1978   9   (1913–2009) [6]
4Gunnar Eklund 1 Oct 1972   1982   9   (1920–2010) [7]
5Torsten Engberg 1 Apr 1987   1994   7   (1934–2018) [8]
6Lars G. Persson 1996   1998   2   (1937–) [9]

List of Swedish Amphibious Corps lieutenant generals (2000–present)

Name Photo Date of rank Date vacated Yrs[lower-alpha 2] Position Notes[lower-alpha 3] Ref
1Håkan Syrén 2000   2004   4   (1952–) Promoted to general, 1 Jan 2004
2Bengt-Arne Johansson 2000   2003   3  
  • Chief of the General Training and Management Directorate, 2000–2003.
(1943–) [10]
3Göran Gunnarsson 2003   2005   2  
  • Chief of the General Training and Management Directorate, 2003–2005.
(1950–)

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.

References

Notes

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