Chief of Defence (Sweden)

Before the modern era, the King was expected to command the forces himself; not seldom on location during war campaigns as shown by Gustavus Adolphus, Charles X, Charles XI, Charles XII and Gustav III. This remained the case formally until the 20th century. From the late 19th century onwards, there were no service chiefs of the Army or Navy; all senior service commanders reported directly to the King in Council. Apart from a single Minister for Defence created in 1919 by merging the position of ministers of the land forces and naval forces, no joint command structure existed.

In 1936, a Supreme Commander was intended to be appointed in war-time-only, and on 1 December 1939, during World War II, the first Supreme Commander, General Olof Thörnell, was appointed. In 1942 it was decided to keep this office even after the end of the war. The Supreme Commander would in wartime formally report to the King in Council until the enactment of the new Instrument of Government in 1974, and after 1 January 1975 to the Government.

The coat of arms of the Chief of Defence was used from 1991 to 1993. It has since 1993 been used by the Swedish Armed Forces and was used from 1994 to 2001 by the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters. Blazon: "Azure, lesser coat of arms of Sweden, three open crowns or placed two and one. The shield surmounting an erect sword of the last colour".{{harvnb|Braunstein|2006|p=13}}

File:Försvarsmakten vapen bra.svg|Coat of arms of the Chief of Defence used 1991 to 1993.

The command flag of the Chief of Defence is drawn by Brita Grep and embroidered by hand by the Kedja studio, Heraldica. Blazon: "Fessed in blue and yellow; on blue three open yellow crowns placed two and one, on yellow two blue batons of command with sets of open yellow crowns placed two and one in saltire."{{harvnb|Braunstein|2004|p=105}}

File:Överbefälhavarens befälstecken MM 25330.jpg|Command flag of the Chief of Defence.

File:Kommandotecken Överbefälhavaren.svg|Command sign of the Chief of Defence.

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!colspan=9|Supreme Commander (1937–2024)

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| order = 1

| image = Olof Thörnell AMA.0000902.jpg

| military_rank = General

| officeholder = Olof Thörnell {{post-nominals|country=SWE|size=75%|sep=,|RoKKMO|KmstkSO|RVO}}

| officeholder_sort = Thörnell, Olof

| born_year = 1877

| died_year = 1977

| defence_branch = {{sort|1=Army |2=50px
Army }}

| term_start = 8 December 1939

| term_end = 31 March 1944

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1939|12|8|1944|3|31}}

| ref =

| cabinet = Per Albin Hansson

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| order = 2

| image = Helge_Jung_AMA.0000829_(cropped).jpg

| military_rank = General

| officeholder = Helge Jung {{post-nominals|country=SWE|size=75%|sep=,|RoKKMO|KmstkSO|RVO1kl|RNO}}

| officeholder_sort = Jung, Helge

| born_year = 1886

| died_year = 1978

| defence_branch = {{sort|1=Army |2=50px
Army }}

| term_start = 1 April 1944

| term_end = 31 March 1951

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1944|4|1|1951|3|31}}

| ref =

| cabinet = Per Albin Hansson
Tage Erlander

}}

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| order = 3

| image = Generalmajor Nils Per Robert Swedlund.jpg

| military_rank = General

| officeholder = Nils Swedlund {{post-nominals|country=SWE|size=75%|sep=,|RoKKMO|KmstkSO|KNO2kl|RVO}}

| officeholder_sort = Swedlund, Nils

| born_year = 1898

| died_year = 1965

| defence_branch = {{sort|1=Army |2=50px
Army }}

| term_start = 1 April 1951{{efn|Appointed on 26 January 1951.{{harvnb|Zetterberg|2014|p=542}}}}

| term_end = 30 September 1961

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1951|4|1|1961|9|30}}

| ref =

| cabinet = Tage Erlander

}}

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| order = 4

| image = Torsten Rapp 001.jpg

| military_rank = General

| officeholder = Torsten Rapp {{post-nominals|country=SWE|size=75%|sep=,|RoKKMO|KmstkSO|RNO|RVO}}

| officeholder_sort = Rapp, Torsten

| born_year = 1905

| died_year = 1993

| defence_branch = {{sort|1=Air Force |2=50px
Air Force }}

| term_start = 1 October 1961

| term_end = 30 September 1970

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1961|10|1|1970|9|30}}

| ref =

| cabinet = Tage Erlander
Olof Palme

}}

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| order = 5

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| military_rank = General

| officeholder = Stig Synnergren {{post-nominals|country=SWE|size=75%|sep=,|KmstkSO}}

| officeholder_sort = Synnergren, Stig

| born_year = 1915

| died_year = 2004

| defence_branch = {{sort|1=Army |2=50px
Army }}

| term_start = 1 October 1970

| term_end = 30 September 1978

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1970|10|1|1978|9|30}}

| ref =

| cabinet = Olof Palme
Thorbjörn Fälldin

}}

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| order = 6

| image = Karl Hilmer Lennart Ljung GMSF.002580.jpg

| military_rank = General

| officeholder = Lennart Ljung {{post-nominals|country=SWE|size=75%|sep=,|KSO1kl}}

| officeholder_sort = Ljung, Lennart

| born_year = 1921

| died_year = 1990

| defence_branch = {{sort|1=Army |2=50px
Army }}

| term_start = 1 October 1978

| term_end = 30 September 1986

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1978|10|1|1986|9|30}}

| ref =

| cabinet = Thorbjörn Fälldin
Ola Ullsten
Olof Palme
Ingvar Carlsson

}}

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| order = 7

| image = Bengt Gustafsson MILI.030059.jpg

| military_rank = General

| officeholder = Bengt Gustafsson

| officeholder_sort = Gustafsson, Bengt

| born_year = 1933

| died_year = 2019

| defence_branch = {{sort|1=Army |2=50px
Army }}

| term_start = 1 October 1986

| term_end = 30 June 1994

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1986|10|1|1994|6|30}}

| ref =

| cabinet = Ingvar Carlsson
Carl Bildt

}}

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| order = 8

| image = ÖB Owe Wiktorin.webp

| military_rank = General

| officeholder = Owe Wiktorin

| officeholder_sort = Wiktorin, Owe

| born_year = 1940

| defence_branch = {{sort|1=Air Force |2=50px
Air Force }}

| term_start = 1 July 1994

| term_end = 30 June 2000

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1994|7|1|2000|6|30}}

| ref = {{harvnb|Mortensen|2000|p=B19}}

| cabinet = Carl Bildt
Ingvar Carlsson
Göran Persson

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| order = 9

| image = Johan Ivar Hederstedt GMSF.023536.jpg

| military_rank = General

| officeholder = Johan Hederstedt

| officeholder_sort = Hederstedt, Johan

| born_year = 1943

| defence_branch = {{sort|1=Army |2=50px
Army }}

| term_start = 1 July 2000

| term_end = 31 December 2003

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2000|6|30|2003|12|31}}

| ref = {{cite news |url=http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/johan-hederstedt-avgar-som-ob-vid-arsskiftet/ |newspaper=Expressen |title=Johan Hederstedt avgår som ÖB vid årsskiftet |agency=TT |date=4 November 2003 |access-date=28 April 2017 |language=sv}}

| cabinet = Göran Persson

}}

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| order = 10

| image = Håkan Syrén Feb 2010.jpg|bSize = 150px|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 125|oTop = 7|oLeft = 15

| military_rank = General

| officeholder = Håkan Syrén

| officeholder_sort = Syrén, Håkan

| born_year = 1952

| defence_branch = {{sort|1=Navy, Amphibious |2=50px
Navy
{{small|(Amphibious Corps)}} }}

| term_start = 1 January 2004

| term_end = 24 March 2009

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2004|1|1|2009|3|24}}

| ref =

| cabinet = Göran Persson
Fredrik Reinfeldt

}}

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| order = 11

| image = Sverker Göranson May 26, 2013.jpg

| military_rank = General

| officeholder = Sverker Göranson

| officeholder_sort = Göranson, Sverker

| born_year = 1954

| defence_branch = {{sort|1=Army |2=50px
Army }}

| term_start = 25 March 2009

| term_end = 30 September 2015

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2009|3|25|2015|9|30}}

| ref = {{cite press release |date=6 March 2009 |title=Sverker Göranson blir ny överbefälhavare |trans-title=Sverker Göranson becomes new Supreme Commander |url=http://www.regeringen.se/49bb51/contentassets/ff30cab3a3b146a98345a22e649ae21b/pressmeddelanden-2006-2010---forsvarsminister-sten-tolgfors |publisher=Government Offices of Sweden |agency=Ministry of Defence |page=615 |access-date=2017-04-26 |language=sv}}

| cabinet = Fredrik Reinfeldt
Stefan Löfven

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| order = 12

| image = Micael Bydén in 2024.jpg

| military_rank = General

| officeholder = Micael Bydén

| officeholder_sort = Bydén, Micael

| born_year = 1964

| defence_branch = {{sort|1=Air Force |2=50px
Air Force }}

| term_start = 1 October 2015

| term_end = 30 September 2024

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2015|10|1|2024|9|30}}

| ref = {{cite web | url = http://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/aktuellt/2015/09/micael-byden-ny-ob/ |title = Micael Bydén ny ÖB | publisher = Swedish Armed Forces | language = sv | access-date = 2015-09-11 }}

| cabinet = Stefan Löfven
Magdalena Andersson
Ulf Kristersson

}}

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!colspan=9|Chiefs of Defence (2024–present)

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| image = 240122-A-UH083-1017 Michael Claesson.jpg

| military_rank = General

| officeholder = Michael Claesson

| officeholder_sort = Claesson, Michael

| born_year = 1965

| defence_branch = {{sort|1=Army |2=50px
Army }}

| term_start = 1 October 2024

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2024|10|01}}

| ref = {{cite web |url=https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/aktuellt/2024/06/generallojtnant-michael-claesson-blir-ny-ob-i-host/ |publisher=Swedish Armed Forces |title=Generallöjtnant Michael Claesson blir ny ÖB i höst |trans-title=Lieutenant General Michael Claesson will be the new Chief of Defence this autumn |date=7 June 2024 |access-date=24 September 2024 |language=sv}}

| cabinet = Ulf Kristersson

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Every time a new Chief of Defence is to be appointed, there is some debate between the different services. Some feel that some kind of rotational system would be appropriate. In actuality, most Chiefs of Defence have come from the Army, and only one, Håkan Syrén, from the Navy. Because he is a general of the Amphibious Corps, there has to this day not been a single admiral to hold the office.

Until 30 June 1994, the Chief of the Defence Staff was the second most senior member of the Swedish Armed Forces. When the Swedish Armed Forces was reorganized on 1 July 1994, the Chief of the Defence Staff position was abolished. Lieutenant General Percurt Green became the first Deputy Chief of Defence who took office on 1 July 1994. He also held the post of head of the Joint Operations Command (Operationsledningen, OpL).{{harvnb|Braconier|1994|p=8}}

In conjunction with the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters reorganization in 1998, a special position was created as Deputy Chief of Defence to relieve the Chief of Defence. The Deputy Chief of Defence led the Headquarters work through coordination of the operations. He also exercised employer responsibility for the staff in the Headquarters. In order to coordinate the operations he had a Coordination Department.{{harvnb|Johansson|1998|p=}} The Deputy Chief of Defence also acted as the Deputy Agency Executive (Ställföreträdande myndighetschef).{{cite journal |url=http://www.fht.nu/bilder/Flygvapnet/Flygvapennytt/fv_nytt_2_98_nya_hogkvarteret.pdf |journal=Flygvapennytt |publisher=Flygstaben |title=Nya högkvarteret |number=2 |year=1998 |location=Stockholm |language=sv |id={{SELIBR|8257600}} |page=4}} A formal position of head of the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters was established in 2002.{{harvnb|Försvarsberedningen|2004|p=131}}

From 1 October 2005, the post of Deputy Chief of Defence became the Director General of the Swedish Armed Forces held by a civil servant.{{cite press release |url=https://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/forsvarsdepartementet/pressreleases/generaldirektoer-och-staellfoeretraedande-chef-foer-foersvarsmakten-34119 |publisher=Ministry of Defence |title=Generaldirektör och ställföreträdande chef för Försvarsmakten |date=2005-06-30 |access-date=12 May 2021 |language=sv |via=Mynewsdesk}}

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| military_rank = Lieutenant General

| officeholder = Percurt Green

| officeholder_sort = Green, Percurt

| born_year = 1939

| died_year =

| defence_branch = 50px
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| term_start = 1 July 1994

| term_end = 30 June 1998

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1994|7|1|1998|6|30}}

| ref = {{harvnb|Höglund|1998|p=2}}

| cabinet = Carl Bildt
Ingvar Carlsson
Göran Persson

}}

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| order = 2

| image = Vice Admiral Frank Rosenius at Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia 1999 (crop).jpg

| military_rank = Vice Admiral

| officeholder = Frank Rosenius

| officeholder_sort = Rosenius, Frank

| born_year = 1940

| died_year =

| defence_branch = 50px
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| term_start = 1 July 1998

| term_end = 2000

| timeinoffice = {{age in years|1998|2000}} years

| ref =

| cabinet = Göran Persson

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| order = 3

| image = Hans Göran Berndtson.jpg

| military_rank = Lieutenant General

| officeholder = Hans Berndtson

| officeholder_sort = Berndtson, Hans

| born_year = 1945

| died_year =

| defence_branch = 50px
Army

| term_start = 1 January 2001{{efn|Berndtson was appointed on 19 April 2000. He formally took office on 1 January 2001, but came from 1 July 2000 to help the then newly appointed Supreme Commander, General Johan Hederstedt.{{cite news |url=https://tidningar.kb.se/8224221/2000-04-20/edition/11184/part/1/page/10/ |newspaper=Dagens Nyheter |title=Försvaret |agency=TT |page=A 10 |date=20 April 2000 |access-date=7 May 2020 |language=sv |url-access=limited}}}}

| term_end = 31 October 2004

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2001|1|1|2004|10|31}}

| ref = {{cite press release |url=https://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/forsvarsdepartementet/pressreleases/staellfoeretraedande-oeb-i-foersvarsmakten-33985 |publisher=Ministry of Defence |title=Ställföreträdande ÖB i Försvarsmakten |date=25 March 2004 |access-date=18 February 2022 |via=Mynewsdesk |language=sv}}

| cabinet = Göran Persson

}}

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| image = Jan Salestrand01.jpg

| military_rank = Lieutenant General

| officeholder = Jan Salestrand

| officeholder_sort = Salestrand, Jan

| born_year = 1954

| died_year =

| defence_branch = 50px
Air Force

| term_start = 31 January 2013

| term_end = 18 March 2013

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2013|1|31|2013|3|18}}

| ref = {{cite web |url=http://www.regeringen.se/sb/d/17025/a/208197 |publisher=Ministry of Defence |title=Generallöjtnant Jan Salestrand vikarierande överbefälhavare och chef för Försvarsmakten |access-date=21 November 2017 |language=sv}}{{dead link|date=July 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite news |url=http://www.svt.se/nyheter/sverige/ob-ater-pa-jobbet |publisher=Sveriges Television |agency=TT |title=ÖB åter på jobbet |newspaper=SVT Nyheter |date=18 March 2013 |access-date=21 November 2017 |language=sv}}

| cabinet = Fredrik Reinfeldt

}}

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• Lord High Admiral of Sweden (historical antecedent)
• Lord High Constable of Sweden (historical antecedent)

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• {{Official site|https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/en/about/organisation/chief-of-defence/}} {{in lang|sv}}

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