Chief of Policy and Plans Department
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| body = Policy and Plans Department
| native_name = {{small|Chefen för ledningsstabens inriktningsavdelning}}
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| department = Swedish Armed Forces
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| abbreviation = C LEDS INRI
| member_of = Defence Board
| reports_to = Chief of Defence Staff
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| seat = Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters, Lidingövägen 24, Stockholm
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| constituting_instrument = [https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/siteassets/4-om-myndigheten/dokumentfiler/lagrum/gallande-fib/fib-2020-05.pdf FIB 2020:5, Chapter 8, 41 §]
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| formation = 2012
| first = Dennis Gyllensporre
| last = Lena Persson Herlitz
| abolished = 2022
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| deputy = Deputy Chief of Policy and Plans Department
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The Chief of Policy and Plans Department{{cite web |url=http://www.2d.lviv.ua/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Grafisk_identitet_v1.3_130916.pdf |publisher=Swedish Armed Forces |title=Försvarsmaktens gemensamma identitet – direktiv för användandet av Försvarsmaktens namn, profil och bild |version=1.3 |date=2013-09-16 |access-date=14 May 2019 |language=sv |page=67 |archive-date=2018-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180223052318/http://www.2d.lviv.ua/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Grafisk_identitet_v1.3_130916.pdf |url-status=dead }} ({{langx|sv|Chefen för ledningsstabens inriktningsavdelning}}, C LEDS INRI) was the head of the Policy and Plans Department in the Defence Staff at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters. The Chief of Policy and Plans Department was part of the Defence Board (Försvarsmaktsledningen, FML), a group of the Supreme Commander's top commanders.{{cite web |url=https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/organisation/sa-leds-forsvarsmakten/forsvarsmaktsledningen/ |publisher=Swedish Armed Forces |title=FÖRSVARSMAKTSLEDNINGEN |accessdate=4 November 2020 |language=sv}}
Responsibilities
The Chief of Policy and Plans Department leads and develops the military strategic operations command. The task includes leading the work with defence planning, evaluating the rapid reaction organisation's (insatsorganisation) capabilities, evaluating developments abroad and proposing any activation of relevant parts of the defence plan or other emergency measures, and preparing the Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces's decision, and on behalf of the Chief of Defence Staff, deciding supplementary orders to FMO and directives within the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters for the implementation of defence operations and operations.{{cite web |url=https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/siteassets/4-om-myndigheten/dokumentfiler/lagrum/gallande-fib/fib-2020-05.pdf |publisher=Swedish Armed Forces |work=FÖRSVARSMAKTENS INTERNA BESTÄMMELSER |title=Försvarsmaktens interna bestämmelser med arbetsordning för Försvarsmakten (FMArbo) - FIB 2020:5 |pages=29–31 |date=16 December 2020 |access-date=12 March 2021 |language=sv}}
The chief also prepares the Swedish Armed Forces' focus on intelligence and the security service (Försvarsmaktens inriktning av underrättelse och säkerhetstjänsten, FMInriUS). The Chief of Policy and Plans Department leads the Swedish Armed Forces' capability development. The task includes leading the preparation of the Swedish Armed Forces' Strategic Orientation (Försvarsmaktens Strategiska Inriktning, FMSI) and proposing long-term goals and requirements for operations, organization and products in all areas of activity. It also includes leading the preparation of the Swedish Armed Forces 'doctrines, leading the Swedish Armed Forces' research and technology development, studies and concept development, and leading operational demands on the war organization. The task also includes preparing the direction of the Swedish Armed Forces' cooperation with other states and international organizations, as well as the direction of defence attachés regarding bilateral relations and cooperation.
Duties
The Chief of Policy and Plans Department shall support the Chief Financial Officer with requirements for equipment and logistics supply, and in the preparation of the early phases of investment planning with documentation from research and development assignments and studies. The Chief of Policy and Plans Department decides on directives at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters within the framework of defence planning, the Swedish Armed Forces' study and concept development plan, the Swedish Armed Forces' plan for group-wide research and development, including the focus of strategic collaborations, and the Swedish Armed Forces' strategy and focus plan for research and technology development.
The Chief of Policy and Plans Department was authorized to, within the framework of the tasks in § 41 and § 42 of FIB 2020:5 and assignments from the Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces and directives from the Chief of Defence Staff, enter into agreements and contracts with authorities, municipalities, regions, organizations and individuals.
Chiefs of Policy and Plans Department
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| order = 1
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| military_rank = Major general
| officeholder = Dennis Gyllensporre
| officeholder_sort = Gyllensporre, Dennis
| acting =
| born_year = 1964
| died_year =
| defence_branch = {{sort|1=Army |2=50px
Army }}
| term_start = January 2012
| term_end = 26 November 2014
| timeinoffice = -
| ref = {{cite web |url=https://se.linkedin.com/in/dennis-gyllensporre-40b7b832 |publisher=LinkedIn |title=Dennis Gyllensporre |access-date=12 March 2021 |language=sv}}{{cite journal |url=https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/siteassets/6-aktuellt/forsvarets-forum/2014/forsvarets_forum_nr6_2014.pdf|journal=Försvarets forum: Personaltidning för fast anställda och reservofficerare i svenska försvarsmakten |title=PÅ NY POST |year=2014 |publisher=Försvarets forum |location=Stockholm |number=6 |page=9 |id={{SELIBR|4109339}} |issn=1100-8245 |access-date=12 March 2021 |language=sv}}
| cabinet = Fredrik Reinfeldt
Stefan Löfven
}}
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| order = 2
| image = Independence Day 2019 at the US Embassy Sweden 4A0A7284 (48091636312) (crop).jpg
| military_rank = Rear admiral
| officeholder = Jonas Haggren
| officeholder_sort = Haggren, Jonas
| acting =
| born_year = 1964
| died_year =
| defence_branch = {{sort|1=Navy |2=50px
Navy }}
| term_start = 27 November 2014
| term_end = 2018
| timeinoffice = -
| cabinet = Stefan Löfven
}}
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| order = -
| image = Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission visits 607 AOC 150824-F-GR156-018 (crop).jpg
| military_rank = Major general
| officeholder = Mats Engman
| officeholder_sort = Engman, Mats
| acting = y
| born_year = 1954
| died_year =
| defence_branch = {{sort|1=Air Force|2=50px
Air Force }}
| term_start = 22 January 2015
| term_end = 15 April 2015
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2015|1|22|2015|4|15}}
| cabinet = Stefan Löfven
}}
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| order = 3
| image = Michael ClaessonG.jpg
| military_rank = Major general
| officeholder = Michael Claesson
| officeholder_sort = Claesson, Michael
| acting =
| born_year = 1965
| died_year =
| defence_branch = {{sort|1=Army |2=50px
Army }}
| term_start = 1 October 2018
| term_end = 9 September 2020
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2018|10|1|2020|9|9}}
| ref = -
| cabinet = Stefan Löfven
}}
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| order = 4
| image = Kronprinsessan Victoria, prinsessan Estelle och Prins Daniel (cropped).jpg
| military_rank = Major general
| officeholder = Lena Persson Herlitz
| officeholder_sort = Persson Herlitz, Lena
| acting =
| born_year = 1967
| died_year =
| defence_branch = {{sort|1=Navy, Amphibious |2=50px
Navy
{{small|(Amphibious Corps)}} }}
| term_start = 10 September 2020
| term_end = 31 December 2022
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2020|9|10|2022|12|31}}
| cabinet = Stefan Löfven
}}
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Deputy Chiefs of Policy and Plans Department
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| order = 1
| image = Ingela Mathiasson FVM.146913.jpg
| military_rank = Colonel
| officeholder = Ingela Mathiasson
| officeholder_sort = Mathiasson, Ingela
| acting =
| born_year = 1961
| died_year =
| defence_branch = {{sort|1=Air Force |2=50px
Air Force }}
| term_start = 15 May 2013
| term_end = 31 December 2013
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2013|5|15|2013|12|31}}
| cabinet = Fredrik Reinfeldt
}}
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| order = 2
| image = Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission visits 607 AOC 150824-F-GR156-018 (crop).jpg
| military_rank = Brigadier general
| officeholder = Mats Engman
| officeholder_sort = Engman, Mats
| acting =
| born_year = 1954
| died_year =
| defence_branch = {{sort|1=Air Force |2=50px
Air Force }}
| term_start = 1 January 2014
| term_end = 21 January 2015
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2014|1|1|2015|1|21}}
| ref = {{cite journal |url=https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/siteassets/6-aktuellt/forsvarets-forum/2014/forsvarets-forum-14-01.pdf |journal=Försvarets forum: Personaltidning för fast anställda och reservofficerare i svenska försvarsmakten |title=PÅ NY POST - Rättelse kring befattningsbenämning |date=February 2014 |publisher=Försvarets forum |number=1 |location=Stockholm |language=sv |id={{SELIBR|4109339}} |page=5}}
| cabinet = Fredrik Reinfeldt
Stefan Löfven
}}
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| order = -
| image = Överste Anders Löfberg.jpg
| military_rank = Colonel
| officeholder = Anders Löfberg
| officeholder_sort = Löfberg, Anders
| acting = y
| born_year = 1959
| died_year =
| defence_branch = {{sort|1=Army |2=50px
Army }}
| term_start = 22 January 2015
| term_end = 28 February 2015
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2015|1|22|2015|2|28}}
| cabinet = Stefan Löfven
}}
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| order = 3
| image = Michael ClaessonG.jpg
| military_rank = Brigadier general
| officeholder = Michael Claesson
| officeholder_sort = Claesson, Michael
| acting =
| born_year = 1965
| died_year =
| defence_branch = {{sort|1=Army |2=50px
Army }}
| term_start = 1 March 2015
| term_end = 30 September 2018
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2015|3|1|2018|9|30}}
| cabinet = Stefan Löfven
}}
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| order = 4
| image = Kronprinsessan Victoria, prinsessan Estelle och Prins Daniel (cropped).jpg
| military_rank = Brigadier general
| officeholder = Lena Persson Herlitz
| officeholder_sort = Persson Herlitz, Lena
| acting =
| born_year = 1967
| died_year =
| defence_branch = {{sort|1=Navy, Amphibious |2=50px
Navy
{{small|(Amphibious Corps)}} }}
| term_start = 1 February 2019
| term_end = 9 September 2020
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2019|2|1|2020|9|9}}
| cabinet = Stefan Löfven
}}
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| order = 5
| image = Army General Daniel Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau, meets with the Royal Swedish Army and other officials in Sweden in October 2023 - 1 15 (cropped).jpg
| military_rank = Brigadier general
| officeholder = Johan Pekkari
| officeholder_sort = Pekkari, Johan
| acting =
| born_year = ?
| died_year =
| defence_branch = {{sort|1=Army |2=50px
Army }}
| term_start = 10 September 2020
| term_end = 31 December 2022
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2020|9|10|2022|12|31}}
| ref = {{cite journal |url=https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/siteassets/6-aktuellt/forsvarets-forum/2020/forum_2004_webb_lowres-2.pdf |journal=Försvarets forum: Personaltidning för fast anställda och reservofficerare i svenska försvarsmakten |title=PÅ NY POST |year=2020 |publisher=Försvarets forum |location=Stockholm |number=4 |page=10 |id={{SELIBR|4109339}} |issn=1100-8245 |access-date=14 March 2022 |language=sv}}{{cite journal |url=https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/siteassets/6-aktuellt/forsvarets-forum/2022/forum_2206_webb_lowres.pdf |journal=Försvarets forum: Personaltidning för fast anställda och reservofficerare i svenska försvarsmakten |title=PÅ NY POST |year=2022 |publisher=Försvarets forum |number=6 |location=Stockholm |language=sv |id={{SELIBR|4109339}} |page=9}}
| cabinet = Stefan Löfven
}}
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