His Majesty's Military Staff
{{Short description|Swedish military unit}}
File:Peder_Ohlsson.jpg, Chief of His Majesty's Military Staff.]]
His Majesty's Military Staff{{efn|According to the name tag of Chief of Staff Håkan Pettersson pictured [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:H%C3%A5kan_Petterson.jpg here].}} ({{langx|sv|H.M. Konungens stab}}) is the military staff of the Swedish monarch and functions as a unit of the Royal Court. It is led by the chief of staff and supports the King and the Royal Family at official ceremonies, military exercises and representations. The chief of staff also participates in state visits. The staff belongs to the Swedish Armed Forces and is subordinate to the King directly. The chief of staff shall also assist the King with an on duty aide-de-camp. The King and the Crown Princess have twelve aides-de-camp each and they serve a month a year as on duty aides-de-camp. Their guard list is determined by the chief of staff. Prince Carl Philip has two aides-de-camp. These support the Prince during the year at the times when he has official missions and requests an aide-de-camp.{{cite web |url=http://www.kungahuset.se/monarkinhovstaterna/hovstaternasorganisation/hmkonungensstab.4.19ae4931022afdcff3800017274.html |publisher=Royal Court of Sweden |title=H.M. Konungens stab |trans-title=His Majesty's Military Staff |access-date=22 November 2017 |language=sv |archive-date=7 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107235601/http://www.kungahuset.se/monarkinhovstaterna/hovstaternasorganisation/hmkonungensstab.4.19ae4931022afdcff3800017274.html |url-status=dead }} Since 2023, Major General Peder Ohlsson serves as chief of staff.{{cite web |url=https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/aktuellt/2023/09/anna-siverstig-blir-ny-kommunikationsdirektor/ |publisher=Swedish Armed Forces |title=Anna Siverstig ny kommunikationsdirektör, Peder Ohlsson blir chef för H.M. Konungens stab |date=19 September 2023 |access-date=25 September 2023 |language=sv}}
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Uniform
The chief of staff wears a large aiguillette m/1816 and guard stick m/1793. The stick is provided with a twist of black silk with two black tassels. An officer in the staff carries the king's royal cypher of gold-colored metal.{{cite book |url=http://www.forsvarsmakten.se/upload/dokumentfiler/uniformer/8_Tjanstetecken.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111205044537/http://www.forsvarsmakten.se/upload/dokumentfiler/uniformer/8_Tjanstetecken.pdf |title=Reglemente: uniformsbestämmelser 2009 : Unibest FM 2009 |publisher=Swedish Armed Forces |location=Stockholm |language=sv |id=M7739-350014 |date=2011-09-01 |archive-date=5 December 2011 |pages=82, 187, 2014}}
Chiefs of Staff
The head of the staff is called either First Aide-de-Camp and Chief of the King's Staff ({{langx|sv|Förste adjutant och chef för H.M. Konungens stab}}){{cite book |year=1963 |title=Sveriges statskalender. 1963 |location=Uppsala |publisher=Fritzes offentliga publikationer |language=sv |url=https://runeberg.org/statskal/1963/0339.html |page=339}} or Chief Principal Aide-de-Camp to the King ({{langx|sv|Chef för H.M. Konungens stab}}).{{cite book |last=Gullberg |first=Ingvar E. |title=Svensk-engelsk fackordbok för näringsliv, förvaltning, undervisning och forskning |trans-title=A Swedish-English dictionary of technical terms used in business, industry, administration, education and research |edition=2nd |year=1977 |publisher=Norstedt |location=Stockholm |language=sv |isbn=91-1-775052-0 |id={{LIBRIS|8345587}} |page=874 |url=https://runeberg.org/svenfack/0894.html}}
;During the reign of Oscar II
- 1872–1905: General Sven Lagerberg
- 1905–1907: General Hemming Gadd
;During the reign of Gustaf V
- 1908–1909: Major General Carl Rosenblad (acting)
- 1909–1910: Lieutenant General Carl Warberg
- 1910–1923: Lieutenant General{{efn|Promoted to general in 1913.{{cite book |url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1918/0397.html |editor1-last=Thyselius |editor1-first=Erik |year=1918 |title=Vem är det? 1918: Uppslags- och handbok över samtida kända svenska män och kvinnor |location=Stockholm |publisher=P. A. Norstedt & Söners |language=sv |pages=393-394}}}} Gustaf Uggla
- 1924–1944: Admiral Carl August Ehrensvärd
- 1944–1950: General Olof Thörnell
;During the reign of Gustaf VI Adolf
- 1950–1963: Lieutenant General Hugo Cederschiöld
- 1963–1969: General Thord Bonde
- 1969–1973: Lieutenant General Gustav Åkerman
;During the reign of Carl XVI Gustaf
- 1973–1978: Lieutenant General Malcolm Murray
- 1978–1986: General Stig Synnergren
- 1986–1990: General Lennart Ljung
- 1990–1997: Admiral Bror Stefenson
- 1997–2003: Lieutenant General Curt Sjöö
- 2003–2007: Vice Admiral Frank Rosenius
- 2007–2018: Major General Håkan Pettersson
- 1 October 2018–2023: Lieutenant General Jan Salestrand
- 1 October 2023–present: Major General Peder Ohlsson
Footnotes
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See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.kungahuset.se/monarkinhovstaterna/hovstaternasorganisation/hmkonungensstab.4.19ae4931022afdcff3800017274.html Official site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107235601/http://www.kungahuset.se/monarkinhovstaterna/hovstaternasorganisation/hmkonungensstab.4.19ae4931022afdcff3800017274.html |date=2017-11-07 }} {{in lang|sv}}