Jonas Wikström

Wikström was born on 28 June 1962 in {{ill|Enköping Parish|sv|Enköpings församling}} in Enköping, Sweden.{{cite book |title=Sveriges befolkning 1980 |year=2004 |publisher=Sveriges släktforskarförb. |location=Stockholm |language=sv |isbn=91-87676-37-0 |id={{LIBRIS|9632925}}}}

Wikström graduated from the Royal Swedish Naval Academy in 1986 and was commissioned as a naval officer and was assigned as an acting sub-lieutenant to the navy the same year, where he was promoted to sub-lieutenant in 1988.{{cite book |title=Svenska försvarets rulla 1989 |year=1989 |publisher=Försvarets läromedelscentral |location=Stockholm |language=sv |id={{LIBRIS|4109293}} |page=629}} He was promoted to lieutenant commander in 1995 and served in the second half of the 1990s in the 2nd Mine Warfare Division.{{cite book |title=Försvarsmaktens rulla 1995 |year=1995 |publisher=Högkvarteret, Försvarsmakten |location=Stockholm |language=sv |id={{LIBRIS|4343056}} |page=451}}{{cite book |title=Försvarsmaktens rulla 1999 |year=1999 |location=Stockholm |language=sv |id={{LIBRIS|21443548}} |page=413}} He served on fiskeminsvepare ("fishing minesweepers"), coastal minesweepers (Hanö-class and Arkö-class), Landsort-class, and Styrsö-class mine countermeasures vessels.

After promotion to commander, he served as an ADC to His Majesty the King Carl XVI Gustaf from 2001{{cite book |url= |title=Sveriges statskalender 2010 |year=2010 |publisher=Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes |location=Stockholm |language=sv |isbn=978-91-38-32520-9 |id={{SELIBR|11846164}} |page=33}} and head of Marine 3 in the Maritime Component Command in the Joint Forces Command in the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters from 2007 to 2009.{{cite book |url= |editor-last=Spiegelberg |editor-first=Christina |title=Sveriges statskalender 2009 |year=2009 |publisher=Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes |location=Stockholm |language=sv |isbn=978-91-38-32464-6 |id={{SELIBR|11452377}} |page=230}}{{cite book |url= |title=Sveriges statskalender 2010 |year=2010 |publisher=Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes |location=Stockholm |language=sv |isbn=978-91-38-32520-9 |id={{SELIBR|11846164}} |page=229}} In 2009, he was promoted to captain, whereupon he was commander of the 4th Naval Warfare Flotilla from 2009 to 2013.{{cite book |url= |title=Sveriges statskalender 2010 |year=2010 |publisher=Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes |location=Stockholm |language=sv |isbn=978-91-38-32520-9 |id={{SELIBR|11846164}} |page=236}} In 2012, he carried out the Swenex 12-2 military exercise where he was commander of Task Group 04 and was deployed aboard {{HSwMS|Trossö|A264|6}}.{{cite journal |url=https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/siteassets/4-om-myndigheten/dokumentfiler/forsvaretsforum/2012/forsvarets-forum-nr8-2012.pdf |journal=Försvarets forum: Personaltidning för fast anställda och reservofficerare i svenska försvarsmakten |title=Swenex 12-2 är avslutad |first=Magnus |last=Jirlind |year=2012 |publisher=Försvarets forum |number=8 |location=Stockholm |language=sv |id={{LIBRIS|4109339}} |page=13}} Wikström was appointed head of J3 Operations in the Joint Forces Command (Insatsstaben, INSS) in the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters from 1 October 2013.{{cite journal |url=https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/siteassets/4-om-myndigheten/dokumentfiler/forsvaretsforum/2013/20131029-forsvarets-forum-nr7-2013.pdf |journal=Försvarets forum: Personaltidning för fast anställda och reservofficerare i svenska försvarsmakten |title=PÅ NY POST |year=2013 |publisher=Försvarets forum |number=7 |location=Stockholm |language=sv |id={{LIBRIS|4109339}} |page=5}} Wikström served as Operations Commander during a military operation to search for an allegedly damaged foreign submarine in Kanholmsfjärden in the Stockholm archipelago in October 2014.{{cite news |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/L09LxR/forsvaret-vi-tar-det-pa-storsta-allvar |newspaper=Aftonbladet |title=Försvaret: Vi tar det på största allvar |first=John |last=Granlund |first2=Erik |last2=Melin |date=18 October 2014 |access-date=26 May 2023 |language=sv}}

Wikström served as Deputy Operations Commander of the European Union Naval Force Somalia in Operation Atalanta with combating of piracy off the coast of Somalia between 21 January 2016 and 29 June 2016.{{cite web |url=https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/aktuellt/2016/01/svensk-ledning-av-operation-atalanta/ |publisher=Swedish Armed Forces |title=Svensk ledning av operation Atalanta |last=Brännström |first=Filip |date=2016-01-29 |access-date=2021-03-27 |language=sv}}{{cite web |url=https://useuworldaffairs.com/sweden/ |title=The Swedish Naval Leadership in Operation Atalanta |website=www.useuworldaffairs.com |date=August 2016 |access-date=26 May 2023}} He then served until 2 October 2016 in the Joint Forces Command in the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters, after which he attended the Oxford Changing Character of War Program in United Kingdom until 9 December 2016.{{cite journal |url=https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/siteassets/6-aktuellt/forsvarets-forum/2016/forsvarets-forum-4-2016.pdf |journal=Försvarets forum: Personaltidning för fast anställda och reservofficerare i svenska försvarsmakten |title=PÅ NY POST |year=2016 |publisher=Försvarets forum |number=4 |location=Stockholm |language=sv |id={{LIBRIS|4109339}} |page=9}} Wikström was head of the Defence Planning Section (Försvarsplaneringssektionen) in the Policy and Plans Department (Inriktning- och planeringsavdelningen, LEDS INRI) in the Defence Staff in the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters from 1 April 2017 (with appointment no later than 31 March 2020).{{cite journal |url=https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/siteassets/6-aktuellt/forsvarets-forum/2017/forum_1703.pdf |journal=Försvarets forum: Personaltidning för fast anställda och reservofficerare i svenska försvarsmakten |title=PÅ NY POST |year=2017 |publisher=Försvarets forum |number=3 |location=Stockholm |language=sv |id={{LIBRIS|4109339}} |page=8}} Rear admiral (lower half) Wikström was appointed defence attaché at the Embassy of Sweden, Washington, D.C. from 1 March 2021 and was simultaneously appointed rear admiral.{{cite journal |url=https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/siteassets/6-aktuellt/forsvarets-forum/2021/forum_2101_webb_lowres.pdf |journal=Försvarets forum: Personaltidning för fast anställda och reservofficerare i svenska försvarsmakten |title=PÅ NY POST |year=2021 |publisher=Försvarets forum |number=1 |location=Stockholm |language=sv |id={{LIBRIS|4109339}} |page=8}}

Wikström retired in the fall of 2023 and has since been serving part-time as a reserve officer at the Headquarters.{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/seuvd/photos/soss-har-f%C3%A5tt-en-ny-ordf%C3%B6rande-grattis-till-utn%C3%A4mningen-konteramiral-jonas-wikst/764666635781487/?_rdr |publisher=Sjöofficerarnas Enskilda Understödsfond |title=SOSS har fått en ny ordförande! Grattis till utnämningen Konteramiral Jonas Wikström. |date=16 May 2024 |access-date=9 December 2024 |via=Facebook}} On 13 May 2024, he was elected as the new chairman of the Naval Officers' Private Support Fund (Sjöofficerarnas Enskilda Understödsfond, SEU), succeeding Major General Bengt Andersson.

Wikström is married to Johanna. They have two children.

He is a member of the non-profit organization Totalförsvar Öland (Total Defense Öland).

• 1986 – Acting sub-lieutenant
• 1988 – Sub-lieutenant
• ???? – Lieutenant
• 1995 – Lieutenant commander
• ???? – Commander
• 2009 – Captain
• ???? – Rear admiral (lower half)
• 1 March 2021 – Rear admiral

• 50x50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} For Zealous and Devoted Service of the Realm
• 50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} King Carl XVI Gustaf's Jubilee Commemorative Medal II (2013)
• 50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} H. M. The King's Medal, 8th size gold (silver-gilt) medal worn on the chest suspended by the Order of the Seraphim ribbon (2007){{cite web |url=https://www.kungahuset.se/sveriges-monarki/ordnar-och-medaljer/sok-medaljforlaningar?medaljar=2007&medaljtyp=0&medaljnamn=Wikstr%C3%B6m#! |publisher=Royal Court of Sweden |title=Sök medaljförläningar |accessdate=27 March 2023 |language=sv}}
• 50x50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Swedish Armed Forces Conscript Medal
• 50x50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} 4th Naval Mine Warfare Flotilla Commemorative Medal (4. minkrigsflottiljens minnesmedalj)

etc.

• 50px {{flagicon|Italy}} Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (14 January 2019){{cite web |url=https://www.quirinale.it/onorificenze/insigniti/355264 |publisher=Quirinal Palace |title=Wikström Cap. N Jonas |website=www.quirinale.it |accessdate=27 March 2023 |language=it}}
• 50x50px {{flagicon|Iceland}} Grand Knight's Cross of the Order of the Falcon (17 January 2018){{cite web |url=https://www.forseti.is/f%C3%A1lkaor%C3%B0an/orduhafaskra/# |publisher=President of Iceland |title=ORÐUHAFASKRÁ |accessdate=27 March 2023 |language=is}}
• 50x50px {{flagicon|EU}} European Security and Defence Policy Service Medal – EUNAVFOR ATALANTA
• 50px {{flagicon|Portugal}} Commander of the Military Order of Aviz (2 May 2008){{cite web |url=https://www.ordens.presidencia.pt/?idc=154&list=1 |publisher=Grand Master of Portuguese Honorary Orders |title=ENTIDADES ESTRANGEIRAS AGRACIADAS COM ORDENS PORTUGUESAS |trans-title=FOREIGN ENTITIES AWARDED WITH PORTUGUESE ORDERS |access-date=14 April 2025 |language=pt}}

etc.

• Member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences (2009){{cite journal|date=2009|first=Bo|journal=Tidskrift i sjöväsendet|last=Rask|pages=258|title=Meddelande från Kungl. Örlogsmannasällskapet|url=https://www.koms.se/content/uploads/2013/06/TiS-nr-4-2009.pdf}}
• Honorary chairman of Kamratföreningen Flottans män{{cite web |url=https://flottansman.se/stockholm/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/06/2020-AS-Verksahetsberattelse.pdf |publisher=Kamratföreningen Flottans män |website=www.flottansman.se |title=Verksamhetsberättelse år 2020 för Kamratföreningen Flottans Män i Stockholm |page=1 |date=2021-03-17 |access-date=26 May 2023 |language=sv}}

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