This is a list of lieutenant generals in the Swedish Army since 1900. The grade of lieutenant general (or three-star general[a]) is ordinarily the second-highest in the peacetime Army, ranking above major general and below general. The lieutenant general was originally the general's deputy (locum tenens) or closest man. The lieutenant general was usually the commander of a division.[1]
Historically, during the 20th century, some major generals were promoted to lieutenant general, and some lieutenants general were promoted to full general in connection with their retirement and thus never served in their new rank.
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),[b] positions held as lieutenant general, and other biographical notes.[c]
Name | Photo | Date of rank | Date vacated | Yrs[b] | Position | Notes[c] | Ref | |
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1 | Hampus Elliot | 21 Jan 1901 | 1903 | 3 |
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(1835–1905) | [2] | |
2 | Gustaf Anton Bråkenhielm | 7 Jun 1901 | 1 Jul 1904 | 3 |
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(1837–1922) | [3] | |
3 | Jesper Crusebjörn | 7 Jun 1901 | 27 Jul 1903 | 2 |
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(1843–1904) | [4] | |
4 | Hemming Gadd | 12 Aug 1902 | 8 Nov 1905 | 3 |
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(1837–1915) Promoted to general, 1905 | [5][6][7] | |
5 | Carl Munck | 12 Aug 1902 | 7 Nov 1902 | 0 |
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(1836–1905) | [8][9][10] | |
6 | Carl Wilhelm Ericson | 23 Aug 1902 | 23 Feb 1906 | 4 |
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(1840–1928) | [11] | |
8 | Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland | 30 Sep 1904 | 1908 | 4 |
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(1861–1951) Promoted to general, 1908 | [12] | |
8 | Carl Warberg | 1905 | 1910 | 5 |
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(1845–1910) Died in office. | [13][14] | |
9 | Wilhelm Stjernstedt | 1905 | 1907 | 2 |
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(1841–1919) | [15] | |
10 | Carl Axel Nordenskjöld | 1908 | 1911 | 3 |
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(1846–1924) | [16] | |
11 | Gustaf Uggla | 1908 | 1913 | 5 |
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(1846–1924) Promoted to general, 1913 | [17] | |
* | Gustaf Björlin | 11 Dec 1908 | 11 Dec 1908 | 0 |
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(1845–1922) | [18] | |
12 | Knut Gillis Bildt | 28 Oct 1910 | 14 Jul 1919 | 9 |
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(1854–1927) Promoted to general, 14 Jul 1919 | [19] | |
13 | Fredrik Leth | 30 Sep 1910 | 1915 | 5 |
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(1850–1919) | [20] | |
14 | Axel von Matern | 27 Oct 1911 | 2 Jul 1915 | 4 |
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(1848–1920) | [21] | |
15 | Lars Tingsten | 1913 | 1922 | 9 |
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(1857–1937) Promoted to general, 1922. | [22] | |
16 | Olof Malm | 20 May 1914 | 30 Mar 1917 | 3 |
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(1851–1939) | [23] | |
17 | Edvard Brändström | 20 May 1914 | 1920 | 6 |
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(1850–1921) | [24] | |
* | Fredrik Holmquist | 10 Apr 1915 | 10 Apr 1915 | 0 |
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(1847–1927) | [25] | |
* | Ludvig Munthe | 10 Apr 1915 | 10 Apr 1915 | 0 |
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(1849–1937) | [26] | |
18 | Christofer von Platen | 1915 | 1915 | 0 |
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(1852–1924) | [27] | |
19 | Hugo Jungstedt | 9 Mar 1917 | 28 Mar 1919 | 2 |
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(1854–1936) | [28] | |
20 | Gustaf Wrangel | 5 Jun 1917 | 12 Sep 1919 | 2 |
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(1858–1923) | ||
21 | Erik Bergström | 14 Jul 1919 | 4 Apr 1922 | 3 |
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(1857–1937) | [29] | |
22 | Pehr Hasselrot | 1921 | 1926 | 5 |
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(1861–1937) | [30] | |
23 | David Hedengren | 1922 | 1923 | 1 |
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(1858–1946) | [31] | |
24 | Constantin Fallenius | 1922 | 1927 | 5 |
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(1862–1932) | [32] | |
25 | Axel Odelstierna | 1922 | 1923 | 1 |
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(1858–1935) | [33] | |
* | Bror Munck | 13 Oct 1922 | 13 Oct 1922 | 0 |
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(1857–1935) | [34] | |
26 | Fredrik Frölich | 26 May 1922 | 1 Nov 1926 | 4 |
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(1861–1933) | [35] | |
27 | Axel Carleson | 1923 | 1926 | 3 |
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(1861–1951) | [36] | |
28 | Emil Mörcke | 30 Nov 1923 | 13 Jun 1926 | 3 |
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(1861–1951) | [37] | |
29 | Thorsten Rudenschöld | 1924 | 1926 | 2 |
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(1863–1926) Died in office. | [38] | |
30 | Karl Toll | 1925 | 1927 | 2 |
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(1862–1936) | [39] | |
31 | Vilhelm Rappe | 1925 | 1928 | 3 |
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(1863–1939) | [40] | |
32 | Carl Gustaf Hammarskjöld | 23 Apr 1926 | 23 Apr 1930 | 4 |
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(1865–1940) Promoted to general, 23 Apr 1930. | [41] | |
33 | Lars Sparre | 1926 | 1929 | 3 |
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(1864–1947) | [42][43] | |
* | His Royal Highness, Duke of Scania | 1928 | 1932 | 4 |
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(1882–1973) Promoted to general, 1932 | [44] | |
* | Joachim Åkerman | 1928 | 1928 | 0 |
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(1868–1958) | [45] | |
* | Georg Nyström | 1928 | 1928 | 0 |
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(1865–1942) | [46] | |
34 | Reinhold von Rosen | 1929 | 1930 | 1 |
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(1865–1946) | [47] | |
35 | Henri de Champs | 25 Apr 1930 | 1930 | 1 |
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(1869–1948) | [48] | |
36 | Ludvig Hammarskiöld | 20 Jan 1933 | 1934 | 2 |
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(1869–1958) | [49] | |
* | John Nauckhoff | 17 Feb 1933 | 17 Feb 1933 | 0 |
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(1867–1953) | [50] | |
* | Peter Hegardt | 9 Jun 1933 | 9 Jun 1933 | 0 |
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(1868–1945) | [51] | |
* | Carl Sjögreen | 1933 | 1933 | 0 |
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(1868–1958) | [52] | |
37 | Axel Sjögreen | 1933 | 1935 | 2 |
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(1870–1959) | [53] | |
* | Bo Boustedt | 1933 | 1933 | 0 |
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(1868–1939) | [54] | |
38 | Gösta Lilliehöök | 21 Dec 1934 | 1936 | 2 |
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(1871–1952) | [55] | |
39 | Axel Hultkrantz | 28 Apr 1933 | 11 Apr 1935 | 2 |
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(1870–1955) | [56] | |
40 | Olof Thörnell | 1 Jul 1936 | 1 Jan 1940 | 4 |
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(1877–1977) Promoted to general, 1 Jan 1940. | [57] | |
41 | Oscar Nygren | 1 Jul 1936 | 1 Oct 1937 | 1 |
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(1872–1960) Promoted to general, 1 Oct 1937. | [58] | |
42 | Axel Lyström | 23 May 1937 | 1 Oct 1937 | 0 |
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(1873–1945) | [59] | |
43 | Per Sylvan | 1 Oct 1937 | 1 Oct 1940 | 3 |
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(1875–1945) | [60] | |
44 | Lennart Lilliehöök | 23 May 1937 | 30 Sep 1937 [d] | 0 |
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(1872–1950) | [61] | |
* | Oscar Osterman | 1939 | 1939 | 0 |
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(1874–1956) | [62] | |
* | Pontus Reuterswärd | 1939 | 1939 | 0 |
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(1871–1949) | [63] | |
45 | Ivar Holmquist | 1 Oct 1940 | 31 Mar 1944 | 3 |
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(1879–1954) | [64] | |
46 | Erik Testrup | 1943 | 1943 | 0 |
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(1878–1972) | [65] | |
47 | Helge Jung | 1 Jan 1944 | 1 Apr 1944 | 0 |
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(1886–1978) Promoted to general, 1 Apr 1944. | [66] | |
48 | Archibald Douglas | 1944 | 1948 | 4 |
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(1883–1960) | [67] | |
* | Erik af Edholm | 1944 | 1944 | 0 |
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(1878–1954) | [68] | |
* | Martin Hanngren | 1945 | 1945 | 0 |
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(1880–1945) | [69] | |
49 | Helge Söderbom | 1946 | 1946 | 0 |
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(1881–1975) | [70] | |
50 | Ernst af Klercker | 1 Mar 1947 | 1 Apr 1947 | 0 |
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(1881–1955) | [71] | |
* | Ivar Gewert | 1957 | 1957 | 0 |
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(1891–1971) | [72] | |
51 | Carl August Ehrensvärd | 1948 | 1957 | 9 |
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(1892–1974) Promoted to general, 1957. | [73] | |
* | Axel Bredberg | 1949 | 1949 | 0 |
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(1884–1960) | [74] | |
* | Folke Högberg | 1 Apr 1949 | 1949 | 1 |
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(1884–1972) | [75] | |
* | Hugo Cederschiöld | 1950 | 1950 | 0 |
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(1878–1968) Promoted to general, 1963 | [77] | |
52 | Nils Swedlund | 1 Feb 1951 | 1 Apr 1951 | 0 |
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(1898–1965) Promoted to general, 1 Apr 1951 | [78] | |
53 | Henry Kellgren | 20 Sep 1951 | 30 Sep 1951 | 0 |
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(1886–1954) | [79] | |
* | Henry Tottie | 1951 | 1951 | 0 |
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(1888–1952) | [80] | |
* | Samuel Åkerhielm | 1953 | 1953 | 0 |
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(1887–1976) | [81] | |
* | Sven Colliander | 1955 | 1955 | 0 |
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(1890–1961) | [82] | |
54 | Thord Bonde | 1957 | 1963 | 6 |
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(1900–1969) Promoted to general, 1963 | [83] | |
* | Ivar Backlund | 1957 | 1957 | 0 |
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(1892–1969) | [84] | |
* | Gustaf Dyrssen | 1957 | 1957 | 0 |
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(1891–1981) | [85] | |
* | Birger Hedqvist | 1 Oct 1959 | 1959 | 0 |
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(1894–1964) | [86] | |
* | Sven Salander | 1959 | 1959 | 0 |
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(1894–1965) | [87] | |
* | Carl Årmann | 1960 | 1960 | 0 |
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(1894–1988) | [88] | |
* | Harald Hægermark | 1960 | 1960 | 0 |
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(1894–1965) | [89] | |
* | Bert Carpelan | 1961 | 1961 | 0 |
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(1895–1981) | [90] | |
* | Viking Tamm | 1961 | 1961 | 0 |
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(1896–1975) | [91] | |
55 | Curt Göransson | 1963 | 1969 | 6 |
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(1909–1996) Promoted to general, 1969 | [92] | |
* | Richard Åkerman | 1963 | 1963 | 0 |
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(1898–1981) | [93] | |
* | Nils Björk | 1963 | 1963 | 0 |
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(1898–1989) | [94] | |
* | Hilding Kring | 1 Oct 1964 | 1 Oct 1964 | 0 |
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(1913–2001) | [95] | |
* | Edward Malm | 1964 | 1964 | 0 |
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(1899–1983) | [96] | |
56 | Carl Eric Almgren | 1966 | 1976 | 10 |
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(1913–2001) Promoted to general, 1976 | [97] | |
57 | Arne Mohlin | 1966 | 1972 | 6 |
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(1909–1992) | [98] | |
58 | Gustav Åkerman | 1966 | 1967 | 1 |
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(1901–1988) | [99] | |
* | Regner Leuhusen | 1966 | 1966 | 0 |
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(1900–1994) | [100] | |
59 | Stig Synnergren | 1 Apr 1967 | 1 Oct 1970 | 4 |
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(1915–2004) Promoted to general, 1 Oct 1970 | [101] | |
* | Malcolm Murray | 1968 | 1968 | 0 |
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(1904–1995) | [102] | |
* | Fale Burman | 1968 | 1968 | 0 |
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(1903–1973) | [103] | |
60 | Ove Ljung | 1969 | 1974 | 5 |
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(1918–1997) | [104] | |
* | Karl Gustaf Brandberg | 1971 | 1971 | 0 |
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(1905–1997) | [105] | |
61 | Karl Eric Holm | 1972 | 1983 | 11 |
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(1919–2016) | [106] | |
* | Tage Olihn | 1973 | 1973 | 0 |
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(1908–1996) | [107] | |
* | Stig Löfgren | 1973 | 1973 | 0 |
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(1912–1998) | [108] | |
* | Erik Rosengren | 1973 | 1973 | 0 |
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(1908–1988) | [109] | |
62 | Nils Sköld | 1974 | 1984 | 10 |
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(1921–1996) | [110] | |
* | Sten Wåhlin | 1974 | 1974 | 0 |
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(1914–1981) | [111] | |
* | Bengt Liljestrand | 1975 | 1975 | 0 | (1919–2000) | [112] | ||
63 | Lennart Ljung | 1 Oct 1976 | 1 Oct 1978 | 2 |
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(1915–2004) Promoted to general, 1 Oct 1978 | [113] | |
64 | Karl-Gösta Lundmark | 1976 | 1980 | 4 |
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(1919–1995) | [114] | |
65 | Erik G. Bengtsson | 1980 | 1990 | 10 |
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(1928–) | [115] | |
66 | Bengt Gustafsson | 1984 | 1 Oct 1986 | 2 |
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(1933–2019) Promoted to general, 1 Oct 1986 | [116] | |
67 | Carl Björeman | 1984 | 1988 | 4 |
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(1924–2020) | [117] | |
68 | Lars-Eric Wahlgren | 1 Jul 1988 | 1993 | 5 | (1929–1999) | [118] | ||
69 | Gustaf Welin | 1988 | 1992 | 4 |
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(1930–2008) | [119] | |
70 | Åke Sagrén | 1988 | 1996 | 0 |
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(1935–2022) | ||
71 | Curt Sjöö | 1990 | 1996 | 6 |
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(1937–) | [120] | |
72 | Percurt Green | 1994 | 2000 | 6 |
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(1939–) | [121] | |
73 | Sven-Åke Jansson | 1 Jul 1994 | 1998 | 4 |
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(1937–2014) | [122][123] | |
74 | Folke Rehnström | 1996 | 2002 | 6 |
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(1942–2020) | ||
75 | Mertil Melin | 1 Apr 1996 | 2000 | 5 |
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(1945–2023) | ||
76 | Johan Hederstedt | 1998 | 1 Jul 2000 | 2 |
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(1943–) Promoted to general, 1 Jul 2000 | ||
77 | Hans Berndtson | 1 Jul 1998 | 2005 | 7 |
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(1945–) | ||
78 | Johan Kihl | 2000 | 2004 | 4 |
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(1946–) | ||
79 | Claes-Göran Fant | 1 Sep 2005 | 2007 | 2 |
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(1951–) | ||
80 | Sverker Göranson | 2007 | 25 Mar 2009 | 1 |
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(1954–) Promoted to general, 25 Mar 2009 | ||
81 | Anders Lindström | 13 Dec 2007 | 2011 | 4 |
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(1955–) | ||
82 | Göran Mårtensson | 2014 | 2016 | 2 |
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(1960–) | ||
83 | Dennis Gyllensporre | 2014 | 2021 | 7 |
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(1964–) | ||
84 | Michael Claesson | 10 Sep 2020 | 30 Sep 2024 | 4 |
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(1965–) Promoted to general, 1 Oct 2024 |