Berndt Grundevik

Birth name| Berndt Karl Allan Grundevik
Born|  (1956-11-05) 5 November 1956 (age 68)
Uddevalla, Sweden
Allegiance| Sweden
Service / branch| Swedish Army
Years of service| 1979–2017
Rank| Major General
Unit| I 17 (1976, 1979-80)
UNEF II (1977)
I 1 (1981-85)
UNFICYP (1985-86)
I 22 (1988-89)
etc
Commands|

* Life Regiment Hussars
* Inspector of the Army
* NNSC
* Deputy Chief of Joint Operations

Major General Berndt Karl Allan Grundevik (born 5 November 1956) is senior retired Swedish Army officer. Grundevik served as Inspector of the Army (2007–2012), as head of the Swedish Delegation to the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission (NNSC) in Korea (2013–2015) and as Deputy Chief of Joint Operations (2016–2017).

## Career

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Grundevik started his military career as a conscript at Bohuslän Regiment (I 17) in Uddevalla in 1976. As a conscript squadleader, he served in the Sinai Peninsula during 1977, before starting his training to become a commissioned officer.[1] Grundevik went reserve officer training from 1978 to 1979 and was deputy platoon leader for the anti-tank warfare platoon at Bohuslän Regiment from 1979 to 1980 and then attended the Royal Military Academy in Stockholm from 1980 to 1981.[2] He was commissioned as a lieutenant in 1981 as rifle platoon commander at the Svea Life Guards (I 1), where he served as platoon commander until 1985. During this period, he was promoted to captain in 1983.[1]

Grundevik served in the UN mission in Cyprus as a platoon commander from 1985 to 1986 and attended the staff course of the Swedish National Defence College from 1987 to 1988.[2] After graduating from the Swedish National Defence College in 1988, he was commissioned as company commander at the Lapland Ranger Regiment (I 22), a position where he stayed for two years and was promoted to major in 1989, until heading south to the Infantry Combat School (Infanteriets stridskola) as an instructor from 1990 to 1992.[1] From 1992 to 1994, Grundevik attended the advanced course of the Swedish National Defence College. After graduation, and now as a general staff officer, he served as ADC to the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Åke Sagrén for the following two years.[2] Finishing the service in the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters, he once again returned to the academic world, this time as a deputy course director at the Swedish National Defence College. As a newly promoted lieutenant colonel in 1997, he was assigned to the Life Guards Brigade (Livgardesbrigaden, MekIB 1) in Kungsängen as deputy commander.[1]

In 1999, he was assigned to the Swedish National Defence College as course director for the advanced course. He was promoted to colonel in 2000, and between 2002 and 2005, he was assigned to be commanding officer at the Life Regiment Hussars (K 3) in Karlsborg. During this assignment, he also served as Senior Operations Officer/CJOC in NATO CJTF Staff in Istanbul, Turkey for a shorter period.[1] After leaving the Life Regiments Hussars, he returned to the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters as Chief of Planning, Plans and Policy in 2005 and was promoted to brigadier general. Grundevik attended the Senior Officers’ International Defence Management Course, and the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, United States in July 2006. In January 2007, he was assigned the position of Task Force Commander (COM MNTF C) in Kosovo for six months.[1]

Grundevik was promoted to major general on 13 December 2007 shortly after being appointed Inspector of the Army and head of the Army Tactical Staff.[2] He served in this position until 13 September 2012, when he assumed the position of Acting Deputy Chief of Joint Operations in the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters in Stockholm.[3] Between 27 September 2013 and 29 April 2015 he was head of the Swedish delegation to the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission (NNSC) in Korea.[4][5] Between 9 September and 31 December 2015 he was appointed as a special investigator in the Training & Procurement Staff in the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters.[6] On 1 June 2016, Grundevik was appointed Deputy Chief of Joint Operations.[7] He retired in November 2017.

## Dates of rank

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Dates of rank:[2]

* 1979 – Reserve officer
* 1981 – Lieutenant
* 1983 – Captain
* 1989 – Major
* 1997 – Lieutenant colonel
* 2000 – Colonel
* 2005 – Brigadier general
* 2007 – Major general

## Awards and decorations

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* Swedish Armed Forces Conscript Medal
* Swedish Armed Forces Reserve Officer Medal
* For Zealous and Devoted Service of the Realm
* Swedish Armed Forces International Service Medal
* Home Guard Silver Medal
* Commemorative Medal of the Nobel Prize to the UN Peacekeeping Forces (Medaljen till minne av Nobels fredspris till FNs fredsbevarande styrkor, NobelFNSMM)
* Air Defence Regiment (Lv 6) Medal of Merit (Luftvärnsregementets (Lv 6) förtjänstmedalj)
* Swedish Reserve Officers Federation Merit Badge (Förbundet Sveriges Reservofficerares förtjänsttecken)
* Swedish Deligation to NNSC Medal (Koreamedaljen)
* Psychologic Defence Associations of the Total Defence Medal of Merit (Totalförsvarets psykförsvarsförbunds förtjänstmedalj, TfpsykfbGM/SM) (Criscom) (2010)[8]

### Foreign

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* Commander of the Legion of Merit (2012[9] and 2015[10])
* Korea Defense Service Medal (2015)
* Order of National Security Merit, 3rd Grade (Cheonsu Medal) (2015)
* United Nations Medal (UNEF II), Israel
* United Nations Medal (UNFICYP), Cyprus
* NATO Non-Article 5 medal for the Balkans (2007)
* Cross for the Four Day Marches

## Honours

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* Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (9 April 2007)[11]
* Senior Fellow of New Westminster College, New Westminster, Canada[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g "Major General Berndt Grundevik, SFNWC". New Westminster College. 9 July 2015. Archived from the original on 28 November 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
2. ^ a b c d e Haglund, Sven-Åke (2012). "Grundevik lämnar jobbet som arméinspektör" (PDF). Arménytt (in Swedish) (2). Stockholm: Arméledningen: 40. SELIBR 3404334. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
3. ^ "Nya chefer utnämnda" (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 4 June 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
4. ^ "Chefsbyte NNSC" (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 22 October 2013. Archived from the original on 2 September 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
5. ^ "Chefsbyte i Sydkorea" (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
6. ^ "På ny post" (PDF). Försvarets forum: personaltidning för fast anställda och reservofficerare i svenska försvarsmakten (in Swedish) (4). Stockholm: Försvarets forum: 9. 2015. SELIBR 4109339.
7. ^ "Jan Thörnqvist ny insatschef" (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
8. ^ "Medalj till Arméinspektören". www.forsvarsutbildarna.se (in Swedish). Swedish Federation for Voluntary Defence Education and Training. 2010-06-11. Retrieved 26 May 2017.[permanent dead link‍]
9. ^ Gustafsson, Torbjörn F (10 September 2012). "Kadetter fick värdefulla råd av amerikansk general" (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
10. ^ "Today we bid farewell..." United States Forces Korea. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2021 - via Facebook.
11. ^ Åkerman, Kim (2007). "Kungl Krigsvetenskapsakademiens årsberättelse 2007" (PDF). Kungl. Krigsvetenskapsakademiens handlingar och tidskrift (in Swedish) (6). Stockholm: Kungl. Krigsvetenskapsakademien: 15. SELIBR 3417415.

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Military offices

Preceded by

Sverker Göranson

|  Inspector of the Army
2007–2012  | Succeeded by

Anders Brännström

Preceded by

Anders Grenstad

|  Head of Swedish Delegation to NNSC
2013–2015  | Succeeded by

Mats Engman

Preceded by

Anders Grenstad

|  Deputy Chief of Joint Operations
2016–2017  | Succeeded by

Urban Molin