Quartermaster-General of the Swedish Army

Military appointment of Sweden

Quartermaster-General, Major General Hilding Kring at the last plenary session of the Royal Swedish Army Supply Administration in June 1963.

The Quartermaster-General of the Swedish Army[1] (Swedish: generalintendenten, genint) was a general officer who was responsible for the Swedish Army Quartermaster Corps, the quartermaster branch of the Swedish Army.

## History

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In Sweden, the Quartermaster General was the highest commander of an army's commissariat service; between 1796 and 1814 it was the name of the chief of the General War Commissariat (Generalkrigskommissariatet), and between 1850 and 1865 the name of the chief of the Commissary Department in the War College, and finally from 1865 the name of the chief of the Royal Swedish Army Materiel Administration's Quartermaster Department (from 1880 also head of the Swedish Army Quartermaster Corps).[2] The Quartermaster General was responsible for the army's clothing and provisioning, maintenance and remounting, in war also for the General Staff's finances and the accounting thereof.[3]

The Quartermaster General, who commanded the Swedish Army Quartermaster Corps, also commanded the Royal Swedish Army Materiel Administration's Quartermasters Department and he was also, from 1914, the Inspector of the Quartermaster Service Troops (Intendenturtrupperna, Int) and regarding the training of these troops, he had similar duties as other branch inspectors. In his capacity as head of the Swedish Army Quartermaster Corps and Inspector of the Quartermaster Service Troops, he was assisted most closely by personnel of the Quartermaster Staff (Intendenturstaben).[4]

In the Swedish Navy, in 1789, a Quartermaster General was appointed, in whose hand the entire economic board rested. The office was abolished in 1794.[5]

## Quartermasters General

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Portrait  | Quartermaster General | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch | Monarch | Ref.

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| af Billbergh, Johan PeterJohan Peter af Billbergh
(1776–1850)
Acting| 14 July 1812| ?| 0 years| –| Charles XIII| [6]

| Sandels, GöstaLieutenant colonel[a]
Gösta Sandels
(1815–1914)
Acting| 1853| 1858| 4–5 years|
Army| Oscar I
Charles XV| [8][7]

| Sandels, GöstaLieutenant general[b]
Gösta Sandels
(1815–1914)| 1858| 1883| 24–25 years|
Army| Oscar I
Charles XV
Oscar II| [8]

| Palmstierna, HjalmarMajor general[c]
Hjalmar Palmstierna
(1836–1909)| 26 February 1883| 1892| 8–9 years|
Army| Oscar II| [9]

| Oxehufvud, ChristerColonel
Christer Oxehufvud
(1831–1917)
Acting| 15 March 1889| 1890| 0–1 years|
Army| Oscar II| [10]

| Thorén, AdamMajor general
Adam Thorén
(1835–1907)| 1892| 1896| 3–4 years|
Army| Oscar II| -

| Berg, RichardMajor general
Richard Berg
(1843–1924)| 13 November 1896| 1904| 7–8 years|
Army| Oscar II| [11]

| Bildt, Knut GillisMajor general
Knut Gillis Bildt
(1854–1927)| 29 January 1904| 1905| 0–1 years|
Army| Oscar II| [12]

| Holmquist, FredrikFredrik Holmquist
(1847–1927)| 3 November 1905| 10 April 1915| 9 years, 158 days|
Army| Oscar II
Gustaf V| [13]

| Frölich, FredrikMajor general
Fredrik Frölich
(1861–1933)| 10 April 1915| 1926| 10–11 years|
Army| Gustaf V| [14]

| Hultkrantz, AxelLieutenant general[d]
Axel Hultkrantz
(1870–1955)| 1 November 1926| 11 April 1935| 8 years, 161 days|
Army| Gustaf V| [15]

| Söderbom, HelgeMajor general
Helge Söderbom
(1881–1975)| 1935| 1946| 10–11 years|
Army| Gustaf V| [16]

| Gewert, IvarMajor general
Ivar Gewert
(1891–1971)| 1946| 1957| 10–11 years|
Army| Gustaf V
Gustaf VI Adolf| [17]

| Kring, HildingMajor general
Hilding Kring
(1899–1971)| 1 April 1957| 30 June 1963| 6 years, 90 days|
Army| Gustaf VI Adolf| [18]

## Footnotes

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1. ^ Took office as captain in 1853, was promoted to major in 1854 and to lieutenant colonel in 1856.[7]
2. ^ Took office as lieutenant colonel in 1858, was promoted to colonel in 1862, to major general in 1864 and to lieutenant general on the reserve list in 1882.[8][7]
3. ^ Took office as colonel on 26 February 1883 and was promoted to major general on 14 January 1887.[9]
4. ^ Took office as major general on 1 November 1926 and was promoted to lieutenant general on 28 April 1933.[15]

## References

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### Notes

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1. ^ Gullberg 1977, p. 290
2. ^ "Generalintendent". Svenska Akademiens ordbok (in Swedish). Swedish Academy. 1928. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
3. ^ "Generalintendent". Förvaltningshistorisk ordbok (in Swedish). Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland. 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
4. ^ Betänkande och förslag rörande den centrala försvarsförvaltningen. Statens offentliga utredningar, 0375-250X; 1927:29 (in Swedish). Stockholm. 1927. p. 30\. SELIBR 1334799.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
5. ^ Westrin 1908, p. 906
6. ^ Forssell 1924, p. 352
7. ^ a b c Dahl & Bohman 1949, p. 506
8. ^ a b c Gidlöf 2000–2002, p. 351
9. ^ a b Nevéus 1992–1994, p. 696
10. ^ "Oxehufvud nr 102". www.adelsvapen.com (in Swedish). Retrieved 24 August 2021.
11. ^ Jacobson 1922, p. 433
12. ^ Boëthius 1924, p. 336
13. ^ Wikland 1971–1973c, p. 286
14. ^ Wikland 1964–1966, p. 640
15. ^ a b Wikland 1971–1973b, p. 464
16. ^ Lagerström 1968, p. 931
17. ^ Lagerström 1968, p. 309
18. ^ Wikland 1975–1977b, p. 557

### Print

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* Dahl, Torsten; Bohman, Nils, eds. (1949). Svenska män och kvinnor: biografisk uppslagsbok. 6 P-Sheldon (in Swedish). Stockholm: Bonnier. SELIBR 53805.
* Boëthius, B. (1924). "Knut Gillis Bildt". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 4\. National Archives of Sweden. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
* Forssell, A. (1924). "Johan Peter Billbergh, af". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 4\. National Archives of Sweden. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
* Gidlöf, Leif (2000–2002). "Johan August Sandels". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 31\. National Archives of Sweden. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
* Gullberg, Ingvar E. (1977). Svensk-engelsk fackordbok för näringsliv, förvaltning, undervisning och forskning [A Swedish-English dictionary of technical terms used in business, industry, administration, education and research] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Norstedt. ISBN 91-1-775052-0. SELIBR 8345587.
* Jacobson, G. (1922). "Richard V T Berg". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 3\. National Archives of Sweden. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
* Nevéus, Torgny (1992–1994). "N A Hjalmar Palmstierna". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 28\. National Archives of Sweden. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
* Lagerström, Sten, ed. (1968). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1969 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1969] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. SELIBR 3681519.
* Westrin, Theodor, ed. (1908). Nordisk familjebok: konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi (in Swedish). Vol. 9 (Ny, rev. och rikt ill. uppl. ed.). Stockholm: Nordisk familjeboks förl. SELIBR 8072220.
* Wikland, Erik (1971–1973b). "Axel F Hultkrantz". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 19\. National Archives of Sweden. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
* Wikland, Erik (1964–1966). "Fredrik A Frölich". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 16\. National Archives of Sweden. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
* Wikland, Erik (1971–1973c). "P A Fredrik Holmquist". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 19\. National Archives of Sweden. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
* Wikland, Erik (1975–1977b). "K G Hilding Kring". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 21\. National Archives of Sweden. Retrieved 24 August 2021.

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