Stefan Sandborg

Birth name| Carl Nils Stefan Johansson
Born|  (1970-03-25) 25 March 1970 (age 54)
Linköping, Sweden
Allegiance|  Sweden
Service/branch|  Swedish Army
Years of service| 1993–present
Rank| Major General
Commands held|

* Dep. CO, Life Guards
* 2nd Brigade
* Dep. CO, Skaraborg Regiment
* Home Guard Department
* Chief of Home Guard

Battles/wars| War in Afghanistan

Carl Nils Stefan Sandborg né Johansson (born 25 March 1970) is a senior Swedish Army officer. He served as the Chief of Home Guard from 2018 to 2022.

## Early life[edit]

Sandborg was born on 25 March 1970 in Linköping Saint Lawrence Parish [sv] in Linköping, Sweden.[1]

## Career[edit]

Sandborg graduated from the Military Academy Karlberg in 1993 and was commissioned as an officer and appointed second lieutenant and was assigned to the Life Grenadier Brigade (Livgrenadjärbrigaden) in Linköping.[2] He served there until the brigade was disbanded on 31 December 1997.[3] From 1998 he served in the Life Guards Brigade (Livgardesbrigaden), where he was promoted to captain the same year.[4] In the mid-2000s, he served as a major and commander of the Life company in the Life Guards in Kungsängen.[5] In 2009, Sandborg graduated with a master's degree from Forsvarets stabsskole in Oslo, Norway where he enrolled as a foreign exchange student two years prior.[6]

Later in his career, he was deputy commander of the Life Guards and has also held various positions at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters in Stockholm. On 16 November 2015, Sandborg took over as commander of the 2nd Brigade (Andra brigaden) and also as deputy commander of the Skaraborg Regiment in Skövde (with appointment no later than 30 September 2019).[7][8] From 1 January 2018, Sandborg was head of the Home Guard Department (Rikshemvärnsavdelningen) at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters (with appointment no later than 31 July 2018).[9] In the summer of 2018, Sandborg was promoted to major general and appointed Chief of Home Guard and on 1 September 2018, he succeeded Major General Roland Ekenberg to the post.[3][10] He in turn was succeeded by Major General Laura Swaan Wrede on 1 October 2022. Sandborg was made available to the Chief of Armed Forces Training & Procurement, Lieutenant General Johan Svensson from 1 October until 31 December 2022.[11] Sandborg was placed at the disposal of the Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces from 1 January 2023 until further notice, but until 31 December 2025 at the latest.[12]

Sandborg has been a member of the Swedish Armed Forces Board of Tradition (Försvarets traditionsnämnd), a unit within the National Swedish Museums of Military History (Statens försvarshistoriska museer), which handles issues of tradition within the Swedish Armed Forces.[13]

## Personal life[edit]

Sandborg is married to Caroline Sandborg. Together they have two children.[3]

## Dates of rank[edit]

* 1993 – Second lieutenant
* ???? – Lieutenant
* 1998 – Captain
* ???? – Major
* ???? – Lieutenant colonel
* ???? – Colonel
* 1 September 2018 – Major general

## Awards and decorations[edit]

### Swedish[edit]

* Swedish Armed Forces Conscript Medal
* Swedish Armed Forces International Service Medal
* Home Guard Petri Medal in silver (HvPetriSM) with laurel wreath (2019)[14]
* National Swedish Museums of Military History Medal of Merit
* Life Guards Medal of Merit
* Life Grenadier Regiment (I 4) Commemorative Medal in silver (LivgregSMM)

### Foreign[edit]

* Cross for the Four Day Marches
* Home Guard Badge of Merit (Hjemmevaernets fortjensttegn) (6 November 2020)[15]
* NATO Non-Article 5 medal for ISAF

## References[edit]

1. ^ Sveriges befolkning 1980 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Sveriges släktforskarförb. 2004. ISBN 9187676370. SELIBR 9632925.
2. ^ Försvarsmaktens rulla. 1995 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Högkvarteret, Försvarsmakten. 1995. p. 263\. SELIBR 4343056.
3. ^ a b c "Ny rikshemvärnschef" [New Chief of Home Guard] (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
4. ^ Försvarsmaktens rulla. 1999 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Högkvarteret, Försvarsmakten. 1999. p. 362\. SELIBR 4343055.
5. ^ Ortler, Maria (27 January 2006). "'Det är coolt att göra lumpen och fånigt att ta hand om barn'". Fria Tidningen (in Swedish). Retrieved 14 June 2022.
6. ^ Sandborg, Stefan (25 May 2009). "Personalens status i Privata militära företag – en folkrättslig gråzon" (PDF) (in Swedish). Oslo: Forsvarets stabsskole. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
7. ^ "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.
8. ^ Sjögren, Anne-Lie (17 November 2015). "Ny brigadchef" [New brigade commander] (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
9. ^ "PÅ NY POST" (PDF). Försvarets forum: personaltidning för fast anställda och reservofficerare i svenska försvarsmakten (in Swedish) (5). Stockholm: Försvarets forum: 9. 2017. SELIBR 4109339.
10. ^ "PÅ NY POST" (PDF). Försvarets forum: personaltidning för fast anställda och reservofficerare i svenska försvarsmakten (in Swedish) (4). Stockholm: Försvarets forum: 9. 2018. SELIBR 4109339.
11. ^ "PÅ NY POST" (PDF). Försvarets forum: Personaltidning för fast anställda och reservofficerare i svenska försvarsmakten (in Swedish) (5). Stockholm: Försvarets forum: 9. 2022. SELIBR 4109339.
12. ^ "PÅ NY POST" (PDF). Försvarets forum: Personaltidning för fast anställda och reservofficerare i svenska försvarsmakten (in Swedish) (1). Stockholm: Försvarets forum: 6. 2023. SELIBR 4109339.
13. ^ Försvarets traditioner: med översiktlig historik från 1500-talet (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. 2020-09-07 [2012]. p. 2\. ISBN 9789197859554. SELIBR 13475298.
14. ^ Widlund, Thomas (2019). "Rikshemvärnsting i Sunne" (PDF). Hemvärnsnytt (in Swedish) (4). Stockholm: Livgardesgruppens hemvärnsråd/fo 44 hemvärnsråd: 17. SELIBR 18367957.
15. ^ "JUST NU" (in Swedish). Stefan Sandborg. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2022 - via Facebook.

Military offices

Preceded by

Roland Ekenberg

|  Chief of Home Guard
2018–2022  | Succeeded by

Laura Swaan Wrede