Chief of the Army Staff (Sweden)

The Chief of the Army Staff[1] (Swedish: Chefen för arméstaben, CAst, or Arméstabschef) was from 1937 to 1994 the second most senior member of the Swedish Army (after the Chief of the Army) and headed the Army Staff. The position was held by a senior member of Swedish Army. The Chief of the Army Staff was also Chief of the General Staff Corps.[2]

Chief of the Army Staff Chefen för arméstaben
Ministry of Defence
Type	Chief of the Army Staff
Status	Abolished
Abbreviation	CAst
Reports to	Chief of the Army
Seat	Östermalmsgatan 87, Stockholm (1937–1981) Lidingövägen 24, Stockholm (1981–1994)
Term length	At Her Majesty's pleasure
Formation	1937
First holder	Colonel Helge Jung
Final holder	Major General Lennart Rönnberg
Abolished	1994
Unofficial names	Arméstabschef
Deputy	Vice Chief of the Army Staff

Chiefs of the Army Staff

No.	Portrait	Chief of the Army Staff	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Defence branch	Prime Minister	Ref
-		Klercker, Ernst afColonel Ernst af Klercker (1881–1955) Acting	1 August 1936	30 June 1937	333 days	Army	Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp Per Albin Hansson	[3][4]
1		Jung, HelgeColonel Helge Jung (1886–1978)	1 July 1937	30 September 1940	3 years, 91 days	Army	Per Albin Hansson	-
2		Högberg, FolkeMajor general Folke Högberg (1884–1972)	1 October 1940	30 September 1942	1 year, 364 days	Army	Per Albin Hansson	[5]
3		Tottie, HenryColonel Henry Tottie (1888–1952)	1942	1943	0–1 years	Army	Per Albin Hansson	-
4		Gadd, HugoMajor General Hugo Gadd (1885–1968)	1943	1946	2–3 years	Army	Per Albin Hansson	-
5		Backlund, IvarMajor General Ivar Backlund (1892–1969)	1946	1948	2–3 years	Army	Tage Erlander	-
6		Tamm, VikingMajor General Viking Tamm (1896–1975)	1948	1953	4–5 years	Army	Tage Erlander	-
7		Carpelan, BertMajor General Bert Carpelan (1895–1981)	1953	1957	3–4 years	Army	Tage Erlander	-
8		Åkerman, GustavMajor General Gustav Åkerman (1901–1988)	1957	1961	3–4 years	Army	Tage Erlander	-
9		Mohlin, ArneMajor General Arne Mohlin (1909–1992)	1961	1963	1–2 years	Army	Tage Erlander	-
10		Synnergren, StigMajor General Stig Synnergren (1915–2004)	1963	1966	2–3 years	Army	Tage Erlander	-
11		Ljung, OveMajor General Ove Ljung (1918–1997)	1966	1968	1–2 years	Army	Tage Erlander	-
-		Holm, Karl EricMajor General Karl Eric Holm (1919–2016) Acting	1966	1968	1–2 years	Army	Tage Erlander	-
12		Holm, Karl EricMajor General Karl Eric Holm (1919–2016)	1968	1972	3–4 years	Army	Tage Erlander Olof Palme	-
13		Ljung, LennartMajor General Lennart Ljung (1921–1990)	1972	1974	1–2 years	Army	Olof Palme	-
-		Hökmark, GöstaMajor General Gösta Hökmark (1920–1993) Acting	1973	1976	2–3 years	Army	Olof Palme	[6]
14		Hökmark, GöstaMajor General Gösta Hökmark (1920–1993)	1976	1979	2–3 years	Army	Olof Palme Thorbjörn Fälldin Ola Ullsten	[6]
15		Lugn, RobertMajor General Robert Lugn (1923–2016)	1979	1983	3–4 years	Army	Ola Ullsten Thorbjörn Fälldin Olof Palme	-
16		Larsson, KristerMajor General Krister Larsson (born 1934)	1983	1988	4–5 years	Army	Olof Palme Ingvar Carlsson	-
17		Sjöö, CurtMajor General Curt Sjöö (born 1937)	1988	1990	1–2 years	Army	Ingvar Carlsson	-
18		Rönnberg, LennartMajor General Lennart Rönnberg (born 1938)	1990	1994	3–4 years	Army	Ingvar Carlsson Carl Bildt	-

Vice Chiefs of the Army Staff

No.	Portrait	Vice/Deputy Chief of the Army Staff	Title	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Defence branch	Prime Minister	Ref
1		Möller, GunnarColonel Gunnar Möller (1897–1953)	Vice Chief (Souschef)	1942	1944	1–2 years	Army	Per Albin Hansson	[7]
2		Lindquist, RolfColonel Rolf Lindquist (1895–1944)	Vice Chief (Souschef)	1 April 1944	24 November 1944[lower-alpha 1]	237 days	Army	Per Albin Hansson	[8]
3		Carpelan, BertColonel Bert Carpelan (1895–1981)	Vice Chief (Souschef)	1 February 1945	1947	1–2 years	Army	Per Albin Hansson Tage Erlander	[9]
4		Norberg, AdolfColonel Adolf Norberg (1900–1988)	Vice Chief (Souschef)	1947	1948	0–1 years	Army	Tage Erlander	-
5		Flach, MilesColonel Miles Flach (1902–1974)	Vice Chief (Souschef)	1949	1950	0–1 years	Army	Tage Erlander	[10]

Footnotes

1. Perished aboard SS Hansa on his way to Gotland.

References

1. Gullberg 1977, p. 134
2. "Riksdagsskrivelse 1936:327" (in Swedish). Riksdag. 16 June 1936. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
3. Wikland 1975–1977, p. 298
4. FL 1936, p. 8.
5. Broomé 1971–1973, p. 659
6. GP 1976, p. 11.
7. Dahl & Bohman 1949, p. 377
8. DN 1944, p. 9.
9. SvD 1946, p. 10.
10. TBT 1949, p. 5.

Print

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• Dahl, Torsten; Bohman, Nils, eds. (1949). Svenska män och kvinnor: biografisk uppslagsbok. 5 Lindorm-O (in Swedish). Stockholm: Bonnier. SELIBR 53804.
• 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.
• Wikland, Erik (1975–1977). "A Ernst W Klercker, af". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). 21. National Archives of Sweden. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
• "Hökmark ny arméstabschef". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish) (56). 1976-02-27. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
• "Varje försvarsgren har fått sin chef". Falu Länstidning (in Swedish) (78). Stockholm. TT. 1936-07-01. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
• "Två nya regementschefer". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish) (27). 1944-01-29. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
• "Data om saknade passagerare". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish) (322). 1944-11-25. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
• "Nya generaler..." Trelleborgstidningen (in Swedish) (41). Stockholm. TT. 1949-02-19. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
• "Översteporträtt". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish) (37). 1946-02-07. Retrieved 26 May 2020.