His Majesty's Military Staff

His Majesty's Military Staff[note 1] (Swedish: H.M. Konungens stab) is Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden's personal staff. It is led by the chief of staff and will support the King and the Royal Court of Sweden at official ceremonies, military exercises and representations. The chief of staff also participates in state visits. The staff belongs to the Swedish Armed Forces and is subordinate to the King directly. The chief of staff shall also assist the King with an on duty aide-de-camp. The King and the Crown Princess have twelve aide-de-camp's each and they serve a month a year as on duty aide-de-camp's. Their guard list is determined by the chief of staff. Prince Carl Philip has two aide-de-camp's. These aide-de-camp's support the Prince during the year at the times when he has official missions and requests an aide-de-camp.[1] Since 1 October 2018, Lieutenant General Jan Salestrand serves as chief of staff.[2]

Lieutenant General Jan Salestrand, Chief of His Majesty's Military Staff.

Uniform

The chief of staff wears a large aiguillette m/1816 and guard stick m/1793. The stick is provided with a twist of black silk with two black tassels. An officer in the staff carries the king's name cipher of gold-colored metal.[3]

Chiefs of Staff

The head of the staff in called either First Aide-de-Camp and Chief of the King's Staff (Swedish: Förste adjutant och chef för H.M. Konungens stab)[4] or Chief Principal Aide-de-Camp to the King (Swedish: Chef för H.M. Konungens stab).[5]

During the reign of Oscar II
  • 1872–1905: General Sven Lagerberg
  • 1905–1907: General Hemming Gadd
During the reign of Gustaf V
During the reign of Gustaf VI Adolf
During the reign of Carl XVI Gustaf

Footnotes
  1. According to the name tag of Chief of Staff Håkan Pettersson pictured here.
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See also

References
  1. "H.M. Konungens stab" [His Majesty's Military Staff] (in Swedish). Royal Court of Sweden. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  2. "Jan Salestrand ny chef för H.M. Konungens stab" (in Swedish). Royal Court of Sweden. 2018-08-09. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  3. Reglemente: uniformsbestämmelser 2009 : Unibest FM 2009 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Swedish Armed Forces. 2011-09-01. pp. 82, 187, 2014. M7739-350014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2011.
  4. Sveriges statskalender. 1963 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1963. p. 339.
  5. 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. p. 874. ISBN 91-1-775052-0. SELIBR 8345587.
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