General (Sweden)

General, Finnish: kenraali is the highest officer's rank in Sweden and Finland. In Sweden, it is held by the Supreme Commander (Swedish: överbefälhavare) of the Swedish Armed Forces and the monarch. In Finland, it is held by the Chief of Defence. In Sweden, the monarch still holds the nominal rank of General as well as Admiral and General of the Air Force.

Government (Sweden) President (Finland)
Sweden	Finland
Generallöjtnant Kenraaliluutnantti

Finnish Defence Forces rank of kenraali is comparable to Ranks of NATO armies officers as OF-9.

Sweden

Swedish generals

The following have held the rank of general in the Swedish Armed Forces from 1900 to 2020:

Name	Year promoted	Born	Died	Notes
Axel Rappe	1903	1838	1918	Chief of the General Staff (1899–1905)
Knut Gillis Bildt	1919[lower-alpha 1]	1854	1927	Chief of the General Staff (1905–1919)
Lars Tingsten	1922[lower-alpha 1]	1857	1937	Chief of the General Staff (1919–1922)
Carl Gustaf Hammarskjöld	1930[lower-alpha 1]	1865	1940	Chief of the General Staff (1922–1930)
Oscar Nygren	1937[lower-alpha 2]	1872	1960	Chief of the General Staff (1933–1937)
Olof Thörnell	1939	1877	1977	Supreme Commander (1939–1944)
Helge Jung	1944	1886	1978	Supreme Commander (1944–1951)
Nils Swedlund	1951	1898	1965	Supreme Commander (1951–1961)
Bengt Nordenskiöld	1954[lower-alpha 1]	1891	1983	Chief of the Air Force (1942–1954)
Carl August Ehrensvärd	1957[lower-alpha 1]	1892	1974	Chief of the Army (1948–1957)
Axel Ljungdahl	1960[lower-alpha 1]	1887	1995	Chief of the Air Force (1954–1960)
Torsten Rapp	1961	1905	1993	Supreme Commander (1961–1970)
Thord Bonde	1963[lower-alpha 1]	1900	1969	Chief of the Army (1957–1963)
Lage Thunberg	1968[lower-alpha 1]	1905	1997	Chief of the Air Force (1961–1968)
Curt Göransson	1969[lower-alpha 1]	1909	1996	Chief of the Army (1963–1969)
Stig Synnergren	1970	1915	2004	Supreme Commander (1970–1978)
Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden	1973	1946	—	King of Sweden (1973–present)
Stig Norén	1973[lower-alpha 1]	1908	1996	Chief of the Air Force (1968–1973)
Carl Eric Almgren	1976[lower-alpha 1]	1913	2001	Chief of the Army (1969–1976)
Lennart Ljung	1978	1921	1990	Supreme Commander (1978–1986)
Bengt Gustafsson	1986	1933	2019	Supreme Commander (1986–1994)
Owe Wiktorin	1994	1940	—	Supreme Commander (1994–2000)
Johan Hederstedt	2000	1943	—	Supreme Commander (2000–2003)
Håkan Syrén	2004	1952	—	Supreme Commander (2004–2009)
Sverker Göranson	2009	1954	—	Supreme Commander (2009–2015)
Micael Bydén	2015	1964	—	Supreme Commander (2015–present)

1. Upon retirement.
2. Upon retirement on 1 October 1937. However, Nygren was called back for service as commander of the 2nd Army Corps in Upper Norrland and in Western Sweden from 1939 to 1941.

Holders of the rank in Sweden

• The King of Sweden.
• The Supreme Commander.

Finland

Holders of the rank in Finland

In peacetime the rank of Full General is reserved for the Commander of Finnish Defence Forces. Sometimes a General's branch of service is indicated in the rank. So far Finland has had seventeen of jalkaväenkenraali (General of Infantry), a few of jääkärikenraali (Jägergeneral), two of ratsuväenkenraali (General of Cavalry) and one tykistönkenraali (General of Artillery). Marshal Mannerheim himself was the other one of the two Generals of Cavalry before his promotion to Field Marshal.

See also

• Finnish military ranks
• Military ranks of the Swedish Armed Forces
• Officer Training