Chief of the Naval Staff (Sweden)

The Chief of the Naval Staff[1] (Swedish: Chefen för marinstaben, CMS, or Marinstabschef) was from 1907 to 1994 the second most senior member of the Swedish Navy (after the Chief of the Navy) and headed the Naval Staff. The position was held by a senior member of Swedish Navy. In 2019, the Naval Staff was re-established and a Chief of the Naval Staff was appointed again.

Chief of the Naval Staff Chefen för marinstaben
Incumbent Captain Fredrik Palmquist since 1 June 2019
Ministry of Defence
Type	Chief of the Naval Staff
Abbreviation	CMS
Reports to	Chief of Navy
Seat	Birger Jarlsgatan 7, Stockholm (1907–1942) Banérgatan 62-64, Stockholm (1942–1981) Lidingövägen 24, Stockholm (1981–1994) Muskö naval base (2019–)
Term length	At Her Majesty's pleasure
Formation	1907, 2019
First holder	Rear Admiral Theodor Sandström (1907) Captain Håkan Magnusson (2019)
Final holder	Major General Lars G. Persson
Abolished	1994
Unofficial names	Marinstabschef
Deputy	Vice Chief of the Naval Staff

Chiefs of the Naval Staff

Chiefs of the Naval Staff (1907–1994)

No.	Portrait	Chief of the Naval Staff	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Defence branch	Prime Minister	Ref
1		Rear Admiral Theodor Sandström (1852–1911)	1907	1911	3–4 years	Navy	Arvid Lindman	-
2		Captain Sten Ankarcrona (1861–1936)	17 February 1911	30 September 1913[lower-alpha 1]	2 years, 225 days	Navy	Karl Staaff	[2]
3		Vice Admiral Ludvig Sidner (1851–1917)	1 October 1913[lower-alpha 2]	27 June 1916	2 years, 270 days	Navy	Karl Staaff Hjalmar Hammarskjöld	[3]
4		Rear Admiral Henning von Krusenstierna (1862–1933)	27 June 1916	23 March 1927	10 years, 269 days	Navy	Hjalmar Hammarskjöld Carl Swartz Nils Edén Hjalmar Branting Gerhard Louis De Geer	[4]
5		Rear Admiral Otto Lybeck (1871–1947)	1 April 1927	1936	8–9 years	Navy	Carl Gustaf Ekman Arvid Lindman Felix Hamrin Per Albin Hansson Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp	[5]
6		Rear Admiral Claës Lindsström (1876–1964)	1936	1936	0 years	Navy	Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp Per Albin Hansson	-
7		Rear Admiral Charles de Champs (1873–1959)	1936	1937	0–1 years	Navy	Per Albin Hansson	-
8		Captain[lower-alpha 3] Gösta Ehrensvärd (1885–1973)	1937	1939	1–2 years	Navy	Per Albin Hansson	[6]
9		Captain Yngve Ekstrand (1888–1951)	1939	1942	2–3 years	Navy	Per Albin Hansson	-
10		Captain[lower-alpha 4] Helge Strömbäck (1889–1960)	1 April 1942	1945	2–3 years	Navy	Per Albin Hansson	[7]
11		Rear Admiral Erik Anderberg (1892–1990)	1945	1950	4–5 years	Navy	Per Albin Hansson, Tage Erlander	-
12		Captain Ragnar Wetterblad (1894–1988)	1950	1953	2–3 years	Navy	Tage Erlander	-
13		Captain[lower-alpha 5] Bertil Berthelsson (1902–1977)	1953	1957	3–4 years	Navy	Tage Erlander	[8]
14		Rear Admiral Einar Blidberg (1906–1993)	1957	1961	3–4 years	Navy	Tage Erlander	-
-		Rear Admiral Åke Lindemalm (1910–2004) Acting	1960	1961	0–1 years	Navy	Tage Erlander	-
-		Rear Admiral Oscar Krokstedt (1908–1985) Acting	1961	1961	0 years	Navy	Tage Erlander	-
15		Rear Admiral Oscar Krokstedt (1908–1985)	1962	1964	1–2 years	Navy	Tage Erlander	-
16		Major General Henrik Lange (1908–2000)	1964	1968	3–4 years	Navy (Coastal Artillery)	Tage Erlander	-
17		Major General Bo Westin (1913–2009)	1968	1970	1–2 years	Navy (Coastal Artillery)	Tage Erlander Olof Palme	-
18		Major General Gunnar Eklund (1920–2010)	1970	1972	1–2 years	Navy (Coastal Artillery)	Olof Palme	-
19		Major General Bo Varenius (1918–1996)	1972	1984	11–12 years	Navy (Coastal Artillery)	Olof Palme Thorbjörn Fälldin Ola Ullsten	-
20		Major General Torsten Engberg (1934–2018)	1984	1987	2–3 years	Navy (Coastal Artillery)	Olof Palme Ingvar Carlsson	-
21		Major General Lars G. Persson (born 1937)	1987	1994	6–7 years	Navy (Coastal Artillery)	Ingvar Carlsson Carl Bildt	-

Chiefs of the Naval Staff (2019–present)

No.	Portrait	Chief of the Naval Staff	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Defence branch	Prime Minister	Ref
1		Captain Håkan Magnusson (born 1958)	1 January 2019	31 May 2019	150 days	Navy	Stefan Löfven	[9]
2		Captain Fredrik Palmquist (born ?)	1 June 2019	31 December 2022	3 years, 213 days	Navy	Stefan Löfven	[10]

Vice Chiefs of the Naval Staff

No.	Portrait	Vice/Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff	Title	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Defence branch	Prime Minister	Ref
1		Lieutenant Colonel[lower-alpha 6] Ragnar Smith (1892–1975)	Vice Chief (Souschef)	1941	1945	3–4 years	Navy (Coastal Artillery)	Per Albin Hansson	[11]
2		Colonel Waldemar Wesström (1894–1987)	Vice Chief (Souschef)	1945	1954	8–9 years	Navy (Coastal Artillery)	Per Albin Hansson Tage Erlander	[12]

Footnotes

1. Dismissed from the position on 19 July 1913.[2]
2. Appointed on 19 July 1913.[3]
3. Promoted to Rear Admiral in 1938.[6]
4. Promoted to Rear Admiral on 1 October 1943.[7]
5. Promoted to Rear Admiral in 1954.[8]
6. Promoted to Colonel in 1942.[11]

References

1. Gullberg 1977, p. 134
2. Lybeck 1920, p. 12
3. Nevéus 2003–2006, p. 126
4. Wikland 1975–1977, p. 634
5. Åberg 1982–1984, p. 424
6. Harnesk 1948, p. 241
7. Gäfvert 2013–2019, p. 20
8. Davidsson 1968, p. 518
9. "PÅ NY POST" (PDF). Försvarets forum: personaltidning för fast anställda och reservofficerare i svenska försvarsmakten (in Swedish). Stockholm: Försvarets forum (1): 9. 2019. SELIBR 4109339. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
10. "PÅ NY POST" (PDF). Försvarets forum: personaltidning för fast anställda och reservofficerare i svenska försvarsmakten (in Swedish). Stockholm: Försvarets forum (3): 9. 2019. SELIBR 4109339. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
11. Andersson 2003–2006, p. 571
12. Harnesk 1962, p. 1375

Print

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• 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.
• Gäfvert, Björn (2013–2019). "Helge Hj I Strömbäck". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). 34. National Archives of Sweden. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
• Harnesk, Paul, ed. (1948). Vem är vem?. D. 3, Götalandsdelen utom Skåne [Who's Who?. D. 3, Götaland part except Scania] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Vem är vem bokförlag. SELIBR 8198271.
• Harnesk, Paul, ed. (1962). Vem är vem? 1, Stor-Stockholm [Who's Who? 1, Greater Stockholm] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Vem är vem. SELIBR 53509.
• Lybeck, Otto (1920). "Sten J T C Ankarcrona". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). 2. National Archives of Sweden. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
• Nevéus, Torgny (2003–2006). "J W Ludvig Sidner". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). 32. National Archives of Sweden. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
• Wikland, Erik (1975–1977). "Henning V M Krusenstierna, von". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). 21. National Archives of Sweden. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
• Åberg, Alf (1982–1984). "Otto E Lybeck". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). 24. National Archives of Sweden. Retrieved 27 May 2020.