List of Swedish Navy lieutenant generals

This is a list of lieutenant generals in the Swedish Navy, i.e. the Swedish Coastal Artillery (1902–2000) and in the Swedish Amphibious Corps (2000–present). The grade of lieutenant general (or three-star general[lower-alpha 1]) is ordinarily the second-highest in the peacetime Coastal Artillery/Amphibious Corps, ranking above major general and below general.

List of lieutenant generals

Entries are indexed by the numerical order in which each officer was appointed to that rank while on active duty, or by an asterisk (*) if the officer did not serve in that rank while on active duty. Each entry lists the officer's name, date of rank, date the officer vacated the active-duty rank, number of years on active duty as lieutenant general (Yrs),[lower-alpha 2] positions held as lieutenant general, and other biographical notes.[lower-alpha 3]

List of Swedish Coastal Artillery lieutenant generals (1902–2000)

	Name	Photo	Date of rank	Date vacated	Yrs[lower-alpha 2]	Position	Notes[lower-alpha 3]	Ref
1	Herman Wrangel		1916	1924	8	Chief of the Swedish Coastal Artillery (1909–1924).	(1859–1938)	[1]
2	Tor Wahlman		1936	1941	5	Chief of the Swedish Coastal Artillery (1929–1941).	(1878–1954)	[2]
*	Hjalmar Åström		1953	1953	0	–.	(1888–1957)	[3]
*	Rudolf Kolmodin		1961	1961	0	–.	(1896–1978)	[4]
*	Henrik Lange		1972	1972	0	–.	(1908–2000)	[5]
3	Bo Westin		1969	1978	9	Chief of the Naval Staff, 1968–1970. Chief of the Defence Staff, 1970–1972. Swedish National Defence College, 1972–1978.	(1913–2009)	[6]
4	Gunnar Eklund		1 Oct 1972	1982	9	Chief of the Defence Staff, 1972–1976. Commanding General, Eastern Military District, 1976–1982. Commandant General in Stockholm, 1976–1982.	(1920–2010)	[7]
5	Torsten Engberg		1 Apr 1987	1994	7	Chief of the Defence Staff, 1987–1991. Commanding General, Middle Military District, 1991–1994. Commandant General in Stockholm, 1991–1994.	(1934–2018)	[8]
6	Lars G. Persson		1996	1998	2	Commanding General, Northern Military District, 1996–1998.	(1937–)	[9]

List of Swedish Amphibious Corps lieutenant generals (2000–present)

	Name	Photo	Date of rank	Date vacated	Yrs[lower-alpha 2]	Position	Notes[lower-alpha 3]	Ref
1	Håkan Syrén		2000	2004	4	Director of the Military Intelligence and Security Service, 1999–2003.	(1952–) Promoted to general, 1 Jan 2004
2	Bengt-Arne Johansson		2000	2003	3	Chief of the General Training and Management Directorate, 2000–2003.	(1943–)	[10]
3	Göran Gunnarsson		2003	2005	2	Chief of the General Training and Management Directorate, 2003–2005.	(1950–)

See also

• Generallöjtnant
• List of Swedish Air Force lieutenant generals
• List of Swedish Army lieutenant generals after 1900

Footnotes

1. Until 1972, a Swedish lieutenant general was a two-star rank.
2. The number of years on active duty as lieutenant general is taken to be the number of days rounded to the nearest whole year and excluding any gaps in appointment.
3. Biographical notes include years of birth and death; dates of promotion to higher permanent grade; and other unusual career events such as death in office or resignation.

References

Notes

1. Vem är det 1932, p. 930.
2. Svensson 1953, p. 1094
3. Svensson & Ekstedt 1955, p. 1058
4. Vem är det 1976, p. 547.
5. Salander Mortensen 1996, p. 644
6. Salander Mortensen 1996, p. 1188
7. Salander Mortensen 1996, p. 274
8. Salander Mortensen 1996, p. 293
9. Moen 2006, p. 472
10. Kjellander 2007, p. 98

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