Percurt Green

Percurt Green
Percurt Green
Birth name	Per Kurt Green
Nickname(s)	PCG[1]
Born	2 December 1939; Karlstad, Sweden
Allegiance	Sweden
Service/branch	Swedish Army
Years of service	1963–2000
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands held	Joint Operations Command; Dep. Supreme Commander; Middle Military District; Commandant General in Stockholm;

Lieutenant General Per Kurt (Percurt) Green (born 2 December 1939) is a Swedish Army officer whose senior commands have included commanding officer of the Joint Operations Command, Deputy Supreme Commander and military commander of the Middle Military District, and Commandant General in Stockholm.

Career

Green was born on 2 December 1939 in Karlstad, Sweden, the son of Kurt Green and his wife Maj (née Karlmark).[2] He became an officer in 1963 and attended the Swedish Armed Forces Staff College from 1969 to 1971. Green attended the International Officer Class[3] of the United States Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth in the United States from 1977 to 1978 and in 1983 he was promoted to colonel and appointed brigade commander in Älvsborg Regiment (I 15). He attended the Swedish National Defence College in 1984 and the same year he was promoted to senior colonel and appointed chief of staff of Bergslagen Military District (Milo B).[2]

Green served as director (departementsråd) at the Ministry of Defence in Stockholm from 1987 to 1989, and he also served as secretary in the 1988 Defense Committee. He was promoted to major general in 1989 and in 1990, he attended the Swedish National Defence College again. Green served as head of army material at the Defence Materiel Administration from 1990 to 1994. Green was promoted to lieutenant general on 1 July 1994 and assumed the position of Chief of the Joint Operations Command (Operationsledningen, OpL)[4] at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters and Deputy Supreme Commander.[2] From 1998 to 2000, Green served as military commander of the Middle Military District (Milo M) and Commandant General in Stockholm. He retired in 2000.

Green has served as board member of the Swedish Coast Guard, the Swedish National Defence Research Institute and the National Archives of Sweden.[2] He was also CEO of Association of Swedish Defence Industries (Försvarsindustriföreningen).[5] In January 2005, Green co-chaired the Nordic and Baltic Industrial Co-Operation Agreements in Helsinki, Finland.[6]

Personal life

In 1976, he married Britt Boilert (born 1939).[2]

Dates of rank

1963 – Fänrik
19?? – Lieutenant
19?? – Captain
1974 – Major
1979 – Lieutenant Colonel
1983 – Colonel
1984 – Senior Colonel
1989 – Major General
1994 – Lieutenant General

Awards and decorations

Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon (24 November 1998)[7]

Honours

Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1980)[8]
Member of the International Hall of Fame, United States Army Command and General Staff College[9]

References

Andersson, Jan Joel (19 December 2004). "Green måste våga välja". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 February 2019.
Salander Mortensen, Jill, ed. (1996). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1997 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1997] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 392. ISBN 91-1-960852-7. SELIBR 3681533.
Staff writer (2008). "International Officer Class maintains ties for 30 years" (PDF). Command and General Staff College Foundation News (4): 13. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
"Sammanställning över utnämningar och nya befattningar" (PDF). Flygvapennytt (in Swedish). Stockholm: Flygstaben (1): 34. 1994. SELIBR 8257600.
von Schultz, Charlotta (2004-03-22). "2003 kanonbra för vapenexporten". Ny Teknik (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 February 2019.
"CONFERENCE OVERVIEW". www.smi-online.co.uk. SMi Group. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
"ORÐUHAFASKRÁ" (in Icelandic). President of Iceland. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
"Matrikel" (in Swedish). Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
Modigs, Ronny; Lindström, Magnus (2003). "Husarer i utlandstjänst" (PDF). Livhusaren (in Swedish). Skövde: Livhusaren: 4. SELIBR 2289794.

Military offices
Preceded by Peter Nordbeck	Joint Operations Command (Operationsledningen) 1994–1998	Succeeded by Kjell Nilsson
Preceded by None	Deputy Supreme Commander 1994–1998	Succeeded by Frank Rosenius
Preceded by Dick Börjesson	Middle Military District 1998–2000	Succeeded by None
Preceded by Dick Börjesson	Commandant General in Stockholm 1998–2000	Succeeded by Kjell Koserius

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[1] Andersson, Jan Joel (19 December 2004). "Green måste våga välja". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 February 2019.

[Salander_Mortensen_(1996),_p._392-2] Salander Mortensen, Jill, ed. (1996). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1997 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1997] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 392. ISBN 91-1-960852-7. SELIBR 3681533.

[3] Staff writer (2008). "International Officer Class maintains ties for 30 years" (PDF). Command and General Staff College Foundation News (4): 13. Retrieved 6 February 2019.

[4] "Sammanställning över utnämningar och nya befattningar" (PDF). Flygvapennytt (in Swedish). Stockholm: Flygstaben (1): 34. 1994. SELIBR 8257600.

[5] von Schultz, Charlotta (2004-03-22). "2003 kanonbra för vapenexporten". Ny Teknik (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 February 2019.

[6] "CONFERENCE OVERVIEW". www.smi-online.co.uk. SMi Group. Retrieved 6 February 2019.

[7] "ORÐUHAFASKRÁ" (in Icelandic). President of Iceland. Retrieved 9 September 2020.

[8] "Matrikel" (in Swedish). Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences. Retrieved 2019-02-05.

[9] Modigs, Ronny; Lindström, Magnus (2003). "Husarer i utlandstjänst" (PDF). Livhusaren (in Swedish). Skövde: Livhusaren: 4. SELIBR 2289794.