Roland Ekenberg

Major General Bo Göran Roland Ekenberg né Arvidsson (born 21 March 1957) is retired a Swedish Army officer. His senior commands include commanding officer of the Eastern Army Division (1999–2000) and the Chief of Home Guard (2005–2018).

Roland Ekenberg
Ekenberg in 2013.
Birth name	Bo Göran Roland Arvidsson
Born	21 March 1957 Jönköping, Sweden
Allegiance	Sweden
Service/branch	Swedish Army
Years of service	1979–2018
Rank	Major General
Unit	A 6 (1979–85) UNFICYP (1984–85) A 9 (1985–87)
Commands held	Swedish Army Artillery School Eastern Army Division Chief of Home Guard
Battles/wars	Cyprus dispute

Career

Ekenberg graduated from the Military Academy Karlberg in 1979 and was commissioned the same year as a lieutenant in the Småland Artillery Regiment.[1][2] He was promoted to captain in 1982[2] and to major in 1987.[2] Ekenberg served as platoon leader and company commander from 1979 to 1987, first in Småland Artillery Regiment and then, after the regiment was disbanded in 1985, in the Bergslagen Artillery Regiment.[2] He was deployed to Cyprus from 1984 to 1985, serving in the Swedish battalion of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP). Ekenberg passed the staff course from 1987 to 1989 and then served in the Army Staff from 1989 to 1994.[2] He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1994[2][3] and served at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters in 1994 and in the Middle Army Division from 1995 to 1996.[2]

Ekenberg was commanding officer of the Swedish Army Artillery School (Artilleriets stridsskola) from 1996 to 1999[2][4][5][6] and was promoted to colonel in 1997.[2][7] In 1999, he was promoted to senior colonel,[2] after which he was appointed commanding officer of the Eastern Army Division.[2][8][9] Ekenberg was then head of the Land Warefare Department (Markstridsavdelningen) in the Joint Forces Directorate (Krigsförbandsledningen) at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters from 2000 to 2001.[9][10][2] He was promoted to brigadier general in 2002[2] and was appointed head of the Management Office (Ledningskansliet) at the Swedish Defence University in 2002.[2][11][12]

On 1 July 2005, Ekenberg was appointed Chief of Home Guard. He was promoted to major general on 31 May 2017.[13] Ekenberg retired on 31 August 2018 and was succeeded as Chief of Home Guard by Stefan Sandborg.[14] Ekenberg has also served as a Home Guard instructor and an active member of the Artilleribefälsföreningen ("Artillery Officer's Association") in Jönköping. Ekenberg has also been chairman for some time of the Swedish Women's Auxiliary Veterinary Corps (Svenska Blå Stjärnan) for Jönköping County.[15]

Personal life

Ekenberg is married to Christina Ekenberg and they have two children. He has been living in Linköping since 1994.[2][15]

Dates of rank

• 1979 – Lieutenant
• 1982 – Captain
• 1987 – Major
• 1994 – Lieutenant Colonel
• 1997 – Colonel
• 1999 – Senior Colonel
• 2002 – Brigadier General
• 2017 – Major General

Awards and decorations

• H. M. The King's Medal, (silver-gilt) medal worn around the neck on a blue ribbon (13 February 2019)[16]
• Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences's Medal of Reward in gold, 8th size (12 November 2013)[17]
• Ekenberg Medal (2 April 2017)[18]
• Swedish Working Dog Association Medal of Merit (Svenska Brukshundklubbens förtjänstmedalj) (2018)[19]

References

Notes

1. Rullan 1989, p. 463.
2. Engman 2005, p. 471
3. Rullan 1995, p. 90.
4. Rullan 1999, p. 77
5. Statskalendern 1999, p. 234.
6. Statskalendern 2000, p. 232.
7. Rullan 1999, p. 120.
8. Statskalendern 2000, p. 227
9. Statskalendern 2001, p. 220
10. Statskalendern 2002, p. 242
11. Statskalendern 2005, p. 241.
12. Statskalendern 2006, p. 225
13. "Rikshemvärnschefen befordras" (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 2017-05-31. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
14. "Ny rikshemvärnschef" (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
15. Olsson, Per Ola (2005-06-27). "Smålandsartillerist blir ny rikshemvärnschef" (in Swedish). Home Guard. Archived from the original on 2014-03-27. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
16. "Kungen delade ut medaljer" (in Swedish). Royal Court of Sweden. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
17. "Kronprinsessparet vid Kungl. Krigsvetenskapsakademiens högtidssammankomst" (in Swedish). Royal Court of Sweden. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
18. "Ny hemvärnsmedalj" [New Home Guard medal]. www.phaleristica.com (in Swedish). 2 April 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
19. "Årets utmärkelser på kongressen". www.brukshundklubben.se (in Swedish). Swedish Working Dog Association. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2019.

Print

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• Försvarsmaktens rulla. 1995 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Högkvarteret, Försvarsmakten. 1995. SELIBR 4343056.
• Försvarsmaktens rulla ; 999. 1999 (in Swedish). Stockholm. 1999. SELIBR 21443548.
• Engman, Guy, ed. (2005). Svensk försvarskalender [Swedish defence handbook] (in Swedish). Eskilstuna: Streck & punkt. SELIBR 4341861.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Sveriges statskalender. 1999 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1999. ISBN 91-38-31445-2. SELIBR 3682778.
• Sveriges statskalender. 2000 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 2000. ISBN 91-38-31692-7. SELIBR 8261600.
• Sveriges statskalender. 2001 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 2001. ISBN 91-38-31838-5. SELIBR 8261601.
• Sveriges statskalender. 2002 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 2002. ISBN 91-38-31951-9. SELIBR 8428312.
• Sveriges statskalender. 2005 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. 2005. ISBN 9138321971. SELIBR 9879458.
• Sveriges statskalender. 2006 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. 2006. ISBN 91-38-32230-7. SELIBR 10156707.