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List of Swedish Army lieutenant generals after 1900

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This is a list of lieutenant generals in the Swedish Army since 1900. The grade of lieutenant general (or three-star general[a]) is ordinarily the second-highest in the peacetime Army, ranking above major general and below general. The lieutenant general was originally the general's deputy (locum tenens) or closest man. The lieutenant general was usually the commander of a division.[1]

Historically, during the 20th century, some major generals were promoted to lieutenant general, and some lieutenants general were promoted to full general in connection with their retirement and thus never served in their new rank.

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),[b] positions held as lieutenant general, and other biographical notes.[c]

The list is sortable by active-duty appointment order, last name, date of rank, date vacated, and number of years on active duty as lieutenant general.

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Name Photo Date of rank Date vacated Yrs[b] Position Notes[c] Ref
1Hampus Elliot 21 Jan 1901   1903   2   (1835–1905) [2]
2Gustaf Anton Bråkenhielm 7 Jun 1901   1 Jul 1904   3  
  • Commander, 1st Army Division, 1896–1904.
 (1837–1922) [3]
3Jesper Crusebjörn 7 Jun 1901   27 Jul 1903   2   (1843–1904) [4]
4Hemming Gadd 12 Aug 1902   8 Nov 1905   3   (1837–1915) Promoted to general, 1905 [5][6][7]
5Carl Munck 12 Aug 1902   7 Nov 1902   0  
  • Commander, 2nd Army Division, 1893–1902.
 (1836–1905) [8][9][10]
6Carl Wilhelm Ericson 23 Aug 1902   23 Feb 1906   4   (1840–1928) [11]
8Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland 30 Sep 1904   1908   4  
  • Inspector of the Swedish Cavalry, 1898–1912.
 (1861–1951) Promoted to general, 1908 [12]
8Carl Warberg 1905   1910   5   (1845–1910) Died in office. [13][14]
9Wilhelm Stjernstedt 1905   1907   2  
  • Commander, 5th Army Division, 1899–1907.
 (1841–1919) [15]
10Carl Axel Nordenskjöld 1908   1911   3  
  • Commander, 3rd Army Division, 1902–1911.
 (1846–1924) [16]
11Gustaf Uggla 1908   1913   5  
  • Commander, 2nd Army Division, 1902–1913.
 (1846–1924) Promoted to general, 1913 [17]
*Gustaf Björlin 11 Dec 1908   11 Dec 1908   0  
  • –.
 (1845–1922) [18]
12Knut Gillis Bildt 28 Oct 1910   14 Jul 1919   9   (1854–1927) Promoted to general, 14 Jul 1919 [19]
13Fredrik Leth 30 Sep 1910   1915   5   (1850–1919) [20]
14Axel von Matern 27 Oct 1911   2 Jul 1915   4  
  • Commander, 1st Army Division, 1904–1915.
 (1848–1920) [21]
15Lars Tingsten 1913   1922   9  
  • Commander, 2nd Army Division, 1913–1914.
  • Inspector of the Infantry, 1914–1919.
  • Chief of the General Staff, 1919–1922.
 (1857–1937) Promoted to general, 1922. [22]
16Olof Malm 20 May 1914   30 Mar 1917   3  
  • Commander, 5th Army Division, 1911–1917.
 (1851–1939) [23]
17Edvard Brändström 20 May 1914   1920   6  
  • Envoy extraordinaire and minister plénipotentiaire at the Russian Imperial Court, 1906–1920.
 (1850–1921) [24]
*Fredrik Holmquist 10 Apr 1915   10 Apr 1915   0  
  • –.
 (1847–1927) [25]
*Ludvig Munthe 10 Apr 1915   10 Apr 1915   0  
  • –.
 (1849–1937) [26]
18Christofer von Platen 1915   1915   0  
  • Commander, 3rd Army Division, 1911–1917.
 (1852–1924) [27]
19Hugo Jungstedt 9 Mar 1917   28 Mar 1919   2  
  • Inspector of the Militärläroverken, 1917–1919.
 (1854–1936) [28]
20Gustaf Wrangel 5 Jun 1917   12 Sep 1919   2   (1858–1923)
21Erik Bergström 14 Jul 1919   4 Apr 1922   3  
  • Inspector of the Infantry, 1919–1922.
 (1857–1937) [29]
22Pehr Hasselrot 1921   1926   5  
  • Inspector of the Infantry, 1922–1926.
 (1861–1937) [30]
23David Hedengren 1922   1923   1  
  • Inspector of the Militärläroverken, 1919–1923.
 (1858–1946) [31]
24Constantin Fallenius 1922   1927   5  
  • Commander, 5th Army Division, 1917–1923.
  • Inspector of the Militärläroverken, 1923–1928.
 (1862–1932) [32]
25Axel Odelstierna 1922   1923   1   (1858–1935) [33]
*Bror Munck 13 Oct 1922   13 Oct 1922   0  
  • –.
 (1857–1935) [34]
26Fredrik Frölich 26 May 1922   1 Nov 1926   4   (1861–1933) [35]
27Axel Carleson 1923   1926   3  
  • Commander, 3rd Army Division, 1922–1926.
 (1861–1951) [36]
28Emil Mörcke 30 Nov 1923   13 Jun 1926   3  
  • Commander, 1st Army Division, 1917–1926.
 (1861–1951) [37]
29Thorsten Rudenschöld 1924   1926   2  
  • Commander, 2nd Army Division, 1922–1926.
 (1863–1926) Died in office. [38]
30Karl Toll 1925   1927   2   (1862–1936) [39]
31Vilhelm Rappe 1925   1928   3   (1863–1939) [40]
32Carl Gustaf Hammarskjöld 23 Apr 1926   23 Apr 1930   4   (1865–1940) Promoted to general, 23 Apr 1930. [41]
33Lars Sparre 1926   1929   3   (1864–1947) [42][43]
*His Royal Highness, Duke of Scania 1928   1932   4   (1882–1973) Promoted to general, 1932 [44]
*Joachim Åkerman 1928   1928   0  
  • –.
 (1868–1958) [45]
*Georg Nyström 1928   1928   0  
  • –.
 (1865–1942) [46]
34Reinhold von Rosen 1929   1930   1  
  • Inspector of the Cavalry, 1922–1930.
 (1865–1946) [47]
35Henri de Champs 25 Apr 1930   1930   1   (1869–1948) [48]
36Ludvig Hammarskiöld 20 Jan 1933   1934   1   (1869–1958) [49]
*John Nauckhoff 17 Feb 1933   17 Feb 1933   0  
  • –.
 (1867–1953) [50]
*Peter Hegardt 9 Jun 1933   9 Jun 1933   0  
  • –.
 (1868–1945) [51]
*Carl Sjögreen 1933   1933   0  
  • –.
 (1868–1958) [52]
37Axel Sjögreen 1933   1935   2  
  • Commander, Southern Army Division, 1928–1935.
 (1870–1959) [53]
*Bo Boustedt 1933   1933   0  
  • –.
 (1868–1939) [54]
38Gösta Lilliehöök 21 Dec 1934   1936   2   (1871–1952) [55]
39Axel Hultkrantz 28 Apr 1933   11 Apr 1935   2   (1870–1955) [56]
40Olof Thörnell 1 Jul 1936   1 Jan 1940   4   (1877–1977) Promoted to general, 1 Jan 1940. [57]
41Oscar Nygren 1 Jul 1936   1 Oct 1937   1   (1872–1960) Promoted to general, 1 Oct 1937. [58]
42Axel Lyström 23 May 1937   1 Oct 1937   0  
  • Commanding General, Northern Army Division, 1933–1937.
 (1873–1945) [59]
43Per Sylvan 1 Oct 1937   1 Oct 1940   3   (1875–1945) [60]
44Lennart Lilliehöök 23 May 1937   30 Sep 1937  [d] 0  
  • Commanding General, Western Army Division, 1932–1937.
  • Inspector for the Army's Motor Vehicle Service, 1941–1945.[d]
 (1872–1950) [61]
*Oscar Osterman 1939   1939   0  
  • –.
 (1874–1956) [62]
*Pontus Reuterswärd 1939   1939   0  
  • –.
 (1871–1949) [63]
45Ivar Holmquist 1 Oct 1940   31 Mar 1944   3   (1879–1954) [64]
46Erik Testrup 1943   1943   0  
  • –.
 (1878–1972) [65]
47Helge Jung 1 Jan 1944   1 Apr 1944   0   (1886–1978) Promoted to general, 1 Apr 1944. [66]
48Archibald Douglas 1944   1948   4   (1883–1960) [67]
*Erik af Edholm 1944   1944   0  
  • –.
 (1878–1954) [68]
*Martin Hanngren 1945   1945   0  
  • –.
 (1880–1945) [69]
49Helge Söderbom 1946   1946   0  
  • –.
 (1881–1975) [70]
50Ernst af Klercker 1 Mar 1947   1 Apr 1947   0   (1881–1955) [71]
*Ivar Gewert 1957   1957   0   (1891–1971) [72]
51Carl August Ehrensvärd 1948   1957   9   (1892–1974) Promoted to general, 1957. [73]
*Axel Bredberg 1949   1949   0  
  • –.
 (1884–1960) [74]
*Folke Högberg 1 Apr 1949   1949   0  
  • –.
 (1884–1972) [75]
*Hugo Cederschiöld 1950   1950   0   (1878–1968) Promoted to general, 1963 [77]
52Nils Swedlund 1 Feb 1951   1 Apr 1951   0   (1898–1965) Promoted to general, 1 Apr 1951 [78]
53Henry Kellgren 20 Sep 1951   30 Sep 1951   0   (1886–1954) [79]
*Henry Tottie 1951   1951   0  
  • –.
 (1888–1952) [80]
*Samuel Åkerhielm 1953   1953   0  
  • –.
 (1887–1976) [81]
*Sven Colliander 1955   1955   0  
  • –.
 (1890–1961) [82]
54Thord Bonde 1957   1963   6   (1900–1969) Promoted to general, 1963 [83]
*Ivar Backlund 1957   1957   0  
  • –.
 (1892–1969) [84]
*Gustaf Dyrssen 1957   1957   0  
  • –.
 (1891–1981) [85]
*Birger Hedqvist 1 Oct 1959   1959   -0  
  • –.
 (1894–1964) [86]
*Sven Salander 1959   1959   0  
  • –.
 (1894–1965) [87]
*Carl Årmann 1960   1960   0  
  • –.
 (1894–1988) [88]
*Harald Hægermark 1960   1960   0  
  • –.
 (1894–1965) [89]
*Bert Carpelan 1961   1961   0  
  • –.
 (1895–1981) [90]
*Viking Tamm 1961   1961   0  
  • –.
 (1896–1975) [91]
55Curt Göransson 1963   1969   6   (1909–1996) Promoted to general, 1969 [92]
*Richard Åkerman 1963   1963   0  
  • –.
 (1898–1981) [93]
*Nils Björk 1963   1963   0  
  • –.
 (1898–1989) [94]
*Hilding Kring 1 Oct 1964   1 Oct 1964   0  
  • –.
 (1913–2001) [95]
*Edward Malm 1964   1964   0  
  • –.
 (1899–1983) [96]
56Carl Eric Almgren 1966   1976   10   (1913–2001) Promoted to general, 1976 [97]
57Arne Mohlin 1966   1972   6   (1909–1992) [98]
58Gustav Åkerman 1966   1967   1   (1901–1988) [99]
*Regner Leuhusen 1966   1966   0  
  • –.
 (1900–1994) [100]
59Stig Synnergren 1 Apr 1967   1 Oct 1970   4   (1915–2004) Promoted to general, 1 Oct 1970 [101]
*Malcolm Murray 1968   1968   0  
  • –.
 (1904–1995) [102]
*Fale Burman 1968   1968   0  
  • –.
 (1903–1973) [103]
60Ove Ljung 1969   1974   5   (1918–1997) [104]
*Karl Gustaf Brandberg 1971   1971   0  
  • –.
 (1905–1997) [105]
61Karl Eric Holm 1972   1983   11   (1919–2016) [106]
*Tage Olihn 1973   1973   0  
  • –.
 (1908–1996) [107]
*Stig Löfgren 1973   1973   0  
  • –.
 (1912–1998) [108]
*Erik Rosengren 1973   1973   0  
  • –.
 (1908–1988) [109]
62Nils Sköld 1974   1984   10   (1921–1996) [110]
*Sten Wåhlin 1974   1974   0  
  • –.
 (1914–1981) [111]
*Bengt Liljestrand 1975   1975   0   (1919–2000) [112]
63Lennart Ljung 1 Oct 1976   1 Oct 1978   2   (1915–2004) Promoted to general, 1 Oct 1978 [113]
64Karl-Gösta Lundmark 1976   1980   4   (1919–1995) [114]
65Erik G. Bengtsson 1980   1990   10   (1928–) [115]
66Bengt Gustafsson 1984   1 Oct 1986   2   (1933–2019) Promoted to general, 1 Oct 1986 [116]
67Carl Björeman 1984   1988   4   (1924–2020) [117]
68Lars-Eric Wahlgren 1 Jul 1988   1993   5  
  • Force Commander, UNIFIL, 1988–1993.
  • Force Commander, UNPROFOR, 1993–1993.
 (1929–1999) [118]
69Gustaf Welin 1988   1992   4   (1930–2008) [119]
70Åke Sagrén 1988   1996   0   (1935–2022)
71Curt Sjöö 1990   1996   6   (1937–) [120]
72Percurt Green 1994   2000   6   (1939–) [121]
73Sven-Åke Jansson 1 Jul 1994   1998   4   (1937–2014) [122][123]
74Folke Rehnström 1996   2002   6  
  • Director, Main Unit, Ministry of Defence, 1996–1998.
  • Chief of the 2oint Forces Directorate, 1998–2002.
 (1942–2020)
75Mertil Melin 1 Apr 1996   2000   4   (1945–2023)
76Johan Hederstedt 1998   1 Jul 2000   2  
  • –.
 (1943–) Promoted to general, 1 Jul 2000
77Hans Berndtson 1 Jul 1998   2005   7   (1945–)
78Johan Kihl 2000   2004   4   (1946–)
79Claes-Göran Fant 1 Sep 2005   2007   2  
  • Expert in the Swedish Defence Commission (Försvarsberedningen), 2005–2007.
 (1951–)
80Sverker Göranson 2007   25 Mar 2009   2   (1954–) Promoted to general, 25 Mar 2009
81Anders Lindström 13 Dec 2007   2011   4   (1955–)
82Göran Mårtensson 2014   2016   2   (1960–)
83Dennis Gyllensporre 2014   2021   7   (1964–)
84Michael Claesson 10 Sep 2020   30 Sep 2024   4   (1965–) Promoted to general, 1 Oct 2024
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Footnotes

  1. [a]
    Until 1972, a Swedish lieutenant general was a two-star rank.
  2. [b]
    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. [c]
    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.
  4. [d]
    Lilliehöök retired from active service in 1937. However, he was called up during World War II as Inspector for the Army's Motor Vehicle Service between 1941 and 1945.[61]
  5. [e]
    Cederschiöld transferred to reserve in 1950, where he remained as lieutenant general until 31 December 1954. After resigning as Chief of His Majesty's Military Staff in 1963, Cederschiöld was promoted to general in the army on 23 May 1963.[76]
  6. [f]
    Bengt Liljestrand had an acting rank of lieutenant general as Force Commander of UNEF II from 1975 to 1976 but was major general in the Swedish Army.[112]

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