Post: | Chief |
Body: | the General Staff |
Flag: | Naval Ensign of Sweden.svg |
Department: | Ministry of Defence |
Type: | Chief of the General Staff |
Status: | Abolished |
Abbreviation: | CGst |
Member Of: | Ministry of Land Defence |
Reports To: | King of Sweden |
Seat: | Birger Jarls torg 10, Stockholm (1876–1926) Östermalmsgatan 87, Stockholm (1926–1937) |
Termlength: | No fixed term |
Formation: | 5 December 1873 |
First: | Colonel Hugo Raab |
Last: | Lieutenant general Oscar Nygren |
Abolished: | 1937 |
Unofficial Names: | Generalstabschef |
The Chief of the General Staff (Swedish: Chefen för generalstaben, CGst, or Generalstabschef) was from 1873 to 1937 the second most senior member of the Swedish Army (after the King of Sweden) and headed the General Staff. The position was held by a senior member of the Swedish Army. In 1937, the position was abolished and the position of Chief of the Defence Staff was established.