List of Swedish Army lieutenant generals after 1900 explained

This is a list of lieutenant generals in the Swedish Army since 1900. The grade of lieutenant general (or three-star general) 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.

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), positions held as lieutenant general, and other biographical notes.

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  • Commander, Royal Engineers (Fortifikationen), 1891–1903.
(1835–1905)
     
  • Commander, 1st Army Division, 1896–1904.
(1837–1922)
     
  • Minister for War, 1899–1903.
(1843–1904)
      (1837–1915) Promoted to general, 1905
     
  • Commander, 2nd Army Division, 1893–1902.
(1836–1905)
      (1840–1928)
     
  • Inspector of the Swedish Cavalry, 1898–1912.
(1861–1951) Promoted to general, 1908
      (1845–1910) Died in office.
     
  • Commander, 5th Army Division, 1899–1907.
(1841–1919)
10      
  • Commander, 3rd Army Division, 1902–1911.
(1846–1924)
11      
  • Commander, 2nd Army Division, 1902–1913.
(1846–1924) Promoted to general, 1913
     
  • –.
(1845–1922)
12       (1854–1927) Promoted to general, 14 Jul 1919
13       (1850–1919)
14      
  • Commander, 1st Army Division, 1904–1915.
(1848–1920)
15      
  • 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.
16      
  • Commander, 5th Army Division, 1911–1917.
(1851–1939)
17      
  • Envoy extraordinaire and minister plénipotentiaire at the Russian Imperial Court, 1906–1920.
(1850–1921)
     
  • –.
(1847–1927)
     
  • –.
(1849–1937)
18      
  • Commander, 3rd Army Division, 1911–1917.
(1852–1924)
19      
  • Inspector of the Militärläroverken, 1917–1919.
(1854–1936)
20       (1858–1923)
21      
  • Inspector of the Infantry, 1919–1922.
(1857–1937)
22      
  • Inspector of the Infantry, 1922–1926.
(1861–1937)
23      
  • Inspector of the Militärläroverken, 1919–1923.
(1858–1946)
24      
  • Commander, 5th Army Division, 1917–1923.
  • Inspector of the Militärläroverken, 1923–1928.
(1862–1932)
25      
  • Commander, Royal Engineers (Fortifikationen), 1915–1923.
(1858–1935)
     
  • –.
(1857–1935)
26       (1861–1933)
27      
  • Commander, 3rd Army Division, 1922–1926.
(1861–1951)
28      
  • Commander, 1st Army Division, 1917–1926.
(1861–1951)
29      
  • Commander, 2nd Army Division, 1922–1926.
(1863–1926) Died in office.
30       (1862–1936)
31       (1863–1939)
32       (1865–1940) Promoted to general, 23 Apr 1930.
33       (1864–1947)
      (1882–1973) Promoted to general, 1932
     
  • –.
(1868–1958)
     
  • –.
(1865–1942)
34      
  • Inspector of the Cavalry, 1922–1930.
(1865–1946)
35      
  • Commander, Royal Engineers (Fortifikationen), 1923–1934.
(1869–1948)
36       (1869–1958)
     
  • –.
(1867–1953)
     
  • –.
(1868–1945)
     
  • –.
(1868–1958)
37      
  • Commander, Southern Army Division, 1928–1935.
(1870–1959)
     
  • –.
(1868–1939)
38       (1871–1952)
39       (1870–1955)
40       (1877–1977) Promoted to general, 1 Jan 1940.
41       (1872–1960) Promoted to general, 1 Oct 1937.
42      
  • Commanding General, Northern Army Division, 1933–1937.
(1873–1945)
43       (1875–1945)
44      
  • Commanding General, Western Army Division, 1932–1937.
  • Inspector for the Army's Motor Vehicle Service, 1941–1945.
(1872–1950)
     
  • –.
(1874–1956)
     
  • –.
(1871–1949)
45       (1879–1954)
46      
  • –.
(1878–1972)
47       (1886–1978) Promoted to general, 1 Apr 1944.
48       (1883–1960)
     
  • –.
(1878–1954)
     
  • –.
(1880–1945)
49      
  • –.
(1881–1975)
50       (1881–1955)
      (1891–1971)
51       (1892–1974) Promoted to general, 1957.
     
  • –.
(1884–1960)
     
  • –.
(1884–1972)
     
  • –.
(1878–1968) Promoted to general, 1963
52       (1898–1965) Promoted to general, 1 Apr 1951
53       (1886–1954)
     
  • –.
(1888–1952)
     
  • –.
(1887–1976)
     
  • –.
(1890–1961)
54       (1900–1969) Promoted to general, 1963
     
  • –.
(1892–1969)
     
  • –.
(1891–1981)
     
  • –.
(1894–1964)
     
  • –.
(1894–1965)
     
  • –.
(1894–1988)
     
  • –.
(1894–1965)
     
  • –.
(1895–1981)
     
  • –.
(1896–1975)
55       (1909–1996) Promoted to general, 1969
     
  • –.
(1898–1981)
     
  • –.
(1898–1989)
     
  • –.
(1913–2001)
     
  • –.
(1899–1983)
56       (1913–2001) Promoted to general, 1976
57       (1909–1992)
58       (1901–1988)
     
  • –.
(1900–1994)
59       (1915–2004) Promoted to general, 1 Oct 1970
     
  • –.
(1904–1995)
     
  • –.
(1903–1973)
60       (1918–1997)
     
  • –.
(1905–1997)
61       (1919–2016)
     
  • –.
(1908–1996)
     
  • –.
(1912–1998)
     
  • –.
(1908–1988)
62       (1921–1996)
     
  • –.
(1914–1981)
     
  • Force Commander of UNEF II, 1975–1976.
(1919–2000)
63       (1915–2004) Promoted to general, 1 Oct 1978
64       (1919–1995)
65       (1928–)
66       (1933–2019) Promoted to general, 1 Oct 1986
67       (1924–2020)
68      
  • Force Commander, UNIFIL, 1988–1993.
  • Force Commander, UNPROFOR, 1993–1993.
(1929–1999)
69       (1930–2008)
70 1988       (1935–2022)
71       (1937–)
72       (1939–)
73       (1937–2014)
74      
  • Director, Main Unit, Ministry of Defence, 1996–1998.
  • Chief of the 2oint Forces Directorate, 1998–2002.
(1942–2020)
75       (1945–2023)
76      
  • –.
(1943–) Promoted to general, 1 Jul 2000
77      
  • Chief of the General Training and Management Directorate, 1998–2000.
  • Chief of the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters, 2001–2002.
  • Deputy Supreme Commander, 2001–2005.
(1945–)
78       (1946–)
79      
  • Expert in the Swedish Defence Commission (Försvarsberedningen), 2005–2007.
(1951–)
80       (1954–) Promoted to general, 25 Mar 2009
81       (1955–)
82       (1960–)
83       (1964–)
84       (1965–) Promoted to general, 1 Oct 2024

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