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.
Name PhotoDate of rankDate vacatedYrsPositionNotesRef Commander, Swedish Fortification Corps, 1891–1903. (1835–1905) Commander, 1st Army Division, 1896–1904. (1837–1922) Minister for War, 1899–1903. (1843–1904) Commander, 4th Army Division, 1896–1905. Commandant General in Stockholm, 1905–1905. (1837–1915) Promoted to general, 1905 Commander, 2nd Army Division, 1893–1902. (1836–1905) Inspector of the Swedish Army Service Troops, 1903–1906. (1840–1928) Inspector of the Swedish Cavalry, 1898–1912. (1861–1951) Promoted to general, 1908 Commander, 4th Army Division, 1905–1910. Commandant General in Stockholm, 1905–1910. (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 Chief of the General Staff, 1905–1919. (1854–1927) Promoted to general, 14 Jul 1919 13 Master-General of the Ordnance, 1903–1915. (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 Commander, 4th Army Division, 1917–1918. Commandant General in Stockholm, 1917–1918. (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, Swedish Fortification Corps, 1915–1923. (1858–1935) * –. (1857–1935) 26 Quartermaster-General of the Swedish Army, 1915–1926. (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 Commander, 4th Army Division, 1918–1927. Commandant General in Stockholm, 1918–1927. (1862–1936) 31 Commandant of Boden Fortress, 1918–1927. (1863–1939) 32 Chief of the General Staff, 1922–1930. (1865–1940) Promoted to general, 23 Apr 1930. 33 Master-General of the Ordnance, 1919–1929. (1864–1947) * Colonel in Svea Life Guards and the Scanian Cavalry Regiment. (1882–1973) Promoted to general, 1932 * –. (1868–1958) * –. (1865–1942) 34 Inspector of the Cavalry, 1922–1930. (1865–1946) 35 Commander, Swedish Fortification Corps, 1923–1934. (1869–1948) 36 Master-General of the Ordnance, 1929–1934. (1869–1958) * –. (1867–1953) * –. (1868–1945) * –. (1868–1958) 37 Commander, Southern Army Division, 1928–1935. (1870–1959) * –. (1868–1939) 38 Commander, Eastern Army Division, 1930–1936. Commandant General in Stockholm, 1930–1936. (1871–1952) 39 Quartermaster-General of the Swedish Army, 1926–1935. (1870–1955) 40 Chief of the Defence Staff, 1936–1939. (1877–1977) Promoted to general, 1 Jan 1940. 41 Acting Chief of the Army, 1936–1937. (1872–1960) Promoted to general, 1 Oct 1937. 42 Commanding General, Northern Army Division, 1933–1937. (1873–1945) 43 Chief of the Army, 1937–1940. (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 Chief of the Army, 1940–1944. (1879–1954) 46 –. (1878–1972) 47 Commanding General, IV Military District, 1943–1944. Commandant General in Stockholm, 1943–1944. (1886–1978) Promoted to general, 1 Apr 1944. 48 Chief of the Army, 1944–1948. (1883–1960) * –. (1878–1954) * –. (1880–1945) 49 –. (1881–1975) 50 I Military District, 1942–1947. (1881–1955) * Quartermaster-General of the Swedish Army, 1946–1957. Vice chief of the Royal Swedish Army Materiel Administration, 1949–1954. Vice chief of the Royal Swedish Army Supply Administration, 1954–1957. (1891–1971) 51 Chief of the Army, 1948–1957. (1892–1974) Promoted to general, 1957. * –. (1884–1960) * –. (1884–1972) * –. (1878–1968) Promoted to general, 1963 52 Chief of the Defence Staff, 1947–1951. (1898–1965) Promoted to general, 1 Apr 1951 53 Chief of the Military Office of the Minister of Defence, 1945–1951. (1886–1954) * –. (1888–1952) * –. (1887–1976) * –. (1890–1961) 54 Chief of the Army, 1957–1963. (1900–1969) Promoted to general, 1963 * –. (1892–1969) * –. (1891–1981) * –. (1894–1964) * –. (1894–1965) * –. (1894–1988) * –. (1894–1965) * –. (1895–1981) * –. (1896–1975) 55 Chief of the Army, 1963–1969. (1909–1996) Promoted to general, 1969 * –. (1898–1981) * –. (1898–1989) * –. (1913–2001) * –. (1899–1983) 56 Chief of the Defence Staff, 1961–1967. Commanding General, Eastern Military District, 1967–1969. Commandant General in Stockholm, 1967–1969. Chief of the Army, 1969–1976. (1913–2001) Promoted to general, 1976 57 VI Military District, 1963–1966. Upper Norrland Military District, 1966–1972 (1909–1992) 58 Commanding General, IV Military District, 1961–1967. Commandant General in Stockholm, 1961–1967. (1901–1988) * –. (1900–1994) 59 Chief of the Defence Staff, 1967–1970. (1915–2004) Promoted to general, 1 Oct 1970 * –. (1904–1995) * –. (1903–1973) 60 Eastern Military District, 1969–1974. Commandant General in Stockholm, 1969–1974. (1918–1997) * –. (1905–1997) 61 Commanding General, Southern Military District, 1972–1980. Chief of Home Guard, 1981–1983. (1919–2016) * –. (1908–1996) * –. (1912–1998) * –. (1908–1988) 62 Commanding General, Eastern Military District, 1974–1976. Commandant General in Stockholm, 1974–1976. Chief of the Army, 1976–1984. (1921–1996) * –. (1914–1981) * Force Commander of UNEF II, 1975–1976. (1919–2000) 63 Chief of the Defence Staff, 1976–1978. (1915–2004) Promoted to general, 1 Oct 1978 64 Commanding General, Upper Norrland Military District, 1976–1980. (1919–1995) 65 Commanding General, Upper Norrland Military District, 1980–1984. Chief of the Army, 1984–1990. (1928–) 66 Commanding General, Upper Norrland Military District, 1984–1986. (1933–2019) Promoted to general, 1 Oct 1986 67 Commanding General, Southern Military District, 1984–1988. (1924–2020) 68 Force Commander, UNIFIL, 1988–1993. Force Commander, UNPROFOR, 1993–1993. (1929–1999) 69 Commanding General, Southern Military District, 1988–1992. (1930–2008) 70 1988 Commanding General, Upper Norrland Military District, 1988–1990. Chief of the Army, 1990–1994. Chief of Army Command, 1994–1996. (1935–2022) 71 Commanding General, Upper Norrland Military District, 1990–1992. Commanding General, Northern Military District, 1993–1996. (1937–) 72 Chief of the Joint Operations Command(Operationsledningen), 1994–1998. Deputy Supreme Commander, 1994–1998. Commanding General, Middle Military District, 1998–2000. Commandant General in Stockholm, 1998–2000. (1939–) 73 Commanding General, Southern Military District, 1994–1998. (1937–2014) 74 Director, Main Unit, Ministry of Defence, 1996–1998. Chief of the 2oint Forces Directorate, 1998–2002. (1942–2020) 75 Chief of Army Staff, 1996–1998. Commanding General, Northern Military District, 1998–2000 (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 Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate, 2000–2004. Swedish Armed Forces Special Forces, 2000–2004. Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters, 2002–2004. (1946–) 79 Expert in the Swedish Defence Commission (Försvarsberedningen), 2005–2007. (1951–) 80 Chief of Defence Staff, 2007–2009. Chief of Staff of the Swedish Armed Forces, 2007–2009. (1954–) Promoted to general, 25 Mar 2009 81 Chief of Joint Operations, 2007–2011. Commandant General in Stockholm, 2007–2011. (1955–) 82 Chief of Joint Operations, 2014–2016. (1960–) 83 Chief of Defence Staff, 2014–2018 Chief of the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters, 2014–2018. Chief of the Swedish Armed Forces Special Forces, 2014–2018. Commandant General in Stockholm, 2014–2018. Force Commander of MINUSMA, 2018–2021. (1964–) 84 Chief of Joint Operations, 2020–2022. Commandant General in Stockholm, 2020–2024. Chief of the Defence Staff, 2023–2024 (1965–) Promoted to general, 1 Oct 2024 85 Swedish Military Representative to the EU and NATO, 2026–present. (1975–)
See also Generallöjtnant List of Swedish Navy lieutenant generals List of Swedish Air Force lieutenant generals
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