Anders Grenstad
Rear Admiral Anders Lennart Grenstad is a retired Swedish Navy officer. He served in the Swedish Navy for 39 years. Grenstad's senior commands include Inspector of the Navy, commanding officer of the Naval Tactical Command/Maritime Component Command, head of the Swedish delegation to the NNSC, Deputy Chief of Operations and as head of the Swedish Veterans' Unit.Career
Grenstad was born on 2 July 1958 in Stockholm, Sweden and was commissioned as a naval officer in 1980 after graduating from the Royal Swedish Naval Academy at Näsby Castle. Before that, Grenstad had completed a circumnavigation trip with during 1977/1978. During his career as a naval officer he has held positions as corvette commander and commanding officer of the 3rd Surface Warfare Flotilla in Karlskrona. Grenstad did his staff course at the Military Academy Karlberg between 1994 and 1996. From January to April 2005 he was commanding officer of Marinbasen at the Karlskrona naval base.
On 1 July 2005, Grenstad was appointed Inspector of the Navy and was in this position also the commanding officer of the Naval Tactical Command from 2005 to 2007 and the Maritime Component Command from 2007 to 2011. He left the post on 24 February 2011 and took a position on 1 April 2011 as commanding officer of the Swedish delegation to the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission in the Korean Demilitarized Zone between North Korea and South Korea. He left the post in 2013 and after that served as Deputy Chief of Operations of the Joint Forces Command. Grenstad was director of the Swedish Armed Forces Veterans' Unit from 1 June 2016 until he again was appointed Commanding Officer of the Swedish delegation to the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission on 1 March 2017.Personal life
Grenstad is married to Anja and together they have two children.Dates of rank
