Anders Lindström (Swedish Army officer)


Anders Reinhold Lindström is a retired Swedish Army officer. His senior commands include the Chief of Home Guard, the Chief of Operations and the Commandant General in Stockholm. He retired from the military in 2012.

Early life

Lindström was born on 14 January 1955 in Borås, Sweden. His father, who came from Ådalen, started as a tailor apprentice and became designer in women's clothing. Lindström's mother came from a free church baptist family. He grew up in Borås, Västerås, Nässjö, and Halmstad and started school one year before his peers. Lindström graduated from Rudbeckianska gymnasiet in Västerås in 1971 and as a youth he became Swedish junior champion in bandy.

Career

Military career

Lindström was commissioned into the Swedish Army in 1976 and he served as an officer in Göta Life Guards. Lindström also served many years in different positions in Södermanland Regiment in Strängnäs. Lindström served in different staff positions before he became deputy brigade commander of the Life Grenadier Brigade in Linköping and then he served as commanding officer of Dalarna Brigade in Falun from 1997 to 1999 and in the staff of Middle Military Area.
Lindström then served as deputy commanding officer of the Army Tactical Command. He has also served as liaison officer at the United States Central Command in Tampa, Florida from March 2002. On 1 October 2002, Lindström was appointed Chief of Home Guard and was promoted to major general. On 13 December 2007, Lindström was appointed Chief of Operations and head of the Joint Forces Command in the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters in Stockholm. He was at the same time promoted to lieutenant general.

Business career

On 11 October 2011, Lindström was appointed CEO of AB Storstockholms Lokaltrafik and Waxholmsbolaget as well as the managing director of the Traffic Board. He took office on 1 January 2012. In June 2014, Lindström was elected chairman of the Swedish Federation for Voluntary Defence Education and he left the same position a year later. In May 2015, Lindström was fined 5,000 Hong Kong dollar by the Tsuen Wan Magistrates' Court in Hong Kong for having stolen a cardholder at Hong Kong International Airport during a business trip. Lindström himself claimed that he accidentally forgot to pay for it. In connection with this, he departed from his service, and resigned the same month as CEO of SL and Waxholmsbolaget. Since June 2015, Lindström works as a Senior Consultant for Count On Business Service AB.

Personal life

Lindström was married to Ann-Christine who died in May 2004. They had one son, Anders Junior. He later married his present wife Katharina and they have three children.

Dates of rank