Chief of Army (Sweden)


The Chief of Army is the most senior appointment in the Swedish Army. The position Chief of Army was introduced in 1937 and the current form in 2014.

History

In 1937, the staff agency "Chief of the Army" was created to lead the army in peace time. The CA would under the King in Council exercise the highest military leadership of the Land Defense. At his side, the CA had an Army Staff to assist the CA in his duties. Before 1937 the Chief of the General Staff was considered to be the Chief of Army, but he was not usually to the rank of chief, but formally only the king's chief of staff in his capacity as Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces. The oldest general was chairman of the special preparatory body called the Generals Commission.
Following a larger reorganization of the Swedish Armed Forces in 1994, the staff agency Chief of the Army ceased to exist as an independent agency. Instead, the post Chief of Army Staff was created at the then newly instituted Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters. In 1998, the Swedish Armed Forces was again reorganized. Most of the duties of the Chief of Army Staff were transferred to the newly instituted post of "Inspector General of the Army". The post is similar to that of the "Inspector General of the Swedish Navy" and the "Inspector General of the Swedish Air Force". It was later renamed to "Inspector of the Army".
On 1 January 2014, the "Chief of Army" position was reinstated in the Swedish Armed Forces. The position has not the same duties as before.

Tasks

Tasks of the Chief of Army:
The command flag of the Chief of Army is drawn by Brita Grep and embroidered by hand by the Kedja studio, Heraldica. Blazon: "Fessed in yellow and blue; on yellow two blue batons of command with sets of yellow crowns placed two and one in saltire, on blue two yellow swords in saltire."

List of chiefs

Chiefs of the Army

Chiefs of Army Staff

Inspectors General of the Army

Inspectors of the Army

Chiefs of Army

List of deputy chiefs

Deputy Chiefs of Army

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