Percurt Green


Per Kurt Green is a Swedish Army officer. His senior commands include commanding officer of the Joint Operations Command, Deputy Supreme Commander and military commander of the Middle Military District as well as Commandant General in Stockholm.

Career

Green was born on 2 December 1939 in Karlstad, Sweden, the son of Kurt Green and his wife Maj. He became an officer in 1963 and attended the Swedish Armed Forces Staff College from 1969 to 1971. Green attended the International Officer Class of the United States Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth in the United States from 1977 to 1978 and in 1983 he was promoted to colonel and appointed brigade commander in Älvsborg Regiment. He attended the Swedish National Defence College in 1984 and the same year he was promoted to colonel 1st class and appointed chief of staff of Bergslagen Military District.
Green served as director at the Ministry of Defence in Stockholm from 1987 to 1989, and he also served as secretary in the 1988 Defense Committee. He was promoted to major general in 1989 and in 1990, he attended the Swedish National Defence College again. Green served as head of army material at the Defence Materiel Administration from 1990 to 1994. Green was promoted to lieutenant general in 1994 and appointed chief of the Joint Operations Command at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters and Deputy Supreme Commander. From 1998 to 2000, Green served as military commander of the Middle Military District and Commandant General in Stockholm. He retired in 2000.
Green has served as board member of the Swedish Coast Guard, the Swedish National Defence Research Institute and the National Archives of Sweden. He was also CEO of Association of Swedish Defence Industries. In January 2005, Green co-chaired the Nordic and Baltic Industrial Co-Operation Agreements in Helsinki, Finland.

Personal life

In 1976, he married Britt Boilert.

Dates of rank