This is a list of lieutenant generals in the Swedish Air Force since its formation in 1926. The grade of lieutenant general (or three-star general [a]) is ordinarily the second-highest in the peacetime air force, ranking above major general and below general.
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), [b] positions held as lieutenant general, and other biographical notes. [c]
Name | Photo | Date of rank | Date vacated | Yrs [b] | Position | Notes [c] | Ref | |
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1 | Torsten Friis | 1936 | 30 Jun 1942 | 6 |
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(1882–1967) | [1] | |
2 | Bengt Nordenskiöld | 1 Jul 1942 | 30 Apr 1954 | 12 |
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(1891–1983) Promoted to general, 30 Apr 1954 | [2] | |
3 | Axel Ljungdahl | 1 Jul 1954 | 30 Jun 1960 | 6 |
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(1897–1995) Promoted to general, 1960 | [3] | |
4 | Torsten Rapp | 1 Jul 1960 | 1 Oct 1961 | 1 |
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(1905–1993) Promoted to general, 1 Oct 1961 | [4] | |
* | Gustaf Adolf Westring | 1961 | 1961 | 0 |
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(1900–1963) | [5] | |
5 | Lage Thunberg | 1 Oct 1961 | 30 Sep 1968 | 7 |
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(1905–1977) Promoted to general, 1968 | [6] | |
* | Björn Bjuggren | 1964 | 1964 | 0 |
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(1904–1968) | [7] | |
6 | Stig Norén | 1966 | 30 Sep 1973 | 7 |
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(1908–1996) Promoted to general, 1973 | [8] | |
7 | Nils Personne | 1972 | 1980 | 8 |
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(1918–2013) | [9] | |
* | Gösta Odqvist | 1973 | 1973 | 0 |
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(1913–2005) | [10] | |
8 | Dick Stenberg | 1 Oct 1973 | 30 Sep 1982 | 9 |
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(1921–2004) | [11] | |
9 | Sven-Olof Olson | 1980 | 30 Sep 1988 | 8 |
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(1926–2021) | [12] | |
10 | Bengt Lehander | 1 Oct 1982 | 1988 | 6 |
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(1925–1994) | [13] | |
11 | Lars-Erik Englund | 1986 | 30 Sep 1994 | 8 |
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(1934–2010) | [14] | |
12 | Owe Wiktorin | 1 Jul 1991 | 1 Jul 1994 | 3 |
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(1940–) Promoted to general, 1 Jul 1994 | [15] | |
13 | Kent Harrskog | 1 Oct 1994 | 2000 | 6 |
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(1944–) | [16] | |
14 | Kjell Nilsson | 1998 | 2000 | 2 |
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(1943–2018) | [17] | |
15 | Jan Jonsson | 1 Jul 2000 | 31 Oct 2007 | 7 |
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(1952–2021) | [18] | |
16 | Mats Nilsson | 2000 | 31 Oct 2007 | 7 |
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(1956–) | [17] | |
17 | Jan Salestrand | 2007 | 2014 | 7 |
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(1954–) | [19] | |
18 | Anders Silwer | 1 Jan 2012 | 2017 | 5 |
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(1959–) | [20] | |
* | Micael Bydén | – [d] | 1 Oct 2015 | – |
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(1964–) Promoted to general, 1 Oct 2015 | [21] | |
19 | Johan Svensson | 1 Mar 2017 | 7 |
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(1962–) | [22] | ||
20 | Carl-Johan Edström | 1 Jan 2023 | 1 |
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(1967–) | [23] | ||
21 | Thomas Nilsson | 1 May 2023 | 1 |
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(1963–) | [24] |