Chief of the Air Staff (Sweden)
The Chief of the Air Staff[1] (Swedish: Chefen för flygstaben, CFS, or Flygstabschef) is the professional head of the Swedish Air Staff. The post was created in 1936 with lieutenant colonel Bengt Nordenskiöld as the first incumbent. The post disappeared in 1994 and was reintroduced in 2019 when the new Air Staff was established.
| Chief of the Air Staff | |
|---|---|
| Chefen för flygstaben | |
 | |
Incumbent Colonel Dennis Hedström since 1 June 2019 | |
| Ministry of Defence | |
| Type | Chief of the Air Staff |
| Abbreviation | CFS |
| Reports to | Chief of Air Force |
| Seat | Banérgatan 62-64, Stockholm (1943–1981) Lidingövägen 24, Stockholm (1981–1994) Ärna Air Base (2019–) |
| Term length | No fixed term |
| Formation | 1936, 2019 |
| First holder | Lieutenant Colonel Bengt Nordenskiöld (1936) Colonel Anders Persson (2019) |
| Final holder | Major General Bernt Östh |
| Abolished | 1994 |
| Unofficial names | Flygstabschef |
| Deputy | Vice Chief of the Air Staff (1943–1966) |
History
The Chief of the Air Staff was from 1936 to 1994 the second most senior member of the Swedish Air Force after the Chief of the Air Force and headed the Air Staff. The position was initially held by a colonel (1937–1943) and later by a major general (1943–1994). When the Air Staff was disbanded in 1994, the office was eliminated. In 2019, the Air Staff was re-established and a Chief of the Air Staff was appointed again, this time held by a colonel.
Between 1943 and 1966, the post of Vice Chief of the Air Staff existed. According to the rules of procedure for the Air Staff issued on 1 March 1962, the Vice Chief of the Air Staff (and the Air Surveillance Inspector and the Air Safety Inspector) were given responsibility for various departments and other organizational units within the Air Staff's areas of activity so that these executives in effect subsequently served as section heads.[2]
Chiefs of the Air Staff
Chiefs of the Air Staff (1936–1994)
| No. | Portrait | Chief of the Air Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Prime Minister | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colonel[lower-alpha 1] Bengt Nordenskiöld (1891–1983) | 1 July 1936 | 1942 | 5–6 years | Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp Per Albin Hansson | [3] | |
| 2 | Major general[lower-alpha 2] Axel Ljungdahl (1897–1995) | 1942 | 1947 | 4–5 years | Per Albin Hansson Tage Erlander | - | |
| 3 | Major general[lower-alpha 3] Gustaf Adolf Westring (1900–1963) | 1947 | 1957 | 9–10 years | Tage Erlander | - | |
| 4 | Major general Lennart Peyron (1909–1981) | 1957 | 1960 | 2–3 years | Tage Erlander | - | |
| 5 | Major general Stig Norén (1908–1996) | 1960 | 1964 | 3–4 years | Tage Erlander | - | |
| 6 | Major general Gösta Odqvist (1913–2005) | 1964 | 1966 | 1–2 years | Tage Erlander | - | |
| 7 | Major general Claës-Henrik Nordenskiöld (1917–2003) | 1966 | 1970 | 3–4 years | Tage Erlander Olof Palme | - | |
| 8 | Major general Dick Stenberg (1921–2004) | 1 April 1970 | 30 September 1973 | 3 years, 182 days | Olof Palme | [4] | |
| 9 | Major general Hans Neij (1921–1985) | 1973 | 30 September 1978 | 4–5 years | Olof Palme Thorbjörn Fälldin | [5] | |
| 10 | Major general Erik Nygren (1923–1999) | 1 October 1978 | 30 September 1980 | 1 year, 365 days | Thorbjörn Fälldin Ola Ullsten | [5] | |
| 11 | Major general Evert Båge (1925–2021) | 1 October 1980 | 1984 | 3–4 years | Thorbjörn Fälldin Olof Palme | [5] | |
| 12 | Major general Bengt Lönnbom (born 1933) | 1984 | 1987 | 2–3 years | Olof Palme Ingvar Carlsson | - | |
| 13 | Major general Bert Stenfeldt (born 1933) | 1987 | 1990 | 2–3 years | Ingvar Carlsson | - | |
| 14 | Major general Bernt Östh (born 1936) | 1990 | 1994 | 3–4 years | Ingvar Carlsson Carl Bildt | - | |
| - | Senior colonel Kjell Nilsson (1943–2018) Acting | 1993 | 1994 | 0–1 years | Carl Bildt | - |
Chiefs of the Air Staff (2019–present)
| No. | Portrait | Chief of the Air Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Prime Minister | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colonel Anders Persson (born 1968) | 1 January 2019 | 30 September 2019 | 272 days | Stefan Löfven | [6] | |
| 2 | Colonel Anders Jönsson (born ?) | 1 October 2019 | 31 May 2020 | 243 days | Stefan Löfven | [7][8] | |
| 3 | Colonel Dennis Hedström (born ?) | 1 June 2020 | 31 May 2024 | 3 years, 365 days | Stefan Löfven | [9] |
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Vice Chiefs of the Air Staff
| No. | Portrait | Vice/Deputy Chief of the Air Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Prime Minister | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colonel Karl Silfverberg (1899–1978) | 1943 | 1948 | 4–5 years | Per Albin Hansson Tage Erlander | - | |
| 2 | Colonel Torsten Rapp (1905–1993) | 1 October 1948 | 1951 | 2–3 years | Tage Erlander | [10] | |
| 3 | Colonel Greger Falk (1910–1990) | 1951 | 1953 | 1–2 years | Tage Erlander | - | |
| 4 | Colonel Stig Möller (1911–2002) | 1953 | 1959 | 5–6 years | Tage Erlander | - | |
| 5 | Colonel Gösta Odqvist (1913–2005) | 1959 | 1961 | 1–2 years | Tage Erlander | - | |
| 6 | Colonel Nils Personne (1918–2013) | 1961 | 1966 | 4–5 years | Tage Erlander | - |
Footnotes
- Nordenskiöld was lieutenant colonel when taking office on 1 July 1936 and was promoted to colonel on 1 July 1937 while still in office.[3]
- Ljungdahl was colonel when taking office in 1942 and was promoted to major general in 1943 while still in office.
- Westring was colonel when taking office in 1947 and was promoted to major general in 1950 while still in office.
References
- Gullberg 1977, p. 134
- "Kungl. Maj.ts proposition nr 31 år 1963" (in Swedish). Stockholm: Riksdag. 30 December 1963. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- Böhme 1990–1991, p. 292
- Scheiderbauer 2007–2011, p. 225
- Wennerholm 2015, p. 154
- Ullman 2019
- "PÅ NY POST" (PDF). Försvarets forum: personaltidning för fast anställda och reservofficerare i svenska försvarsmakten (in Swedish). Stockholm: Försvarets forum (5): 8. 2018. SELIBR 4109339. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- "PÅ NY POST" (PDF). Försvarets forum: personaltidning för fast anställda och reservofficerare i svenska försvarsmakten (in Swedish). Stockholm: Försvarets forum (1): 8–9. 2020. SELIBR 4109339. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- "PÅ NY POST" (PDF). Försvarets forum: personaltidning för fast anställda och reservofficerare i svenska försvarsmakten (in Swedish). Stockholm: Försvarets forum (2): 9. 2020. SELIBR 4109339. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- Norén 1995–1997, p. 675
Print
- Böhme, Klaus-Richard (1990–1991). "Bengt G Nordenskiöld". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 27. National Archives of Sweden. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- Gullberg, Ingvar E. (1977). Svensk-engelsk fackordbok för näringsliv, förvaltning, undervisning och forskning [A Swedish-English dictionary of technical terms used in business, industry, administration, education and research] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Norstedt. ISBN 91-1-775052-0. SELIBR 8345587.
- Norén, Stig (1995–1997). "B Torsten Rapp". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 29. National Archives of Sweden. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- Scheiderbauer, Sven (2007–2011). "Dick Stenberg". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 33. National Archives of Sweden. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- Wennerholm, Bertil, ed. (2015). Så kom JAS-projektet till: vittnesseminarium kring beslutsprocessen om JAS 39 1979-1983 : 11 november 2013. Forskningsprojektet Försvaret och det kalla kriget (FOKK), 1652-5388 ; 45 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Forskningsprojektet Försvaret och det kalla kriget (FoKK. ISBN 9789198049886. SELIBR 18205009.
Web
- Ullman, Angela (2 October 2019). "Ny flygvapenchef tog befälet" (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
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