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Anders Reinhold Lindström (14 January 1955) is a retired

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officer. His senior commands include the

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, the Chief of Joint Operations and the

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. He retired from the military in 2011.

Early life

Lindström was born on 14 January 1955 in

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, Sweden. His father, who came from

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, started as a tailor apprentice and became designer in women's clothing. Lindström's mother came from a

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baptist family. He grew up in Borås,

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, and

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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

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Career

Military career

Lindström was commissioned into the

in 1976 and he served as an officer in Göta Life Guards (P 1). Lindström also served many years in different positions in Södermanland Regiment (P 10) in

Strängnäs Strängnäs is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Strängnäs Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 15,363 inhabitants in 2020. It is located by Lake Mälaren and is the episcopal see of the Diocese of Strängnäs, one of t ...

. Lindström served in different staff positions before he became deputy brigade commander of the Life Grenadier Brigade (IB 4) in

Linköping Linköping () is a city in southern Sweden, with around 105,000 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality and the capital of Östergötland County. Linköping is also the episcopal see of the Diocese of Linköping (Church ...

and then he served as commanding officer of Dalarna Brigade (NB 13) in

Falun Falun () is a city and the seat of Falun Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 37,291 inhabitants in 2010. It is also the capital of Dalarna County. Falun forms, together with Borlänge, a metropolitan area with just over 100,000 inhabita ...

from 1997 to 1999 and in the staff of

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(Milo M). Lindström then served as Deputy Inspector General of the Army from 2000 to 2002 and deputy commanding officer of the Army Tactical Command. He has also served as

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at the

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from March 2002. On 1 October 2002, Lindström was appointed

and was promoted to major general. On 13 December 2007, Lindström was appointed Chief of Joint Operations and head of the

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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 (SL) and

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as well as the managing director of the Traffic Board (''Trafiknämnden''). He took office on 1 January 2012. In June 2014, Lindström was elected chairman of the

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and he left the same position a year later. In May 2015, Lindström was fined 5,000

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by the Tsuen Wan Magistrates' Court in

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for having stolen a cardholder at

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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

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Lieutenant Colonel Lieutenant colonel ( , ) is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel. Several police forces in the United States use the rank of lieutenant colone ...

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Brigadier general Brigadier general or Brigade general is a military rank used in many countries. It is the lowest ranking general officer in some countries. The rank is usually above a colonel, and below a major general or divisional general. When appointed ...

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*2007 –

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Awards and decorations

Swedish

For Zealous and Devoted Service of the Realm ribbon

For Zealous and Devoted Service of the Realm For Zealous and Devoted Service of the Realm ( sv, För nit och redlighet i rikets tjänst) is a reward medal awarded to one who has been a Swedish State employee for 30 years and has shown "zealous and devoted service". As an alternative to the m ...

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Home Guard Medal of Merit * Swedish Women's Voluntary Defence Organization Royal Medal of Merit *

Swedish Armed Forces Conscript Medal Swedish Armed Forces Basic Training Medal ( sv, Försvarsmaktens grundutbildningsmedalj, FMGUSM), previously the Swedish Armed Forces Conscript Medal ( sv, Försvarsmaktens värnpliktsmedalj, FMvplSM) is a Swedish reward medal instituted by the Sw ...

Swedish Armed Forces International Service Medal The Swedish Armed Forces International Service Medal ( sv, Försvarsmaktens medalj för internationella insatser, FMintBM) is a Swedish reward medal instituted by the Swedish Armed Forces in 1991. The medal regulations has been revised twice, in 1 ...

Association of Home Guard Officers Merit Badge The Association of Home Guard Officers Merit Badge ( sv, Hemvärnsbefälets Riksförbunds förtjänsttecken, HBRGFt) is a Swedish merit badge established in 1991 by the Association of Home Guard Officers (''Hemvärnsbefälets Riksförbund'', HBR) ...

* Dala Brigade Medal of Merit (''Dalabrigadens förtjänstmedalj'') * Hemvärnets Petrimedalj med lagerkrans

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Petri Medal *

Dalarna Regiment and Dalarna Brigade Commemorative Medal in silver (''Dalregementets och Dalabrigadens minnesmedalj i silver'', DalregbrigSMM) * Mellersta militärdistriktets minnesmedalj

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Commemorative Medal (''Mellersta militärdistriktets minnesmedalj'', MDMMSM) * Östra_arméfördelningens_minnesmedalj

Eastern Army Division The Eastern Army Division ( sv, Östra arméfördelningen, 4. förd), was a division of the Swedish Army that operated in various forms from 1941 to 2000. Its staff was located in Strängnäs Garrison in Strängnäs. The unit was disbanded as a r ...

Commemorative Medal (''Östra arméfördelningens minnesmedalj'', ÖFördSMM) *

''Järnvägarnas driftvärn'' Commemorative Medal in silver (''Järnvägarnas driftvärns minnesmedalj i silver'', JvgDvMSM) * The_Nordic_Blue_Berets_Medal_of_Honour_ribbon

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The Nordic Blue Beret Medal of Merit (''Blå barettförtjänstmedaljen'', BbarettBM) *etc

Foreign

Badge of Merit (''Hjemmevaernets fortjensttegn'') *etc

References

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