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Anders Reinhold Lindström (14 January 1955) is a retired

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officer. His senior commands include the Chief of Home Guard, the Chief of Joint Operations and the Commandant General in Stockholm. 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

Ådalen Ådalen �oːˌdɑlənis the river valley of the Ångerman River, downstream Junsele, in Sweden. It often refers to the broad, densely populated, fjord-like mouth of the river, in Kramfors Municipality, and is known for the May 1931 Ådalen s ...

, 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,

Västerås Västerås () is a city in central Sweden on the shore of Mälaren, Lake Mälaren in the province of Västmanland, west of Stockholm. The city had a population of 127,799 at the end of 2019, out of the municipal total of 158,653, over 100,000 mo ...

Nässjö Nässjö () is a locality and the seat of Nässjö Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 31,782 inhabitants in 2024. History For many years, Nässjö was a rural village with agriculture as the dominant occupation. The turning point wa ...

, 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 167,000 inhabitants as of 2024. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality and the capital of Östergötland County. Linköping is also the episcopal see of the Diocese of Linköping (Chu ...

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 inhabit ...

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 liaison officer at the

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from March 2002. On 1 October 2002, Lindström was appointed Chief of Home Guard and was promoted to major general. On 13 December 2007, Lindström was appointed Chief of Joint Operations and head of the Joint Forces Command 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 Swedish Federation for Voluntary Defence Education and Training 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

*19?? – Second lieutenant *19?? –

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*19?? –

Captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader or highest rank officer of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police depa ...

*19?? –

Major Major most commonly refers to: * Major (rank), a military rank * Academic major, an academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits * People named Major, including given names, surnames, nicknames * Major and minor in musi ...

*19?? – Lieutenant Colonel *19?? –

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*2000 – Brigadier general *2002 – Major general *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 * SWE_Home_Guard_Royal_Medal_of_Merit_ribbon

Home Guard Medal of Merit * Swedish Women's Voluntary Defence Organization Royal Medal of Merit * Swedish Armed Forces Conscript Medal * FMintBM bar

Swedish Armed Forces International Service Medal * Association of Home Guard Officers Merit Badge * Dala Brigade Medal of Merit (''Dalabrigadens förtjänstmedalj'') *

Home Guard Home guard is a title given to various military organizations at various times, with the implication of an emergency or reserve force raised for local defense. The term "home guard" was first officially used in the American Civil War, starting ...

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

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Commemorative Medal (''Mellersta militärdistriktets minnesmedalj'', MDMMSM) * Eastern Army Division 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

The_Nordic_Blue_Berets_Medal_of_Honour_ribbon

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

Foreign

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

References

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