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Berndt Karl Allan Grundevik (born 5 November 1956) is senior retired

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officer. Grundevik served as Inspector of the Army (2007–2012), as head of the Swedish Delegation to the

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(NNSC) in

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(2013–2015) and as Deputy Chief of Joint Operations (2016–2017).

Career

Grundevik started his military career as a conscript at

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(I 17) in Uddevalla in 1976. As a conscript squadleader, he served in the

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during 1977, before starting his training to become a commissioned officer. Grundevik went reserve officer training from 1978 to 1979 and was deputy platoon leader for the

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platoon at Bohuslän Regiment from 1979 to 1980 and then attended the Royal Military Academy in

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from 1980 to 1981. He was commissioned as a lieutenant in 1981 as rifle platoon commander at the Svea Life Guards (I 1), where he served as platoon commander until 1985. During this period, he was promoted to captain in 1983. Grundevik served in the UN mission in Cyprus as a platoon commander from 1985 to 1986 and attended the staff course of the

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from 1987 to 1988. After graduating from the Swedish National Defence College in 1988, he was commissioned as company commander at the

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(I 22), a position where he stayed for two years and was promoted to major in 1989, until heading south to the Infantry Combat School (''Infanteriets stridskola'') as an instructor from 1990 to 1992. From 1992 to 1994, Grundevik attended the advanced course of the Swedish National Defence College. After graduation, and now as a general staff officer, he served as

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to the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Åke Sagrén for the following two years. Finishing the service in the

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, he once again returned to the academic world, this time as a deputy course director at the Swedish National Defence College. As a newly promoted lieutenant colonel in 1997, he was assigned to the Life Guards Brigade (''Livgardesbrigaden'', MekIB 1) in

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as deputy commander. In 1999, he was assigned to the Swedish National Defence College as course director for the advanced course. He was promoted to colonel in 2000, and between 2002 and 2005, he was assigned to be commanding officer at the Life Regiment Hussars (K 3) in

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. During this assignment, he also served as Senior Operations Officer/ CJOC in

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CJTF Staff in

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for a shorter period. After leaving the Life Regiments Hussars, he returned to the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters as Chief of Planning, Plans and Policy in 2005 and was promoted to brigadier general. Grundevik attended the Senior Officers’ International Defence Management Course, and the

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in Monterey,

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, United States in July 2006. In January 2007, he was assigned the position of Task Force Commander (COM MNTF C) in

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for six months. Grundevik was promoted to major general on 13 December 2007 shortly after being appointed Inspector of the Army and head of the Army Tactical Staff. He served in this position until 13 September 2012, when he assumed the position of Acting Deputy Chief of Joint Operations in the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters in Stockholm. Between 27 September 2013 and 29 April 2015 he was head of the Swedish delegation to the

(NNSC) in

. Between 9 September and 31 December 2015 he was appointed as a special investigator in the Training & Procurement Staff in the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters. On 1 June 2016, Grundevik was appointed Deputy Chief of Joint Operations. He retired in November 2017.

Dates of rank

Dates of rank: *1979 – Reserve officer *1981 –

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*1983 –

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*1989 –

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*1997 –

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*2000 –

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*2005 –

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*2007 –

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Awards and decorations

FMGUSM - Försvarsmaktens grundutbildningsmedalj (Sverige)

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 Reserve Officer Medal *

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 ...

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 ...

Home Guard Silver Medal The Home Guard Silver Medal ( sv, Hemvärnets silvermedalj, HvSM) is a Swedish reward medal established in 1951 by the National Home Guard Council (''Rikshemvärnsrådet''). It is awarded for significant service contributed to the development of ...

Medaljen till minne av Nobels fredspris till FNs fredsbevarande styrkor - NobelFNMSM1

Commemorative Medal of the Nobel Prize to the UN Peacekeeping Forces (''Medaljen till minne av Nobels fredspris till FNs fredsbevarande styrkor'', NobelFNSMM) * Air Defence Regiment (Lv 6) Medal of Merit (''Luftvärnsregementets (Lv 6) förtjänstmedalj'') * Swedish Reserve Officers Federation Merit Badge (''Förbundet Sveriges Reservofficerares förtjänsttecken'') * Swedish Deligation to NNSC Medal (''Koreamedaljen'') * Psychologic Defence Associations of the Total Defence Medal of Merit (''Totalförsvarets psykförsvarsförbunds förtjänstmedalj, TfpsykfbGM/SM) (Criscom) (2010)

Foreign

Commander of the

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(2012 and 2015) * Korea_Defense_Service_Medal_ribbon

Korea Defense Service Medal The Korea Defense Service Medal (KDSM) is a military service medal of the United States Armed Forces that was first created in 2002 when it was signed into law by President George W. Bush. The bill to create the proposal was introduced and cham ...

(2015) *

Order of National Security Merit The Order of National Security Merit (Hangul: 보국훈장) is one of South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land b ...

, 3rd Grade (Cheonsu Medal) (2015) * ONZ_Medal_w_Służbie_Pokoju_UNEF_BAR

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( UNEF II), Israel * UNFICYP_Medal_bar

(

UNFICYP The United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) is a United Nations peacekeeping force that was established under United Nations Security Council Resolution 186 in 1964 to prevent a recurrence of fighting following intercommunal violen ...

), Cyprus * NATO_Medal_non-article-5_Balkans_ribbon_bar

NATO Non-Article 5 medal for the Balkans (2007) * Vierdaagse_Medal_Bar

Cross for the Four Day Marches

Honours

*Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (9 April 2007) *Senior Fellow of New Westminster College, New Westminster, Canada

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Grundevik, Berndt 1956 births Living people Swedish Army major generals Chiefs of Army (Sweden) People from Uddevalla Municipality Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences