The Chief of Army ( sv, Arméchef, AC) is the most senior appointment in the
Swedish Army
The Swedish Army ( sv, svenska armén) is the land force of the Swedish Armed Forces.
History
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. The position Chief of Army was introduced in 1937 and the current form in 2014.
History
In 1937, the staff agency "Chief of the Army" ( sv, Chefen för armén, CA) was created to lead the army in peace time. The CA would under the
King in Council
The King-in-Council or the Queen-in-Council, depending on the gender of the reigning monarch, is a constitutional term in a number of states. In a general sense, it would mean the monarch exercising executive authority, usually in the form of ap ...
exercise the highest military leadership of the Land Defense ( sv, Lantförsvaret). At his side, the CA had an
Army Staff to assist the CA in his duties. Before 1937 the Chief of the General Staff was considered to be the Chief of Army, but he was not usually to the rank of chief, but formally only the king's chief of staff in his capacity as
Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces
The Supreme Commander ( sv, överbefälhavaren; acronym: ÖB) is the highest ranked professional military officer in the Swedish Armed Forces, and is by NATO terminology the Swedish chief of defence equivalent. The Supreme Commander is the agency ...
. The oldest general was chairman of the special preparatory body called the Generals Commission (''Generalskommissionen'').
Following a larger reorganization of the
Swedish Armed Forces
The Swedish Armed Forces ( sv, Försvarsmakten, "the Defense Force") is the government agency that forms the armed forces of Sweden, tasked with the defense of the country as well as with promoting Sweden's wider interests, supporting internati ...
in 1994, the staff agency Chief of the Army ceased to exist as an independent agency. Instead, the post Chief of Army Command ( sv, Chefen för arméledningen) was created at the then newly instituted
Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters. In 1998, the Swedish Armed Forces was again reorganized. Most of the duties of the Chief of Army Command were transferred to the newly instituted post of "
Inspector General of the Army" ( sv, generalinspektören för armén). The post is similar to that of the "Inspector General of the
Swedish Navy
The Swedish Navy ( sv, Svenska marinen) is the naval branch of the Swedish Armed Forces. It is composed of surface and submarine naval units – the Fleet () – as well as marine units, the Amphibious Corps ().
In Swedish, vessels o ...
" ( sv, Generalinspektören för marinen) and the "Inspector General of the
Swedish Air Force
The Swedish Air Force ( sv, Svenska flygvapnet or just ) is the air force branch of the Swedish Armed Forces.
History
The Swedish Air Force was created on 1 July, 1926 when the aircraft units of the Army and Navy were merged. Because of the es ...
" ( sv, Generalinspektören för flygvapnet). It was later renamed to "Inspector of the Army" ( sv, Arméinspektören) on 1 January 2003.
The position of Inspector of the Army had previously been used in from 1942 to 1949 for the head of the Army Inspectorate (''Arméinspektionen'').
On 1 January 2014, the "Chief of Army" ( sv, Arméchefen, AC) position was reinstated in the Swedish Armed Forces. The position has not the same duties as before.
Tasks
Tasks of the Chief of Army:
*Lead the units which the Chief of Swedish Armed Forces Training and Development has distributed
*To the Chief of Swedish Armed Forces Training and Development propose the development of the units' abilities
*Being the foremost representative of the units
*Represent the units and the area of ability in international contacts
Heraldry
The command flag of the Chief of Army is drawn by Brita Grep and embroidered by hand by the Kedja studio, Heraldica.
Blazon
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: "Fessed in yellow and blue; on yellow two blue batons of command with sets of yellow crowns placed two and one in saltire, on blue two yellow swords in saltire."
List of chiefs
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!colspan=8, Chief of the Army (''Chefen för armén'')
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!colspan=7, Chief of Army Command (''Chef för arméledningen'')
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!colspan=7, Inspector General of the Army (''Generalinspektör för armén'')
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!colspan=7, Inspector of the Army (''Arméinspektör'')
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!colspan=7, Chief of Army (''Arméchef'')
List of deputy chiefs
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!colspan=7, Deputy Chief of Army (''Ställföreträdande arméchef'')
See also
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Chief of Air Force (Sweden)
Chief of Air Force ( sv, Flygvapenchef, FVC) is the most senior appointment in the Swedish Air Force. The position Chief of Air Force was introduced in 1926 and the current form in 2014.
History
The position and the staff agency "Chief of the Air ...
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Chief of Navy (Sweden)
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