Lieutenant General Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...

Claes-Göran Lennart Fant (born 28 January 1951) is a

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officer. His senior commands include commanding officer of the Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate and head of the

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Early life

Fant was born on 28 January 1951 in

Kungsbacka Kungsbacka () (old da, Kongsbakke) is a locality and the seat of Kungsbacka Municipality in Halland County, Sweden, with 19,057 inhabitants in 2010. It is one of the most affluent parts of Sweden, in part due to its simultaneous proximity to the ...

, Sweden. After

mandatory military service Conscription (also called the draft in the United States) is the state-mandated enlistment of people in a national service, mainly a military service. Conscription dates back to antiquity and it continues in some countries to the present day un ...

in the Göta Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Lv 6) in

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, he attended the

Military Academy Karlberg Military Academy Karlberg ( sv, Militärhögskolan Karlberg, MHS K) is a Swedish military academy, since its inauguration in 1792 in operation in the Karlberg Palace in Solna, just north of central Stockholm. It is thus the oldest military academ ...

and was commissioned as an officer in 1973.

Career

Military career

Fant served in Göta Anti-Aircraft Regiment and was promoted to captain in 1976 and in 1981 he commence a one-year long staff course at the

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after which he was promoted to major in 1982. In 1983, Fant served abroad as part of a UN peacekeeping mission. He served as company commander in the Göta Anti-Aircraft Regiment during two years until 1986, including commander of the brigade anti-aircraft company in the staff of the Värmland Brigade (IB 2). He then completed two-year long higher staff course at the Swedish Armed Forces Staff College. Fan was promoted to lieutenant colonel and served as battalion commander in Göta Anti-Aircraft Regiment from 1991 to 1993. He then served as chief of staff in the Initial Operations Planning Group (IOPG) in

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for the

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from 1993 to 1994 when he was promoted to colonel. Fant served as commanding officer of the Norrland Anti-Aircraft Corps (Lv 7) from 1994 to 1997 and was promoted to senior colonel in 1996. He was then head of the Leadership Department (''Ledarskapsinstitutionen'') at the

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and head of department at the

. In 1999, Fant was appointed head of the Development Department of the Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate (''Strategiledningens utvecklingsavdelning'') and in 2000 he attended the

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in the

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and was promoted to brigadier general. On 1 July 2002, Fan was promoted to major general and was appointed deputy head of the Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate (''Strategiledningen''). He was then head of the Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters from 21 June 2004 to 31 December 2004. In this capacity, Fant was also head of the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters. On 26 August 2004, this appointment was prolonged until 30 June 2005. Fant later served as head of development with responsibility for the transformation of the forces from conscription to modern mobile rapid reaction forces. He also served as an expert in the Swedish Defence Commission (''Försvarsberedningen'') from 17 August 2005 to 19 February 2007. He was promoted to lieutenant general on 1 September 2005.

Post-retirement

Fant is owner of Fant Service and Development AB from 2009 and he served as senior advisor of Strategic Solutions AB from January 2011 to 2015 and senior consultant of Solid affärs coaching AB from 2013 to 2015.

Dates of rank

*1973 –

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*19?? –

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*1976 –

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

*1982 –

Major Major (commandant in certain jurisdictions) is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world. When used unhyphenated and in conjunction with no other indicators ...

*1991 –

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 ...

*1994 –

Colonel Colonel (abbreviated as Col., Col or COL) is a senior military officer rank used in many countries. It is also used in some police forces and paramilitary organizations. In the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, a colonel was typically in charge of ...

*1996 – Senior colonel *2000 –

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 ...

*2002 –

Major general Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a ...

*2005 –

Lieutenant general Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...

Honours

*Member of the

Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences The Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences ( sv, Kungliga Krigsvetenskapsakademien) is one of the Royal Academies in Sweden and was founded on 12 November 1796 by Gustaf Wilhelm af Tibell. The academy is an independent organization and a forum for m ...

(1996)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fant, Claes-Goran 1951 births Living people Swedish Army lieutenant generals People from Kungsbacka Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences Graduates of the Royal College of Defence Studies