The Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences ( sv, Kungliga Örlogsmannasällskapet, KÖMS), founded in 1771 by King
Gustav III
Gustav III (29 March 1792), also called ''Gustavus III'', was King of Sweden from 1771 until his assassination in 1792. He was the eldest son of Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Queen Louisa Ulrika of Prussia.
Gustav was a vocal opponent of what ...
, is one of the
Royal Academies in
Sweden
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. The Society is an independent organization and a forum for navy and defence issues. Fellowship is limited to 120 chairs under the age of 60.
Chairmen
*1826–1827: Johan Lagerbielke
*1832–1837: Carl August Gyllengranat
*1838–1844: Carl August Gyllengranat
*1857–1858: Carl August Gyllengranat
*1923–1928: Ulf Carl Sparre
*1929–1933:
Charles de Champs
*1934–1936:
Claës Lindsström
*1936–1938:
Gunnar Bjurner
Knut Gunnar Bjurner (10 January 1882 – 28 January 1964) was a senior Swedish Navy officer. Bjurner commanded three different coastal defence ships, headed Karlskrona Naval Yard (1931–1936) and commanded the Winter Squadron (1933–1934) as we ...
*1939–1942:
Hans Simonsson
Hans Simonsson (born 1 May 1962) is a retired professional tennis player from Sweden. Primarily a doubles specialist, he won 11 ATP Tour titles in his career. He won the French Open doubles title in 1983 with his countryman Anders Järryd. He al ...
*1943–1949:
Gösta Ehrensvärd
Vice Admiral Count Gösta Carl Albert Ehrensvärd (10 February 1885 – 2 November 1973) was a Swedish Navy officer.
Early life
Ehrensvärd was born on 10 February 1885 in Skabersjö, Svedala Municipality, Sweden, the son of Admiral, Count Ca ...
*1950–1958:
Erik Samuelson
*1958–1961:
Sigurd Lagerman
Vice Admiral Albert Hugo Sigurd Lagerman (11 January 1904 – 9 March 1970) was a Swedish Navy officer. Lagerman served as Commanding Admiral of Naval Command South (1958–1961) and was Chief of the Royal Swedish Naval Materiel Administration ...
*1961–1963:
Bertil Berthelsson
Vice Admiral Alfred Erik Bertil Berthelsson (11 April 1902 – 11 February 1977) was a senior naval officer in the Swedish Navy. Berthelsson served as Captain of the Coastal Fleet (1951–1953), as Chief of the Naval Staff (1953–1957), as Chi ...
*1963–1966: Stig Bergelin
*1966–1969:
Dag Arvas
Rear Admiral Dag Gustaf Christer Arvas (22 September 1913 – 1 February 2004) was a Swedish Navy officer. Arvas senior commands include Vice Chief of the Defence Staff, Chief of the Coastal Fleet and Chief of the Military Office of the Mini ...
*1969–1970:
Åke Lindemalm
Admiral Åke Fredrik Lindemalm (26 February 1910 – 30 April 2004) was a Swedish Navy officer. He was Acting Chief of the Naval Staff from 1960 to 1961 and Chief of the Navy from 1961 to 1970.
Early life
Lindemalm was born on 26 February 191 ...
*1970–1978:
Bengt Lundvall
*1979–1984:
Bengt Rasin
Rear Admiral Bengt Göran Rasin, né ''Larsson'' (17 April 1922 – 2 January 2013) was a Swedish Navy officer. His senior commands include chief of the Coastal Fleet, commanding officer of the West Coast Military Command and commanding offic ...
*1983–1986: Jan Enquist
*1987–1992:
Bror Stefenson
Admiral Bror Per Harald Stefenson (4 September 1929 – 3 October 2018) was a Swedish Navy officer. Stefenson's senior commands include Chief of the Defence Staff and military commander of the Eastern Military District (Milo Ö) as well as Comma ...
*1992–2000: Claes Tornberg
*2000–2002: Bertil Björkman
*2002–2005: Göran Larsbrink
*2005–2010: Leif Nylander
*2010–2014: Thomas Engevall
*2014–2018: Michael Zell
*2018–present:
Anders Grenstad
Rear Admiral Anders Lennart Grenstad (born 2 July 1958) is a retired Swedish Navy officer. He served in the Swedish Navy for 39 years. Grenstad's senior commands include Inspector of the Navy, commanding officer of the Naval Tactical Command/M ...
See also
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Society and Defense Society and Defence ( sv, Folk och Försvar) is a Swedish non-governmental organisation which acts as a forum for debate over defence and national security issues in Sweden. It has other organisations rather than individuals as its members. The me ...
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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 ...
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1771 establishments in Sweden
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Military-related organizations
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