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Carl Göran Mårtensson (born 26 May 1960) is a

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officer. He is currently the Director General of the

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Career

Mårtensson was born in

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, Sweden. He became a lieutenant in 1983 and captain in 1984. Mårtensson served as company commander in the

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(A 3) in 1989 and attended the Junior Staff Course at the

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from 1989 to 1990. He was promoted to major in 1990 and then attended the Advanced Staff Course at the Swedish Armed Forces Staff College from 1991 to 1993. Mårtensson served as a General Staff Aspirant at the

in 1993 and at the Army Command (''Arméledningen'') at the

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in 1994. He then served as Planning Officer at the Army Command (''Arméledningen'') at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters in 1995 and as ADC to the

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two years later. Mårtensson was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1998 and attended the Joint Command and Staff College in

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from 1998 to 1999. In 1999, he returned to his old unit, Wendes Artillery Regiment, as battalion commander and head of training. The year after, Mårtensson was appointed chief of the Unit Section (''Förbandssektionen'') in the General Training and Management Directorate (''Grundorganisationsledningen'') at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters in

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. In 2002, he was promoted to colonel and appointed commanding officer of the Artillery Regiment, School of Artillery and the

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Garrison. Mårtensson stayed in this position for four years, during this time responsible for relocation of the regiment to Boden in 2005. In 2006 he was appointed commanding officer of the Land Warfare Centre in

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and Kvarn. He was appointed

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and promoted to brigadier general in 2007 and appointed Chief of Armed Forces Training & Procurement and promoted to major general in January 2009 when he and lieutenant general

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changed positions. He was promoted to lieutenant general later that same year. In 2014, Mårtensson was appointed Chief of Joint Operations and head of the

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, a position he held for two years. He was from 2009 to 2016 when he retired from the

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, a member of the Swedish Armed Forces Command Group (''Försvarsmaktsledningen''). Mårtensson was then appointed Director General of the

(FMV) from 1 February 2016 and National Armament Director. On 20 October 2021, the Swedish government decided to extend Mårtensson's employment as Director General and head of the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration from 1 February 2022 to 31 January 2025.

Personal life

Mårtensson is married and has three children.

Dates of rank

*1983 –

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*1984 –

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*1990 –

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*1998 – Lieutenant colonel *2002 –

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*2007 – Brigadier general *2009 – Major general *2009 –

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Awards

For Zealous and Devoted Service of the Realm ribbon

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* Swedish Armed Forces Conscript Medal * Artillery Regiment (A 9) Medal of Medal (''Artilleriregementets förtjänstmedalj'') * Swedish Reserve Officers Federation Merit Badge (''Förbundet Sveriges Reservofficerares förtjänsttecken'') * Artillery Regiment (A 9) Commemorative Medal (''Artilleriregementets (A 9) minnesmedalj'') (2005) * etc

Honours

*Member of the board of the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (2014) *Member of the

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(2003) *Member of the board of the

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(2010–2016)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Martensson, Goran 1960 births Living people Swedish Army lieutenant generals People from Kristianstad Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences