Peter Hederstedt

Peter Hederstedt
Peter Hederstedt
	Hederstedt in 2023
Birth name	Lars Peter Mikael Hederstedt
Born	29 August 1963 (age 61); Skövde, Sweden
Allegiance	Sweden
Service / branch	Swedish Army
Years of service	1988–present
Rank	Colonel
Unit	UNFICYP; UNIFIL
Commands	Special Forces Command; Särskilda operationsgruppen; Western Military Region;
Battles / wars	Cyprus dispute; Lebanese Civil War; Kosovo War; Operation Artemis; War in Afghanistan

Colonel Lars Peter Mikael Hederstedt (born 29 August 1963) is a Swedish Army officer, currently serving as commander of the Western Military Region in Skövde since 2018. Hederstedt has a background in the Swedish special forces, and has served within Särskilda Skyddsgruppen (SSG) for 15 years, as deputy commander among other things. Hederstedt then served as the first commander of Särskilda operationsgruppen (SOG). He has also served in various staff positions at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters in Stockholm and abroad.