Vice admiral (Sweden)

Vice admiral
Flag of the vice admiral, Swedish Navy.
Shoulder mark of a Swedish three-star vice admiral.
Sleeve insignia of a Swedish three-star vice admiral.
Country Sweden
Service branchSwedish Navy
AbbreviationVam (Swedish),[1] VAdm (English)[2]
RankThree-star[a]
NATO rank codeOF-08
Non-NATO rankO-9
Formation1575
Next higher rankAdmiral
Next lower rankRear admiral
Equivalent ranksLieutenant general

Vice admiral (VAdm; Swedish: Viceamiral, Vam) is a three-star commissioned naval officer rank in the Swedish Navy. Vice admiral ranks above rear admiral and below admiral. Vice admiral is equivalent to the rank of lieutenant general.[3]

  1. ^ "Försvarsmaktens föreskrifter om personaltjänst (FFS 2019:6)" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 2019-12-02. p. 3. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Försvarsmaktens gemensamma identitet – direktiv för användandet av Försvarsmaktens namn, profil och bild" (PDF). 1.3 (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 2013-09-16. p. 66. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-23. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Rosén (1893), p. 850 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).


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