Chief of Defence Staff (Sweden)

For the position between 1937 and 1994 and from 2023, see Chief of the Defence Staff (Sweden).
Chief of Defence Staff
Chefen för ledningsstaben
Swedish Armed Forces
TypeChief of Defence Staff
AbbreviationC LEDS
Member ofDefence Board
Reports toSupreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces
SeatSwedish Armed Forces Headquarters, Lidingövägen 24, Stockholm
Term lengthNo fixed term
Constituting instrumentFFS 2007:4, Chapter 2
FFS 2013:4, Chapter 8
FFS 2016:2, Chapter 8
FIB 2020:5, Chapter 8
PrecursorChief of the Defence Staff
Formation1 April 2007
First holderLieutenant General Mats Nilsson
Final holderVice Admiral Jonas Haggren
Abolished31 December 2022
SuccessionChief of the Defence Staff
Unofficial namesLedningsstabschef
DeputyDeputy Chief of Defence Staff[a]

The Chief of Defence Staff[1] (Swedish: Chefen för ledningsstaben, C LEDS lit. 'Chief of the Management Staff') was the chief of the Defence Staff at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters. The Chief of Defence Staff was appointed as a three-star general or admiral.[3] The Chief of Defence Staff was part of the Defence Board (Försvarsmaktsledningen, FML), a group of the Supreme Commander's top commanders.[4] The position was abolished in 2022 and was succeeded by the new old position of Chief of the Defence Staff which previously existed between 1937 and 1994.

  1. ^ a b "Försvarsmaktens gemensamma identitet – direktiv för användandet av Försvarsmaktens namn, profil och bild" (PDF). 1.3 (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 2013-09-16. p. 67. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-23. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Försvarsmaktens interna bestämmelser med arbetsordning för Försvarsmakten (FMArbo) (FIB 2020:5)" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 16 December 2020. p. 21. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Regeringen.se (2007) was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "FÖRSVARSMAKTSLEDNINGEN" (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. Retrieved 4 November 2020.


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