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Director General of the Swedish Armed Forces | |
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Generaldirektör för Försvarsmakten | |
Incumbent since 1 June 2021Mikael Granholm | |
Swedish Armed Forces | |
Abbreviation | GD |
Member of | Defence Board |
Reports to | Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces |
Seat | Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters, Lidingövägen 24, Stockholm |
Term length | No fixed term |
Constituting instrument | FFS 2013:4, Chapter 7 FFS 2016:2, Chapter 7 FIB 2020:5, Chapter 7 FIB 2022:6, Chapter 10 |
Formation | 2005 |
First holder | Marie Hafström |
The Director General of the Swedish Armed Forces[1] (Swedish: Generaldirektör för Försvarsmakten, GD) is the director general of the Swedish Armed Forces and is the deputy head of the agency. The director general reports directly to the Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces. The position was established in 2005 to strengthen the financial management of the operations. The Director General of the Swedish Armed Forces is part of the Defence Board (Försvarsmaktsledningen, FML), a group of the Supreme Commander's top commanders.[2] In practice, the Supreme Commander and the director general lead the development of the Swedish Armed Forces together.[3]
The ordinance (2007:1266) with instructions for the Swedish Armed Forces states that the Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces is the head of the agency and the Director General is the deputy head of the agency. The Supreme Commander and the Director General shall be supported by the Swedish Armed Forces' Management Group (Försvarsmaktens ledningsgrupp, FML). Furthermore, it states that the Supreme Commander and the Director General may also be supported by the Swedish Armed Forces' Military Strategic Council (Försvarsmaktens militärstrategiska råd).[4] The Director General, together with head of the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters, the Chief of Defence Staff, the Chief of Armed Forces Training & Procurement, the Chief of Joint Operations, the Director of Military Intelligence and Security, the Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces Special Forces (chefen för specialförbanden), the Chief of the Internal Audit Department (chefen för internrevisionen), the Chief of the Safety Inspectorate (chefen för säkerhetsinspektionen), the Surgeon-General of the Swedish Armed Forces and the Chief of the Safety Inspectorate (Aviation Authority) (flygsäkerhetsinspektören) are directly subordinate to the Supreme Commander.[4]
No. | Portrait | Director Generals | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Prime Minister | Ref. |
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1 | (born 1944) | Marie Hafström1 October 2005 | 2008 | 2–3 years | Göran Persson Fredrik Reinfeldt | [5][6] | |
2 | (born 1956) | Ulf Bengtsson15 October 2008 | 1 March 2012 | 3 years, 138 days | Fredrik Reinfeldt | [7] | |
3 | (born 1963) | Peter Sandwall1 October 2012 | 18 September 2020 | 7 years, 353 days | Fredrik Reinfeldt Stefan Löfven | [8][9] | |
4 | (born ?) | Mikael Granholm1 June 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 134 days | Stefan Löfven Magdalena Andersson Ulf Kristersson | [10] |