Anders Lindström (Swedish Army officer)

Anders Lindström
Birth name Anders Reinhold Lindström
Born (1955-01-14) 14 January 1955
Borås, Sweden
Allegiance Sweden
Service/branch Swedish Army
Years of service 1976–2012
Rank Lieutenant General
Commands held Dalarna Brigade
Home Guard
Chief of Operations
Commandant General in Stockholm
Other work CEO of Storstockholms Lokaltrafik

Anders Reinhold Lindström (14 January 1955) is a Swedish Army lieutenant general. His senior commands include commanding officer of the Home Guard, Chief of Operations and Commandant General in Stockholm. He retired from the military in 2012.

Career

Lindström was born in Borås, Sweden.[1] His father, who came from Ådalen, started as a tailor apprentice and became designer in women's clothing. Lindström's mother came from a free church baptist family.[2] He grew up in Borås, Västerås, Nässjö, and Halmstad and started school one year before his peers.[2] Lindström graduated from Rudbeckianska gymnasiet in Västerås in 1971[3] and as a youth he became Swedish junior champion in bandy.[4] Lindström was commissioned into the Swedish Army in 1976[3] and he served as an officer in Göta Life Guards (P 1).[5] Lindström also served many years in different positions in Södermanland Regiment (P 10) in Strängnäs.[4] Lindström served in different staff positions before he became deputy brigade commander of the Life Grenadier Brigade (IB 4) in Linköping and then he served as commanding officer of Dalarna Brigade (NB 13) in Falun from 1997 to 1999[4] and in the staff of Middle Military Area (Milo M).[5]

Lindström then served as deputy commanding officer of the Army Tactical Command.[5] He has also served as liaison officer at the United States Central Command in Tampa, Florida from March 2002.[6] On 1 October 2002, Lindström was appointed commanding officer of the Swedish Home Guard and was promoted to major general.[4] On 13 December 2007, Lindström was appointed Chief of Operations (Insatschef) and head of the Joint Forces Command (Insatsledningen) in the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters in Stockholm. He was at the same time promoted to lieutenant general.[7]

On 11 October 2011, Lindström was appointed CEO of AB Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL) and Waxholmsbolaget as well as the managing director of the Traffic Board (Trafiknämnden). He took office on 1 January 2012.[8] In June 2014, Lindström was elected chairman of the Swedish Federation for Voluntary Defence Education (Försvarsutbildarna)[9] and he left the same position a year later.[10] In May 2015, Lindström was fined 5,000 Hong Kong dollar by the Tsuen Wan Magistrates' Court in Hong Kong for having stolen a cardholder at Hong Kong International Airport during a business trip.[11] Lindström himself claimed that he accidentally forgot to pay for it. In connection with this, he departed from his service,[12] and resigned the same month as CEO of SL and Waxholmsbolaget.[13] Since June 2015, Lindström works as a Senior Consultant for Count On Business Service AB.[3]

Personal life

Lindström was married to Ann-Christine who died in May 2004. They had one son, Anders Junior. He later married his present wife Katharina and they have three children.[2]

Dates of rank

References

  1. ↑ Haglund, Sven-Åke, ed. (2008). ""Sverige måste vara berett att ta ett större ansvar i Afghanistan"". Insats & försvar: försvarsmaktens forum för insatsorganisationen (in Swedish). Stockholm: Försvarsmakten (4): 7. ISSN 1652-3571. LIBRIS 9415827.
  2. 1 2 3 Bodin, Anna (2015-11-13). "Anders Lindström: "Ansvaret för det som skedde kan jag aldrig frånsäga mig"". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 "Anders Lindström" (in Swedish). LinkedIn. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Bratt, Stefan (2006). "Försvarsmakten måste ställa tydliga krav på frivilliga". Försvarsutbildaren (in Swedish). Stockholm: Svenska försvarsutbildningsförbundet (1): 20. LIBRIS 10142070.
  5. 1 2 3 "Generaler" [Generals] (PDF). Hemvärnet: Folk och försvar (in Swedish). Stockholm: Centralkommittén för det frivilliga försvarsarbetet (2): 37. 2015. LIBRIS 3413536. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  6. ↑ Lönnaeus, Olle (27 March 2002). "Svenskar deltar i terroristbekämpning". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "Utnämningar i Försvarsmakten" (in Swedish). Ministry of Defence. 13 December 2007. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  8. ↑ "Anders Lindström blir ny vd för SL" (Press release) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Storstockholms Lokaltrafik. 2011-10-11. Retrieved 2018-01-31 – via Mynewsdesk.
  9. ↑ Jeppsson, Tommy (2014). "Riksstämman 2014". Försvarsutbildaren (in Swedish). Stockholm: Svenska försvarsutbildningsförbundet (3): 15. LIBRIS 10142070.
  10. ↑ Sandström, Bengt (2015). "Frivilligvänner". Försvarsutbildaren (in Swedish). Stockholm: Svenska försvarsutbildningsförbundet (3): 2. LIBRIS 10142070.
  11. ↑ Nyman, Emelie (12 May 2015). "SL-vd dömd för stöld i Hongkong". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  12. ↑ "Stöldanklagad SL-vd: "Glömde betala"". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  13. ↑ Asplid, Åsa (26 May 2015). "SL:s vd Anders Lindström lämnar". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 31 January 2018.
Military offices
Preceded by
Mats Welff		 Home Guard
2002–2005		 Succeeded by
Roland Ekenberg
Preceded by
Jan Jonsson		 Chief of Operations
2007–2011		 Succeeded by
Jan Salestrand
Preceded by
Jan Jonsson		 Commandant General in Stockholm
2007–2011		 Succeeded by
Jan Salestrand
Business positions
Preceded by
Göran Gunnarsson		 CEO of Storstockholms Lokaltrafik
2012–2015		 Succeeded by
Caroline Ottosson
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