His Majesty's Military Staff

Major General Håkan Petterson, Chief of His Majesty's Military Staff.

His Majesty's Military Staff[note 1] (Swedish: H.M. Konungens stab) is Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden's personal staff. It is led by the chief of staff and will support the King and the Royal Court of Sweden at official ceremonies, military exercises and representations. The chief of staff also participates in state visits. The staff belongs to the Sweden Armed Forces and is subordinate to the King directly. The chief of staff shall also assist the King with an on duty aide-de-camp. The King and the Crown Princess have twelve aide-de-camp's each and they serve a month a year as on duty aide-de-camp's. Their guard list is determined by the chief of staff. Prince Carl Philip has two aide-de-camp's. These aide-de-camp's support the Prince during the year at the times when he has official missions and requests an aide-de-camp.[1]

Uniform

The chief of staff wears a large aiguillette m/1816 and guard stick m/1793. The stick is provided with a twist of black silk with two black tassels. An officer in the staff carries the king's name cipher of gold-colored metal.[2]

Chiefs of Staff

The head of the staff in called either First Aide-de-Camp and Chief of the King's Staff (Swedish: Förste adjutant och chef för H.M. Konungens stab)[3] or Chief Principal Aide-de-Camp to the King (Swedish: Chef för H.M. Konungens stab).[4]

During the reign of Oscar II
  • 1872–1905 – General Sven Lagerberg
  • 1905–1907 – General Hemming Gadd
During the reign of Gustaf V
  • 1908–1909 – Major General Carl Rosenblad (acting)
  • 1909–1910 – Lieutenant General Carl Warberg
  • 1910–1924 – Lieutenant General Gustaf Uggla
  • 1924–1944 – Admiral Carl August Ehrensvärd
  • 1944–1950 – General Olof Thörnell
During the reign of Gustaf VI Adolf
During the reign of Carl XVI Gustaf
  • 1973–1978 – Lieutenant General Malcolm Murray
  • 1978–1986 – General Stig Synnergren
  • 1986–1990 – General Lennart Ljung
  • 1990–1997 – Admiral Bror Stefenson
  • 1997–2003 – Lieutenant General Curt Sjöö
  • 2003–2007 – Vice Admiral Frank Rosenius
  • 2007–2018 – Major General Håkan Petterson
  • 2018—present — Lieutenant General Jan Salestrand

Footnotes

  1. ↑ According to the name tag of Chief of Staff Håkan Petterson pictured here.

References

  1. ↑ "H.M. Konungens stab" [His Majesty's Military Staff] (in Swedish). Royal Court of Sweden. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  2. ↑ Reglemente: uniformsbestämmelser 2009 : Unibest FM 2009 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Swedish Armed Forces. 2011-09-01. pp. 82, 187, 2014. M7739-350014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2011.
  3. ↑ Sveriges statskalender. 1963 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1963. p. 339.
  4. ↑ Gullberg, Ingvar E. (1977). Svensk-engelsk fackordbok för näringsliv, förvaltning, undervisning och forskning [A Swedish-English dictionary of technical terms used in business, industry, administration, education and research] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 874. ISBN 91-1-775052-0. LIBRIS 8345587.
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