Jonas Haggren

Jonas Haggren
Birth name Jonas Björnson Haggren
Born (1964-04-08) 8 April 1964
Allegiance Sweden
Service/branch Swedish Navy
Years of service 1987–present
Rank Vice admiral
Commands held

Jonas Björnson Haggren (born 8 April 1964) is a Swedish Navy vice admiral. He is currently serving as the Director Joint Staff and head of the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters in Stockholm.

Career

Haggren graduated from the Swedish Navy Officers’ College (Marinens officershögskola, MOHS) in 1987[1] where he received his commission. He then served in a variety of assignments on Västergötland and Gotland submarines from 1987 to 1995. Between 1996 and 1999 Haggren served as Executive Officer of HSwMS Uppland until he in 2000 was appointed commanding officer of HSwMS Uppland and HSwMS Gotland in which duty he stayed until 2001. Haggren graduated from the Swedish National Defence College in 2002 and was promoted to commander.[2]

In 2003, Haggren graduated from the Naval War College in the United States.[3] Between 2002-2007 he was stationed at Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters where he initially was responsible for military strategic planning regarding Swedish military deployment in Liberia (part of UNMIL) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (part of MONUC). This period also included a 4 month tour at the Ministry of Defence as an advisor. On completion of the former task, Haggren worked with the European Capabilities Action Plan as part of the working group developing SOP's for the European Union Operational Headquarters (EU OHQ) and Force Headquarters (FHQ).[2]

In 2007 he was promoted to captain and assumed the position of chief of staff of the 1st Submarine Flotilla in Karlskrona and then the commanding officer position from 2009 to 2010. In 2010 he was appointed head of the Naval Department Training and Procurement Staff (Produktionsledningens marinavdelning) and was at the same time promoted to rear admiral (lower half). After completion of his studies at the Royal College of Defence Studies in late summer 2014 Haggren was appointed to Force Commander 19th rotation between February and May 2015 in EU Naval Force (Operation Atalanta) in Somalia.[2] On 13 February 2015, Haggren assumed command of Operation Atalanta's Force Headquarters (FHQ) during a ceremony held in Djibouti.[4]

On the 28 November 2014 he was promoted to rear admiral and assumed duty as head of the Plans and Policy Department in the Joint Staff (Chef för Ledningsstabens inriktningsavdelning) in the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters in Stockholm.[2] On 20 September 2018, Haggren was promoted to vice admiral and appointed Director Joint Staff and head of the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters.[1]

Personal life

Haggren is married to Linda and they have three children.[2]

Dates of rank

  • 2002 – Commander (Kommendörkapten)
  • 2007 – Captain (Kommendör)
  • 2010 – Rear admiral (lower half) (Flottiljamiral)
  • 2014 – Rear admiral (Konteramiral)
  • 2018 - Vice admiral (Viceamiral)

Honours

References

  1. 1 2 "Jonas Haggren ny chef för ledningsstaben" (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Rear Admiral Jonas Haggren - Head of Policy and Plans Department Swedish Armed Forces HQ" (PDF). Swedish Armed Forces. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  3. ↑ Anderson, Björn (2011). "En kallades och sex ledamöter invaldes den 18 april 2011" (PDF). Kungl. Krigsvetenskapsakademiens handlingar och tidskrift (in Swedish). Stockholm: Kungl. Krigsvetenskapsakademien: 5. LIBRIS 3417415.
  4. ↑ "EU Naval Force Has New Force Commander From Royal Swedish Navy". European External Action Service. 14 February 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "ORDINARIE LEDAMÖTER" (in Swedish). Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
Military offices
Preceded by
Gunnar Wieslander		 1st Submarine Flotilla
2009–2010		 Succeeded by
Fredrik Norrby
Preceded by
Guido Rando		 Force Commander of the EU Naval Force (Operation Atalanta)
February 2015 – May 2015		 Succeeded by
Alfonso Gómez
Preceded by
Dennis Gyllensporre		 Plans and Policy Department in the Joint Staff
2014–present		 Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Dennis Gyllensporre		 Director Joint Staff
2018–present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Dennis Gyllensporre		 Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters
2018–present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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