Chief of Navy (Sweden)

Chief of Navy (Swedish: Marinchef, MC) is the most senior appointment in the Swedish Navy. The position Chief of Navy was introduced in 1936 and the current form in 2014.

Chief of Navy
Marinchef
Command flag of the Chief of Navy.
Incumbent
Rear admiral Ewa Skoog Haslum
since 21 January 2020
Swedish Navy
AbbreviationMC
Member ofSwedish Armed Forces Headquarters
Reports toThe Chief of Swedish Armed Forces Training and Development[1]
SeatLidingövägen 24, Stockholm, Sweden
NominatorMinister for Defence
AppointerThe Government
Formation1936
First holderCharles de Champs

History

Until 1936 the Swedish monarch was the Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces and had formally maintained the Chief of the Navy position together with the Chief of the Military Office of the Minister of Defence in the Ministry of Defence, which is in fact maintained the position. The position of a single professional "Chief of the Navy" (Swedish: Chefen för marinen, CM) was established in 1936 in accordance with the Defence Act of 1936. The position of Chief of the Navy existed from 1936 to 1994 and during this time it was his responsibility to lead the navy units production and development. During the period 1936 to 1961 the Chief of the Navy also had an operational commanding responsibility for the naval forces.[2]

Following a larger reorganization of the Swedish Armed Forces in 1994, the staff agency Chief of the Navy ceased to exist as an independent agency. Instead, the post Chief of Navy Staff (Swedish: Chefen för marinledningen) was created at the then newly instituted Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters. In 1998, the Swedish Armed Forces was again reorganized. Most of the duties of the Chief of Navy Staff were transferred to the newly instituted post of "Inspector General of the Navy" (Swedish: Generalinspektören för marinen). The post is similar to that of the "Inspector General of the Swedish Army" (Swedish: Generalinspektören för armén) and the "Inspector General of the Swedish Air Force" (Swedish: Generalinspektören för flygvapnet).[3] It was later renamed to "Inspector of the Navy" (Swedish: Marininspektören).[2]

On 1 January 2014, the "Chief of Navy" (Swedish: Marinchefen, MC) position was reinstated in the Swedish Armed Forces. The position has not the same duties as before.[4]

Tasks
The newly-appointed chief, vice admiral Helge Strömbäck (left) shakes hand with the departing vice admiral Fabian Tamm, 1 April 1945.

Tasks of the Chief of Navy:[5]

  • Lead the units which the Chief of Swedish Armed Forces Training and Development has distributed
  • To the Chief of Swedish Armed Forces Training and Development propose the development of the units' abilities
  • Being the foremost representative of the units
  • Represent the units and the area of ability in international contacts

Heraldry

The command flag of the Chief of Navy is drawn by Brita Grep and embroidered by hand by the company Libraria. Blazon: "Fessed in yellow and blue; on yellow two blue batons of command with sets of yellow crowns placed two and one in saltire, on blue an anchor erect cabled over two gun barrels of older pattern in saltire, all yellow."[6]

  • Command flag of the Chief of Navy.
  • Command sign of the Chief of Navy.

List of chiefs

Chiefs of Navy
No. Chief of the Navy
Chefen för marinen		Took officeLeft officeTime in officeRef
1
de Champs, CharlesVice admiral
Charles de Champs
(1873–1959)		193619392–3 years-
2
Tamm, FabianVice admiral
Fabian Tamm
(1879–1955)		193919455–6 years-
3
Strömbäck, HelgeVice admiral
Helge Strömbäck
(1889–1960)		1 April 194530 September 19538 years, 182 days[7]
4
H:son Ericson, StigVice admiral
Stig H:son Ericson
(1897–1985)		1 October 195319617–8 years[8]
5
Lindemalm, ÅkeVice admiral
Åke Lindemalm
(1910–2004)		196130 September 19708–9 years[9]
6
Lundvall, BengtVice admiral
Bengt Lundvall
(1915–2010)		1 October 197030 September 19787 years, 364 days[10][11]
7
Rudberg, PerVice admiral
Per Rudberg
(1922–2010)		1 October 197819845–6 years[11]
8
Schuback, BengtVice admiral
Bengt Schuback
(1928–2015)		198419905–6 years-
9
Börjesson, DickVice admiral
Dick Börjesson
(born 1938)		199030 June 19943–4 years[12]

Chiefs of Navy Staff
No. Chief of Navy Staff
Chef för marinledningen		Took officeLeft officeTime in officeRef
10
Nordbeck, PeterVice admiral
Peter Nordbeck
(born 1938)		1 July 19941 July 19984 years, 0 days[12][13]

Inspectors General of the Navy
No. Inspector General of the Navy
Generalinspektör för marinen		Took officeLeft officeTime in officeRef
11
Lindh, TorstenRear admiral
Torsten Lindh
(1941–2020)		1 July 199820012–3 years[14]
12
Ericsson, JörgenRear admiral
Jörgen Ericsson
(born 1953)		1 October 200120031–2 years[15]

Inspectors of the Navy
No. Inspector of the Navy
Marininspektör		Took officeLeft officeTime in officeRef
12
Ericsson, JörgenRear admiral
Jörgen Ericsson
(born 1953)		200320051–2 years-
13
Grenstad, AndersRear admiral
Anders Grenstad
(born 1958)		200520115–6 years-
14
Thörnqvist, JanRear admiral
Jan Thörnqvist
(born 1959)		1 March 201120131–2 years[16]

Chiefs of Navy
No. Chief of Navy
Marinchef		Took officeLeft officeTime in officeRef
14
Thörnqvist, JanRear admiral
Jan Thörnqvist
(born 1959)		1 January 201418 April 20162 years, 108 days[17]
15
Nykvist, JensRear admiral
Jens Nykvist
(born 1968)		4 May 201621 January 20203 years, 262 days[18]
16
Skoog Haslum, EwaRear admiral
Ewa Skoog Haslum
(born 1968)		21 January 2020Incumbent1 year, 5 days[19]

List of deputy chiefs

Deputy Chiefs of Navy
Deputy Chief of Navy
Ställföreträdande marinchef		Took officeLeft officeTime in officeRef
Olovsson, AndersRear admiral (lower half)
Anders Olovsson
(born 1967)		??-[20]
Ohlsson, PederBrigadier General
Peder Ohlsson
(born 1962)		20 March 2020Incumbent-[21]

See also

References

Notes
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  4. "Nya namn på nya poster" [New names for new positions] (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 20 December 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  5. Försvarets författningssamling: FFS 2013:4 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: TF-redaktionen, Försvarets materielverk. 2013-12-23. p. 18. ISSN 0347-7576. SELIBR 3683131.
  6. Braunstein, Christian (2004). Svenska försvarsmaktens fälttecken efter millennieskiftet [The flags and standards of the Swedish armed forces after the turn of the millennium] (PDF). Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 7 [dvs 8] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. p. 107. ISBN 91-971584-7-X. SELIBR 9815350. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-05-22. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
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  8. "Amiral Stig Ericson chef för marinen". Expressen (in Swedish). 1953-03-06. p. 6. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  9. Skoglund, Claës (2009). Det bästa försvarsbeslut som aldrig kom till stånd: ett kontrafaktiskt uppslag (PDF). Publikation / Försvaret och det kalla kriget (FOKK), 1652-5388 ; 17 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Svenskt militärhistoriskt bibliotek. p. 48. ISBN 9789185789573. SELIBR 11704940.
  10. "Synnergren ny ÖB Lundvall marinchef". Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning (in Swedish). TT. 10 January 1970. p. 5. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  11. Wennerholm 2015, p. 154
  12. "Sammanställning över utnämningar och nya befattningar" (PDF). Flygvapennytt (in Swedish). Stockholm: Flygstaben (1): 34. 1994. SELIBR 8257600.
  13. Öhman, Anders (1998-07-17). "DN gratulerar: En sjöman går iland" [DN congratulates: A sailor goes ashore]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  14. Lindh, Torsten (2002). "Tre år som Generalinspektör för marinen - blev det som jag hade tänkt mig?" (PDF). Tidskrift i sjöväsendet (in Swedish). Carlskrona: Tidskrift i sjöväsendet (1): 15. SELIBR 8258455.
  15. "Ny Generalinspektör för Marinen" [New Inspector General of the Navy]. www.skargardsbryggan.se (in Swedish). Skärgårdarnas Riksförbund. 1 October 2001. Archived from the original on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
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  18. "Jens Nykvist ny marinchef" (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 4 May 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
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  20. Lundqvist Rådmark, Henrik (2020). "EWA SKOOG HASLUMS MILSTOLPAR" (PDF). Försvarets forum: personaltidning för fast anställda och reservofficerare i svenska försvarsmakten (in Swedish). Stockholm: Försvarets forum (1): 24. SELIBR 4109339.
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