Chief of Home Guard

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Chief of Home Guard
Rikshemvärnschefen
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Coat of arms.
Incumbent
Major general Stefan Sandborg
since 1 September 2018
Swedish Armed Forces
Reports to Supreme Commander
Seat Lidingövägen 24, Stockholm, Sweden
Nominator Minister for Defence
Appointer The Government
Formation 1 July 1940
First holder Gustaf Petri

The Chief of Home Guard[1], also called the Chief of the National Swedish Home Guard[2] (Swedish: Rikshemvärnschefen, RiksHvC) is the Swedish Home Guard chief representative and is directly subordinate to the Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces. The Home Guard function and its development are the responsibility of the Chief of Home Guard and as support in his work at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters he has the staff of the Home Guard Department (Rikshemvärnsavdelningen).[3] The Chief of Home Guard with staff (the Home Guard Department, PROD RIKSHV) is part of the Swedish Armed Forces Training & Development Staff (Produktionsledningen, PROD).

Tasks

The Chief of Home Guard leads the implementation of the National Home Guard Combat School (Hemvärnets stridsskola, HvSS) and the training units' mission activities relating to the Home Guard's operations and he inspects the Home Guard units. The Chief of Home Guard is also the chairman of the Home Guard Council (Rikshemvärnsrådet), the central co-influence body of the Home Guard; a council that is chosen at the National Home Guard Council (Rikshemvärnstinget) every other year.[3]

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of the National Home Guard Staff (Rikshemvärnsstaben, Rikshvst) 1994–1948, National Home Guard Center (Rikshemvärnscentrum, RiksHvC) 1994–2000, and the Chief of Home Guard with the Home Guard Department within the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters (Rikshemvärnschefen med rikshemvärnsavdelningen inom HKV) 2000–present. Blazon: "Azure, the badge of the Home Guard, three crowns, placed two and one, above the letter H, all or. The shield surmounted two swords in saltire or".[4]

Chiefs

№ Hemvärnschef Took office Left office Time in office Ref
1 Petri, GustafColonel Gustaf Petri
(1885–1964)		 1 July 1940 31 March 1947 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. [5]
2 Allstrin, Sven-ErikColonel Sven-Erik Allstrin
(1891–1963)		 1 April 1947 30 June 1948 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. [5]
№ Rikshemvärnschef Took office Left office Time in office Ref
2 Allstrin, Sven-ErikColonel Sven-Erik Allstrin
(1891–1963)		 1 July 1948 31 March 1952 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. [5]
3 Brinck, GunnarColonel Gunnar Brinck
(1895–1972)		 1 April 1952 30 September 1955 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. [5]
4 Kellin, PerColonel Per Kellin
(1903–1973)		 1 October 1955 30 September 1968 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. [5]
5 Brandberg, Karl GustafMajor general Karl Gustaf Brandberg
(1905–1997)		 1 October 1968 30 September 1971 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. [5]
6 Löwenhielm, FredrikMajor general Fredrik Löwenhielm
(1916–2008)		 1 October 1971 31 December 1980 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. [5]
7 Holm, Karl EricLieutenant general Karl Eric Holm
(1919–2016)		 1 January 1981 30 September 1983 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. [5]
8 Lugn, RobertMajor general Robert Lugn
(1923–2016)		 1 October 1983 1 March 1988 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. [5]
9 Wahlgren, Lars-ErikLieutenant general Lars-Erik Wahlgren
(1929–1999)		 1988-04-01 1988-09-30 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. [5]
10 Lahti, ReinholdMajor general Reinhold Lahti
(1930–2002)		 1 October 1988 31 March 1994 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. [5]
11 Borgén, Jan-OlofMajor general Jan-Olof Borgén
(born 1937)		 1 April 1994 30 September 1997 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. [5]
12 Sandqvist, AlfMajor general Alf Sandqvist
(born 1945)		 1 October 1997 30 June 2000 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. [5]
13 Welff, MatsMajor general Mats Welff
(born 1947)		 1 July 2000 30 September 2002 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. [5]
14 Lindström, AndersMajor general Anders Lindström
(born 1955)		 1 October 2002 30 June 2005 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. [5]
15 Ekenberg, RolandBrigadier general Roland Ekenberg
(born 1957)		 1 July 2005 30 August 2018 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. [5]
16 Sandborg, StefanMajor general Stefan Sandborg
(born 1970)		 1 September 2018 Incumbent Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. [6]

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Grafisk profil 2013, p. 67
  2. ↑ Gullberg 1977, p. 742
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Braunstein 2006, p. 18
  5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 Åkerstedt 2010, p. 61
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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