Chief of the Naval Staff (Sweden)

Chief of the Naval Staff
Chefen för marinstaben
Incumbent Captain Fredrik Palmquist since 1 June 2019
Ministry of Defence
Type	Chief of the Naval Staff
Abbreviation	CMS
Reports to	Chief of Navy
Seat	Birger Jarlsgatan 7, Stockholm (1907–1942) Banérgatan 62-64, Stockholm (1942–1981) Lidingövägen 24, Stockholm (1981–1994) Muskö naval base (2019–)
Term length	No fixed term
Precursor	Chief of the Fleet Staff
Formation	1907, 2019
First holder	Rear Admiral Theodor Sandström (1907) Captain Håkan Magnusson (2019)
Final holder	Major General Lars G. Persson
Abolished	1994
Unofficial names	Marinstabschef
Deputy	Vice Chief of the Naval Staff

The Chief of the Naval Staff^[1] (Swedish: Chefen för marinstaben, CMS, or Marinstabschef) is the professional head of the Swedish Naval Staff. The post was created in 1907 with rear admiral Theodor Sandström as the first incumbent. The post disappeared in 1994 and was reintroduced in 2019 when the new Naval Staff was established.

History[]

The Chief of the Naval Staff post was created in 1907 after the Chief of the Fleet Staff was eliminated. The Chief of the Naval Staff was from 1936 to 1994 the second most senior member of the Swedish Navy after the Chief of the Navy and headed the Naval Staff. The position was initially held alternately by a rear admiral or a captain until 1964 when an officer of the Swedish Coastal Artillery for the first time was appointed Chief of the Naval Staff, and thus held the rank of major general. When the Naval Staff was disbanded in 1994, the office was eliminated. In 2019, the Naval Staff was re-established and a Chief of the Naval Staff was appointed again, this time held by a captain.

Chiefs of the Naval Staff[]

Chiefs of the Naval Staff (1907–1994)[]

No.	Portrait	Chief of the Naval Staff	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Defence branch	Prime Minister	Ref
1		Sandström, TheodorRear admiral Theodor Sandström (1852–1911)	1907	1911	3–4 years	Navy	Arvid Lindman	-
2		Ankarcrona, StenCaptain Sten Ankarcrona (1861–1936)	17 February 1911	30 September 1913[a]	2 years, 225 days	Navy	Karl Staaff	[2]
3		Sidner, LudvigVice admiral Ludvig Sidner (1851–1917)	1 October 1913[b]	27 June 1916	2 years, 270 days	Navy	Karl Staaff Hjalmar Hammarskjöld	[3]
4		Krusenstierna, Henning vonRear admiral Henning von Krusenstierna (1862–1933)	27 June 1916	23 March 1927	10 years, 269 days	Navy	Hjalmar Hammarskjöld Carl Swartz Nils Edén Hjalmar Branting Gerhard Louis De Geer	[4]
5		Lybeck, OttoRear admiral Otto Lybeck (1871–1947)	1 April 1927	1936	8–9 years	Navy	Carl Gustaf Ekman Arvid Lindman Felix Hamrin Per Albin Hansson Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp	[5]
6		Lindsström, ClaësRear admiral Claës Lindsström (1876–1964)	1936	1936	0 years	Navy	Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp Per Albin Hansson	-
7		Champs, Charles deRear admiral Charles de Champs (1873–1959)	1936	1937	0–1 years	Navy	Per Albin Hansson	-
8		Ehrensvärd, GöstaRear admiral[c] Gösta Ehrensvärd (1885–1973)	1937	1939	1–2 years	Navy	Per Albin Hansson	[6]
9		Ekstrand, YngveCaptain Yngve Ekstrand (1888–1951)	1939	1942	2–3 years	Navy	Per Albin Hansson	-
10		Strömbäck, HelgeRear admiral[d] Helge Strömbäck (1889–1960)	1 April 1942	1945	2–3 years	Navy	Per Albin Hansson	[7]
11		Anderberg, ErikRear admiral Erik Anderberg (1892–1990)	1945	1950	4–5 years	Navy	Per Albin Hansson, Tage Erlander	-
12		Wetterblad, RagnarCaptain Ragnar Wetterblad (1894–1988)	1950	1953	2–3 years	Navy	Tage Erlander	-
13		Berthelsson, BertilRear admiral[e] Bertil Berthelsson (1902–1977)	1953	1957	3–4 years	Navy	Tage Erlander	[8]
14		Blidberg, EinarRear admiral Einar Blidberg (1906–1993)	1957	1961	3–4 years	Navy	Tage Erlander	-
-		Lindemalm, ÅkeRear admiral Åke Lindemalm (1910–2004) Acting	1960	1961	0–1 years	Navy	Tage Erlander	-
-		Krokstedt, OscarRear admiral Oscar Krokstedt (1908–1985) Acting	1961	1961	0 years	Navy	Tage Erlander	-
15		Krokstedt, OscarRear admiral Oscar Krokstedt (1908–1985)	1962	1964	1–2 years	Navy	Tage Erlander	-
16		Lange, HenrikMajor general Henrik Lange (1908–2000)	1964	1968	3–4 years	Navy (Coastal Artillery)	Tage Erlander	-
17		Westin, BoMajor general Bo Westin (1913–2009)	1968	1970	1–2 years	Navy (Coastal Artillery)	Tage Erlander Olof Palme	-
18		Eklund, GunnarMajor general Gunnar Eklund (1920–2010)	1970	1972	1–2 years	Navy (Coastal Artillery)	Olof Palme	-
19		Varenius, BoMajor general Bo Varenius (1918–1996)	1972	1984	11–12 years	Navy (Coastal Artillery)	Olof Palme Thorbjörn Fälldin Ola Ullsten	-
20		Engberg, TorstenMajor general Torsten Engberg (1934–2018)	1984	1987	2–3 years	Navy (Coastal Artillery)	Olof Palme Ingvar Carlsson	-
21		Persson, Lars G.Major general Lars G. Persson (born 1937)	1987	1994	6–7 years	Navy (Coastal Artillery)	Ingvar Carlsson Carl Bildt	-

Chiefs of the Naval Staff (2019–present)[]

No.	Portrait	Chief of the Naval Staff	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Defence branch	Prime Minister	Ref
1		Magnusson, HåkanCaptain Håkan Magnusson (born 1958)	1 January 2019	31 May 2019	150 days	Navy	Stefan Löfven	[9]
2		Palmquist, FredrikCaptain Fredrik Palmquist (born ?)	1 June 2019	31 December 2022	3 years, 213 days	Navy	Stefan Löfven	[10]

Vice Chiefs of the Naval Staff[]

No.	Portrait	Vice/Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff	Title	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Defence branch	Prime Minister	Ref
1		Smith, RagnarColonel[f] Ragnar Smith (1892–1975)	Vice Chief (Souschef)	1941	1945	3–4 years	Navy (Coastal Artillery)	Per Albin Hansson	[11]
2		Wesström, WaldemarColonel Waldemar Wesström (1894–1987)	Vice Chief (Souschef)	1945	1954	8–9 years	Navy (Coastal Artillery)	Per Albin Hansson Tage Erlander	[12]

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