Folke Rehnström

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Folke Rehnström
Birth nameSven Evert Folke Rehnström
Born(1942-11-03)3 November 1942
Halmstad, Sweden
Died1 September 2020(2020-09-01) (aged 77)
Hudiksvall, Sweden
Allegiance Sweden
Service/branchSwedish Army
Years of service1967–2002
RankLieutenant General
Commands held
  • Chief of Staff, Milo N
  • Joint Forces Directorate

Lieutenant General Sven Evert Folke Rehnström (3 November 1942 – 1 September 2020) was a senior Swedish Army officer. Rehnström served as Chief of the Joint Forces Directorate from 1998 to 2002.

Early life[]

Rehnström was born on 3 November 1942 in Halmstad Parish, Halland County, Sweden.[1] Rehnström graduated from the Military Academy Karlberg in 1967 and was commissioned as an officer the same year in Wendes Artillery Regiment.[2]

Career[]

He attended the Artillery Officers' School at the Artillery and Engineering Officers School from 1969 to 1970,[3] and was promoted to captain in 1972.[2] Rehnström attended the Swedish Armed Forces Staff College from 1972 to 1975 and served in the Army Staff from 1975 to 1980[4] (from 1977 as office head),[2] and was part-time teacher of general tactics at the Artillery and Engineering Regimental Officers School from 1976 to 1981.[5] He was promoted to major in 1978,[2] and then served in the Program Department in the Planning Command (Planeringsledningen) in the Defence Staff from 1980 to 1981.[2][4] Rehnström was posted to Småland Artillery Regiment between 1981 and 1983.[4]

In 1983, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel,[2] after which he was head of the Program Department in the Planning Command from 1983 to 1986.[2][4][6] Rehnström served in the System Department in the Main Department for Army Equipment in the Defence Materiel Administration from 1986 to 1987 and as battalion commander in Karlskrona Coastal Artillery Regiment from 1987 to 1988.[2][4] He was promoted to colonel in 1989,[2] whereupon he was Deputy Director-General of the Defence Materiel Administration from 1989 to 1994.[4] Rehnström was promoted to major general in 1991.[2] Thereafter he was director (departementsråd) in Ministry of Defence from 1994 to 1995 and then served as Chief of Staff in Northern Military District from 1995 to 1996.[4] Rehnström was promoted to lieutenant general in 1996[7] and was director and head of the Main Unit for the Military Part of the Total Defense in the Ministry of Defence from 1996 to 1998.[4][8] Rehnström was then the first Chief of the Joint Forces Directorate (Krigsförbandsledningen) in the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters from 1998 to 2002.[9]

Personal life[]

He was married to Gunilla (Nilla).[10]

Dates of rank[]

Honours[]

References[]

  1. ^ Sveriges befolkning 1980 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Sveriges släktforskarförb. 2004. ISBN 9187676370. SELIBR 9632925.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Kjellander, Rune (1996). Kungl Krigsvetenskapsakademien: Svenska krigsmanna sällskapet (till 1805), Kungl Krigsvetenskapsakademien : biografisk matrikel med porträttgalleri 1796-1995 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Akad. p. 198. ISBN 9163041812. SELIBR 7451162.
  3. ^ Uller, Lennart B:son, ed. (1992). AIHS 1818-1992: minnesskrift med anledning av Högre artilleriläroverkets, Krigshögskolans å Marieberg, Artilleri- och ingenjörhögskolans, Artilleri- och ingenjörofficersskolans, Artilleri- och ingenjörregementsofficersskolans samt (ånyo) Artilleri- och ingenjörhögskolans etthundrasjuttiofyraåriga tillvaro (in Swedish). Stockholm: Probus. p. 153. ISBN 9187184184. SELIBR 7762906.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Engman, Guy, ed. (2001). Svensk försvarskalender 2002 [Swedish defence handbook. 2002] (in Swedish). Eskilstuna: Guy Engman Promotion. p. 479. SELIBR 8405535.
  5. ^ Uller, Lennart B:son, ed. (1992). AIHS 1818-1992: minnesskrift med anledning av Högre artilleriläroverkets, Krigshögskolans å Marieberg, Artilleri- och ingenjörhögskolans, Artilleri- och ingenjörofficersskolans, Artilleri- och ingenjörregementsofficersskolans samt (ånyo) Artilleri- och ingenjörhögskolans etthundrasjuttiofyraåriga tillvaro (in Swedish). Stockholm: Probus. p. 91. ISBN 9187184184. SELIBR 7762906.
  6. ^ Sveriges statskalender. 1985 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1985. p. 103. ISBN 91-38-90564-7. SELIBR 3682783.
  7. ^ Försvarsmaktens rulla. 1999 (in Swedish). Stockholm. 1999. p. 106. SELIBR 21443548.
  8. ^ Sveriges statskalender 1998 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1998. p. 88. ISBN 9138313111. SELIBR 3682777.
  9. ^ Andersson, Björn (2016). Kungl Krigsvetenskapsakademien: Svenska krigsmanna sällskapet (till 1805), Kungl Krigsvetenskapsakademien : 20 år med akademien och dess ledamöter 1996-2016 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Kungl. Krigsvetenskapsakademien. p. 102. ISBN 9789198087888. SELIBR 20033514.
  10. ^ "Till minne: Folke Rehnström". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 2020-09-23. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
Military offices
Preceded by
Tomas Warming
 Chief of Staff of the Northern Military District
1995–1996 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
None
 Joint Forces Directorate
1998–2002 		Succeeded by
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