List of admirals of Sweden

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King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden in admiral's uniform

Admirals of Sweden have existed since 1522.

History[]

In Sweden, the admiral's rank first appeared during the reign of Gustav I, who in 1522 gave it to Erik Fleming, a Council of the Realm. During Gustav's reign as king and throughout the latter part of the 16th century, the highest command of a fleet was led by a översteamiral ("colonel admiral"), to whose assistant a underamiral was appointed. It was not until 1569 that a permanent översteamiral was appointed; In 1602 the title was exchanged for riksamiral ("Admiral of the Realm"). The first permanent underamiral was appointed in 1575; his office ceased in 1619. Vice admiral is first mentioned in 1577. The admirals of the Swedish Navy have, incidentally, been as follows: generalamiral ("general admiral"), amiralgeneral ("admiral general"), storamiral ("grand admiral"), överamiral, riksviceamiral ("Vice Admiral of the Realm"), amiralgenerallöjtnant ("admiral lieutenant general"), amirallöjtnant ("lieutenant admiral"), schoutbynacht and konteramiral ("rear admiral").[1]

Riksamiraler (Admirals of the Realm)[]

  1. Clas Eriksson Fleming 1571–1595
  2. 1596–1602
  3. 1602–1611
  4. 1611–1618
  5. Carl Gyllenhielm 1620–1650
  6. Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna 1652–1656
  7. Carl Gustaf Wrangel 1657–1664
  8. Gustav Otto Stenbock 1664–1675

Amiralgeneraler (Admiral Generals)[]

  1. Hans Wachtmeister 1681
  2. Lorentz Creutz Sr. 1675

Generalamiraler (General Admirals)[]

  1. Henrik Horn 1677
  2. Henrik af Trolle 1780
  3. 1784
  4. Carl August Ehrensvärd 1792
  5. 1812
  6. 1818
  7. Rudolf Cederström 1823

Överamiraler[]

  1. 1715
  2. 1734
  3. Carl Georg Siöblad 1747
  4. 1809

Amirallöjtnanter (Lieutenant Admirals)[]

  1. 1645

Amiraler (Admirals)[]

  1. 1534
  2. Jakob Bagge 1555
  3. 1563
  4. Klas Kristersson Horn af Åminne 1564
  5. 1569
  6. 1574
  7. 1611
  8. Clas Fleming 1620
  9. 1627
  10. 1640
  11. Mårten Anckarhielm 1653
  12. 1640
  13. Klas Hansson Bjelkenstjerna 1654
  14. 1657
  15. 1661
  16. Claes Uggla 1670
  17. Erik Carlsson Sjöblad 1676
  18. 1676
  19. 1676
  20. 1676
  21. 1690
  22. Cornelius Anckarstjerna 1692
  23. 1700
  24. 1709
  25. 1712
  26. 1712
  27. 1715
  28. Gustaf von Psilander 1715
  29. 1715
  30. 1719
  31. 1719
  32. Olof Strömstierna 1719
  33. 1721
  34. 1734
  35. 1736
  36. 1742
  37. 1742
  38. 1749
  39. 1754
  40. 1755
  41. 1768
  42. 1771
  43. 1793
  44. Salomon von Rajalin 1809
  45. 1817
  46. 1818
  47. 1818
  48. 1827
  49. 1827
  50. 1845
  51. 1857
  52. 1858
  53. 1862
  54. 1884
  55. 1889
  56. Louis Palander af Vega 1900
  57. Fredrik von Otter 1900
  58. 1903
  59. King Gustav V 1907
  60. 1911
  61. Wilhelm Dyrssen 1923
  62. Carl August Ehrensvärd 1924
  63. 1927
  64. Otto Lybeck 1936
  65. Fabian Tamm 1947
  66. King Gustaf VI Adolf 1950
  67. Stig H:son Ericson 1961
  68. The Duke of Halland 1969
  69. Åke Lindemalm 1970
  70. King Carl XVI Gustaf 1973
  71. Bengt Lundvall 1978
  72. Bror Stefenson 1991

  • Admiral

  • Pre-2003 sleeve insignia for a four star admiral

  • Insignia for Admiral (OF-9) in the Swedish Navy.

  • Shoulder mark of a Swedish four star admiral

  • Admiral flag

  • Admiral command flag 1875–1905

  • Admiral command flag 1815–1844

Viceamiraler (Vice Admirals)[]

  1. Henrik Fleming 1628
  2. 1644
  3. 1657
  4. 1716
  5. 1734
  6. 1740
  7. 1741
  8. 1754
  9. 1758
  10. 1760
  11. 1765
  12. 1765
  13. 1769
  14. Carl Tersmeden 1774
  15. 1776
  16. 1790
  17. Fredrik Henrik af Chapman 1791
  18. Carl Olof Cronstedt 1801
  19. Baltzar von Platen 1814
  20. 1825
  21. 1825
  22. 1858
  23. 1889
  24. 1897
  25. 1898
  26. The Count of Wisborg 1903
  27. 1908
  28. 1911
  29. 1917
  30. 1919
  31. 1925
  32. 1925
  33. 1930
  34. 1932
  35. Charles de Champs 1934
  36. 1934
  37. Claës Lindsström 1942
  38. 1945
  39. Helge Strömbäck 1945
  40. Gunnar Bjurner 1947
  41. Gösta Ehrensvärd 1950
  42. Erik Anderberg 1957
  43. Erik Samuelson 1958
  44. Gunnar Jedeur-Palmgren 1962
  45. Erik af Klint 1966
  46. Bertil Berthelsson 1967
  47. Oscar Krokstedt 1968
  48. Sigurd Lagerman 1968
  49. Holger Henning 1970
  50. Einar Blidberg 1971
  51. Karl Segrell 1971
  52. Per Rudberg 1978
  53. Bengt Schuback 1978
  54. Dick Börjesson 1990
  55. Peter Nordbeck 1994
  56. Frank Rosenius 1998
  57. Jan Thörnqvist 2016[2]
  58. Jonas Haggren 2018[3]

  • Vice admiral

  • Pre-2003 sleeve insignia for a three star admiral

  • Insignia for Vice Admiral (OF-8) in the Swedish Navy.

  • Shoulder mark of a Swedish three star admiral

  • Vice admiral flag

  • Vice admiral command flag 1875–1905

  • Vice admiral command flag 1815–1844

Konteramiraler (Rear admirals)[]

  1. 1789
  2. 1793
  3. 1795
  4. 1797
  5. 1800
  6. 1800
  7. 1808
  8. 1809
  9. 1811
  10. 1812
  11. 1823
  12. 1823
  13. 1852
  14. 1861
  15. 1886
  16. 1899
  17. Arvid Lindman 1907
  18. 1916
  19. 1919
  20. 1923
  21. 1928
  22. 1931
  23. 1931
  24. 1942
  25. Yngve Ekstrand 1942
  26. 1943
  27. 1952
  28. 1953
  29. Moje Östberg 1955
  30. Einar Blidberg 1957
  31. 1959
  32. 1963
  33. 1964
  34. Dag Arvas 1966
  35. 1970
  36. 1970
  37. 1973
  38. Bengt Rasin 1977
  39. Carl-Fredrik Algernon 1978
  40. 1982
  41. 1982
  42. 1984
  43. 1985
  44. 1990
  45. 1990
  46. Torsten Lindh 1994
  47. 1997
  48. 2001
  49. Jörgen Ericsson 2001
  50. Anders Grenstad 2005
  51. c. 2005
  52. 2006
  53. Odd Werin 2010
  54. 2014
  55. Jens Nykvist 2016
  56. Ewa Skoog Haslum 2020
  57. 2021

  • Rear admiral

  • Pre-2003 sleeve insignia for a two star admiral

  • Insignia for Rear Admiral (OF-7) in the Swedish Navy.

  • Shoulder mark of a Swedish two star admiral

  • Rear admiral flag

  • Rear admiral command flag 1875–1905

  • Rear admiral command flag 1815–1844

Flottiljamiraler (Rear admiral (lower half)/Flotilla admiral)[]

  1.  ?
  2.  ?
  3.  ?
  4. 2000
  5. 2003
  6. 2008
  7. 2016

  • Rear admiral (lower half)

  • Insignia for Rear Admiral (OF-6) in the Swedish Navy.

  • Shoulder mark of a Swedish one star admiral

  • Rear admiral (lower half) flag

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ *Meijer, Bernhard, ed. (1904). Nordisk familjebok: konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi (in Swedish). 1 (New, rev. and rich ill. ed.). Stockholm: Nordisk familjeboks förl. pp. 851–852. SELIBR 8072220.
  2. ^ "Jan Thörnqvist ny insatschef i Försvarsmakten" [Jan Thörnqvist new Chief of Operations in the Swedish Armed Forces] (in Swedish). Government Offices of Sweden. 7 April 2016. Archived from the original on 5 June 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Jonas Haggren ny chef för ledningsstaben" (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
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