# List of Swedish Army lieutenant generals after 1900

This is a list of lieutenant generals in the Swedish Army since 1900. The grade of lieutenant general (or three-star general) is ordinarily the second-highest in the peacetime Army, ranking above major general and below general. The lieutenant general was originally the general's deputy (locum tenens) or closest man. The lieutenant general was usually the commander of a division.
Historically, during the 20th century, some major generals were promoted to lieutenant general, and some lieutenants general were promoted to full general in connection with their retirement and thus never served in their new rank.

## List of lieutenant generals

Entries are indexed by the numerical order in which each officer was appointed to that rank while on active duty, or by an asterisk (*) if the officer did not serve in that rank while on active duty. Each entry lists the officer's name, date of rank, date the officer vacated the active-duty rank, number of years on active duty as lieutenant general (Yrs), positions held as lieutenant general, and other biographical notes.
The list is sortable by active-duty appointment order, last name, date of rank, date vacated, and number of years on active duty as lieutenant general.
| | Name | Date of rank | Date vacated | Yrs | Position | Notes |
| 1 | Hampus Elliot | 21 Jan 1901 | 1903 | 3 | Commander, Royal Engineers (Fortifikationen), 1891–1903. | (1835–1905) |
| 2 | Gustaf Anton Bråkenhielm | 7 Jun 1901 | 1 Jul 1904 | 3 | Commander, 1st Army Division, 1896–1904. | (1837–1922) |
| 3 | Jesper Crusebjörn | 7 Jun 1901 | 27 Jul 1903 | 2 | Minister for War, 1899–1903. | (1843–1904) |
| 4 | Hemming Gadd | 12 Aug 1902 | 8 Nov 1905 | 3 | Commander, 4th Army Division, 1896–1905. Commandant General in Stockholm, 1905–1905. | (1837–1915) Promoted to general, 1905 |
| 5 | Carl Munck | 12 Aug 1902 | 7 Nov 1902 | 0 | Commander, 2nd Army Division, 1893–1902. | (1836–1905) |
| 6 | Carl Wilhelm Ericson | 23 Aug 1902 | 23 Feb 1906 | 4 | Inspector of the Swedish Army Service Troops, 1903–1906. | (1840–1928) |
| 8 | Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland | 30 Sep 1904 | 1908 | 4 | Inspector of the Swedish Cavalry, 1898–1912. | (1861–1951) Promoted to general, 1908 |
| 8 | Carl Warberg | 1905 | 1910 | 5 | Commander, 4th Army Division, 1905–1910. Commandant General in Stockholm, 1905–1910. | (1845–1910) Died in office. |
| 9 | Wilhelm Stjernstedt | 1905 | 1907 | 2 | Commander, 5th Army Division, 1899–1907. | (1841–1919) |
| 10 | Carl Axel Nordenskjöld | 1908 | 1911 | 3 | Commander, 3rd Army Division, 1902–1911. | (1846–1924) |
| 11 | Gustaf Uggla | 1908 | 1913 | 5 | Commander, 2nd Army Division, 1902–1913. | (1846–1924) Promoted to general, 1913 |
| * | Gustaf Björlin | 11 Dec 1908 | 11 Dec 1908 | 0 | –. | (1845–1922) |
| 12 | Knut Gillis Bildt | 28 Oct 1910 | 14 Jul 1919 | 9 | Chief of the General Staff, 1905–1919. | (1854–1927) Promoted to general, 14 Jul 1919 |
| 13 | Fredrik Leth | 30 Sep 1910 | 1915 | 5 | Master-General of the Ordnance, 1903–1915. | (1850–1919) |
| 14 | Axel von Matern | 27 Oct 1911 | 2 Jul 1915 | 4 | Commander, 1st Army Division, 1904–1915. | (1848–1920) |
| 15 | Lars Tingsten | 1913 | 1922 | 9 | Commander, 2nd Army Division, 1913–1914. Inspector of the Infantry, 1914–1919. Chief of the General Staff, 1919–1922. | (1857–1937) Promoted to general, 1922. |
| 16 | Olof Malm | 20 May 1914 | 30 Mar 1917 | 3 | Commander, 5th Army Division, 1911–1917. | (1851–1939) |
| 17 | Edvard Brändström | 20 May 1914 | 1920 | 7 | Envoy extraordinaire and minister plénipotentiaire at the Russian Imperial Court, 1906–1920. | (1850–1921) |
| * | Fredrik Holmquist | 10 Apr 1915 | 10 Apr 1915 | 0 | –. | (1847–1927) |
| * | Ludvig Munthe | 10 Apr 1915 | 10 Apr 1915 | 0 | –. | (1849–1937) |
| 18 | Christofer von Platen | 1915 | 1915 | 0 | Commander, 3rd Army Division, 1911–1917. | (1852–1924) |
| 19 | Hugo Jungstedt | 9 Mar 1917 | 28 Mar 1919 | 2 | Inspector of the Militärläroverken, 1917–1919. | (1854–1936) |
| 20 | Gustaf Wrangel | 5 Jun 1917 | 12 Sep 1919 | 2 | Commander, 4th Army Division, 1917–1918. Commandant General in Stockholm, 1917–1918. | (1858–1923) |
| 21 | Erik Bergström | 14 Jul 1919 | 4 Apr 1922 | 3 | Inspector of the Infantry, 1919–1922. | (1857–1937) |
| 22 | Pehr Hasselrot | 1921 | 1926 | 5 | Inspector of the Infantry, 1922–1926. | (1861–1937) |
| 23 | David Hedengren | 1922 | 1923 | 1 | Inspector of the Militärläroverken, 1919–1923. | (1858–1946) |
| 24 | Constantin Fallenius | 1922 | 1927 | 5 | Commander, 5th Army Division, 1917–1923. Inspector of the Militärläroverken, 1923–1928. | (1862–1932) |
| 25 | Axel Odelstierna | 1922 | 1923 | 1 | Commander, Royal Engineers (Fortifikationen), 1915–1923. | (1858–1935) |
| * | Bror Munck | 13 Oct 1922 | 13 Oct 1922 | 0 | –. | (1857–1935) |
| 26 | Fredrik Frölich | 26 May 1922 | 1 Nov 1926 | 4 | Quartermaster-General of the Swedish Army, 1915–1926. | (1861–1933) |
| 27 | Axel Carleson | 1923 | 1926 | 3 | Commander, 3rd Army Division, 1922–1926. | (1861–1951) |
| 28 | Emil Mörcke | 30 Nov 1923 | 13 Jun 1926 | 3 | Commander, 1st Army Division, 1917–1926. | (1861–1951) |
| 29 | Thorsten Rudenschöld | 1924 | 1926 | 2 | Commander, 2nd Army Division, 1922–1926. | (1863–1926) Died in office. |
| 30 | Karl Toll | 1925 | 1927 | 2 | Commander, 4th Army Division, 1918–1927. Commandant General in Stockholm, 1918–1927. | (1862–1936) |
| 31 | Vilhelm Rappe | 1925 | 1928 | 3 | Commandant of Boden Fortress, 1918–1927. | (1863–1939) |
| 32 | Carl Gustaf Hammarskjöld | 23 Apr 1926 | 23 Apr 1930 | 4 | Chief of the General Staff, 1922–1930. | (1865–1940) Promoted to general, 23 Apr 1930. |
| 33 | Lars Sparre | 1926 | 1929 | 3 | Master-General of the Ordnance, 1919–1929. | (1864–1947) |
| * | His Royal Highness, Duke of Scania | 1928 | 1932 | 4 | Colonel in Svea Life Guards and the Scanian Cavalry Regiment. | (1882–1973) Promoted to general, 1932 |
| * | Joachim Åkerman | 1928 | 1928 | 0 | –. | (1868–1958) |
| * | Georg Nyström | 1928 | 1928 | 0 | –. | (1865–1942) |
| 34 | Reinhold von Rosen | 1929 | 1930 | 1 | Inspector of the Cavalry, 1922–1930. | (1865–1946) |
| 35 | Henri de Champs | 25 Apr 1930 | 1930 | 1 | Commander, Royal Engineers (Fortifikationen), 1923–1934. | (1869–1948) |
| 36 | Ludvig Hammarskiöld | 20 Jan 1933 | 1934 | 2 | Master-General of the Ordnance, 1929–1934. | (1869–1958) |
| * | John Nauckhoff | 17 Feb 1933 | 17 Feb 1933 | 0 | –. | (1867–1953) |
| * | Peter Hegardt | 9 Jun 1933 | 9 Jun 1933 | 0 | –. | (1868–1945) |
| * | Carl Sjögreen | 1933 | 1933 | 0 | –. | (1868–1958) |
| 37 | Axel Sjögreen | 1933 | 1935 | 2 | Commander, Southern Army Division, 1928–1935. | (1870–1959) |
| * | Bo Boustedt | 1933 | 1933 | 0 | –. | (1868–1939) |
| 38 | Gösta Lilliehöök | 21 Dec 1934 | 1936 | 2 | Commander, Eastern Army Division, 1930–1936. Commandant General in Stockholm, 1930–1936. | (1871–1952) |
| 39 | Axel Hultkrantz | 28 Apr 1933 | 11 Apr 1935 | 2 | Quartermaster-General of the Swedish Army, 1926–1935. | (1870–1955) |
| 40 | Olof Thörnell | 1 Jul 1936 | 1 Jan 1940 | 4 | Chief of the Defence Staff, 1936–1939. | (1877–1977) Promoted to general, 1 Jan 1940. |
| 41 | Oscar Nygren | 1 Jul 1936 | 1 Oct 1937 | 1 | Acting Chief of the Army, 1936–1937. | (1872–1960) Promoted to general, 1 Oct 1937. |
| 42 | Axel Lyström | 23 May 1937 | 1 Oct 1937 | 0 | Commanding General, Northern Army Division, 1933–1937. | (1873–1945) |
| 43 | Per Sylvan | 1 Oct 1937 | 1 Oct 1940 | 3 | Chief of the Army, 1937–1940. | (1875–1945) |
| 44 | Lennart Lilliehöök | 23 May 1937 | 30 Sep 1937 | 0 | Commanding General, Western Army Division, 1932–1937. Inspector for the Army's Motor Vehicle Service, 1941–1945. | (1872–1950) |
| * | Oscar Osterman | 1939 | 1939 | 0 | –. | (1874–1956) |
| * | Pontus Reuterswärd | 1939 | 1939 | 0 | –. | (1871–1949) |
| 45 | Ivar Holmquist | 1 Oct 1940 | 31 Mar 1944 | 3 | Chief of the Army, 1940–1944. | (1879–1954) |
| 46 | Erik Testrup | 1943 | 1943 | 0 | –. | (1878–1972) |
| 47 | Helge Jung | 1 Jan 1944 | 1 Apr 1944 | 0 | Commanding General, IV Military District, 1943–1944. Commandant General in Stockholm, 1943–1944. | (1886–1978) Promoted to general, 1 Apr 1944. |
| 48 | Archibald Douglas | 1944 | 1948 | 4 | Chief of the Army, 1944–1948. | (1883–1960) |
| * | Erik af Edholm | 1944 | 1944 | 0 | –. | (1878–1954) |
| * | Martin Hanngren | 1945 | 1945 | 0 | –. | (1880–1945) |
| 49 | Helge Söderbom | 1946 | 1946 | 0 | –. | (1881–1975) |
| 50 | Ernst af Klercker | 1 Mar 1947 | 1 Apr 1947 | 0 | I Military District, 1942–1947. | (1881–1955) |
| * | Ivar Gewert | 1957 | 1957 | 0 | Quartermaster-General of the Swedish Army, 1946–1957. Vice chief of the Royal Swedish Army Materiel Administration, 1949–1954. Vice chief of the Royal Swedish Army Supply Administration, 1954–1957. | (1891–1971) |
| 51 | Carl August Ehrensvärd | 1948 | 1957 | 9 | Chief of the Army, 1948–1957. | (1892–1974) Promoted to general, 1957. |
| * | Axel Bredberg | 1949 | 1949 | 0 | –. | (1884–1960) |
| * | Folke Högberg | 1 Apr 1949 | 1949 | 1 | –. | (1884–1972) |
| * | Hugo Cederschiöld | 1950 | 1950 | 0 | –. | (1878–1968) Promoted to general, 1963 |
| 52 | Nils Swedlund | 1 Feb 1951 | 1 Apr 1951 | 0 | Chief of the Defence Staff, 1947–1951. | (1898–1965) Promoted to general, 1 Apr 1951 |
| 53 | Henry Kellgren | 20 Sep 1951 | 30 Sep 1951 | 0 | Chief of the Military Office of the Minister of Defence, 1945–1951. | (1886–1954) |
| * | Henry Tottie | 1951 | 1951 | 0 | –. | (1888–1952) |
| * | Samuel Åkerhielm | 1953 | 1953 | 0 | –. | (1887–1976) |
| * | Sven Colliander | 1955 | 1955 | 0 | –. | (1890–1961) |
| 54 | Thord Bonde | 1957 | 1963 | 6 | Chief of the Army, 1957–1963. | (1900–1969) Promoted to general, 1963 |
| * | Ivar Backlund | 1957 | 1957 | 0 | –. | (1892–1969) |
| * | Gustaf Dyrssen | 1957 | 1957 | 0 | –. | (1891–1981) |
| * | Birger Hedqvist | 1 Oct 1959 | 1959 | 0 | –. | (1894–1964) |
| * | Sven Salander | 1959 | 1959 | 0 | –. | (1894–1965) |
| * | Carl Årmann | 1960 | 1960 | 0 | –. | (1894–1988) |
| * | Harald Hægermark | 1960 | 1960 | 0 | –. | (1894–1965) |
| * | Bert Carpelan | 1961 | 1961 | 0 | –. | (1895–1981) |
| * | Viking Tamm | 1961 | 1961 | 0 | –. | (1896–1975) |
| 55 | Curt Göransson | 1963 | 1969 | 6 | Chief of the Army, 1963–1969. | (1909–1996) Promoted to general, 1969 |
| * | Richard Åkerman | 1963 | 1963 | 0 | –. | (1898–1981) |
| * | Nils Björk | 1963 | 1963 | 0 | –. | (1898–1989) |
| * | Hilding Kring | 1 Oct 1964 | 1 Oct 1964 | 0 | –. | (1913–2001) |
| * | Edward Malm | 1964 | 1964 | 0 | –. | (1899–1983) |
| 56 | Carl Eric Almgren | 1966 | 1976 | 10 | Chief of the Defence Staff, 1961–1967. Commanding General, Eastern Military District, 1967–1969. Commandant General in Stockholm, 1967–1969. Chief of the Army, 1969–1976. | (1913–2001) Promoted to general, 1976 |
| 57 | Arne Mohlin | 1966 | 1972 | 6 | VI Military District, 1963–1966. Upper Norrland Military District, 1966–1972 | (1909–1992) |
| 58 | Gustav Åkerman | 1966 | 1967 | 1 | Commanding General, IV Military District, 1961–1967. Commandant General in Stockholm, 1961–1967. | (1901–1988) |
| * | Regner Leuhusen | 1966 | 1966 | 0 | –. | (1900–1994) |
| 59 | Stig Synnergren | 1 Apr 1967 | 1 Oct 1970 | 4 | Chief of the Defence Staff, 1967–1970. | (1915–2004) Promoted to general, 1 Oct 1970 |
| * | Malcolm Murray | 1968 | 1968 | 0 | –. | (1904–1995) |
| * | Fale Burman | 1968 | 1968 | 0 | –. | (1903–1973) |
| 60 | Ove Ljung | 1969 | 1974 | 5 | Eastern Military District, 1969–1974. Commandant General in Stockholm, 1969–1974. | (1918–1997) |
| * | Karl Gustaf Brandberg | 1971 | 1971 | 0 | –. | (1905–1997) |
| 61 | Karl Eric Holm | 1972 | 1983 | 11 | Commanding General, Southern Military District, 1972–1980. Chief of Home Guard, 1981–1983. | (1919–2016) |
| * | Tage Olihn | 1973 | 1973 | 0 | –. | (1908–1996) |
| * | Stig Löfgren | 1973 | 1973 | 0 | –. | (1912–1998) |
| * | Erik Rosengren | 1973 | 1973 | 0 | –. | (1908–1988) |
| 62 | Nils Sköld | 1974 | 1984 | 10 | Commanding General, Eastern Military District, 1974–1976. Commandant General in Stockholm, 1974–1976. Chief of the Army, 1976–1984. | (1921–1996) |
| * | Sten Wåhlin | 1974 | 1974 | 0 | –. | (1914–1981) |
| * | Bengt Liljestrand | 1975 | 1975 | 0 | Force Commander of UNEF II, 1975–1976. | (1919–2000) |
| 63 | Lennart Ljung | 1 Oct 1976 | 1 Oct 1978 | 2 | Chief of the Defence Staff, 1976–1978. | (1915–2004) Promoted to general, 1 Oct 1978 |
| 64 | Karl-Gösta Lundmark | 1976 | 1980 | 4 | Commanding General, Upper Norrland Military District, 1976–1980. | (1919–1995) |
| 65 | Erik G. Bengtsson | 1980 | 1990 | 10 | Commanding General, Upper Norrland Military District, 1980–1984. Chief of the Army, 1984–1990. | (1928–) |
| 66 | Bengt Gustafsson | 1984 | 1 Oct 1986 | 2 | Commanding General, Upper Norrland Military District, 1984–1986. | (1933–2019) Promoted to general, 1 Oct 1986 |
| 67 | Carl Björeman | 1984 | 1988 | 4 | Commanding General, Southern Military District, 1984–1988. | (1924–2020) |
| 68 | Lars-Eric Wahlgren | 1 Jul 1988 | 1993 | 5 | Force Commander, UNIFIL, 1988–1993. Force Commander, UNPROFOR, 1993–1993. | (1929–1999) |
| 69 | Gustaf Welin | 1988 | 1992 | 4 | Commanding General, Southern Military District, 1988–1992. | (1930–2008) |
| 70 | Åke Sagrén | 1988 | 1996 | 0 | Commanding General, Upper Norrland Military District, 1988–1990. Chief of the Army, 1990–1994. Chief of Army Command, 1994–1996. | (1935–2022) |
| 71 | Curt Sjöö | 1990 | 1996 | 6 | Commanding General, Upper Norrland Military District, 1990–1992. Commanding General, Northern Military District, 1993–1996. | (1937–) |
| 72 | Percurt Green | 1994 | 2000 | 6 | Chief of the Joint Operations Command (Operationsledningen), 1994–1998. Deputy Supreme Commander, 1994–1998. Commanding General, Middle Military District, 1998–2000. Commandant General in Stockholm, 1998–2000. | (1939–) |
| 73 | Sven-Åke Jansson | 1 Jul 1994 | 1998 | 4 | Commanding General, Southern Military District, 1994–1998. | (1937–2014) |
| 74 | Folke Rehnström | 1996 | 2002 | 6 | Director, Main Unit, Ministry of Defence, 1996–1998. Chief of the 2oint Forces Directorate, 1998–2002. | (1942–2020) |
| 75 | Mertil Melin | 1 Apr 1996 | 2000 | 5 | Chief of Army Staff, 1996–1998. Commanding General, Northern Military District, 1998–2000 | (1945–2023) |
| 76 | Johan Hederstedt | 1998 | 1 Jul 2000 | 2 | –. | (1943–) Promoted to general, 1 Jul 2000 |
| 77 | Hans Berndtson | 1 Jul 1998 | 2005 | 7 | Chief of the General Training and Management Directorate, 1998–2000. Chief of the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters, 2001–2002. Deputy Supreme Commander, 2001–2005. | (1945–) |
| 78 | Johan Kihl | 2000 | 2004 | 4 | Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate, 2000–2004. Swedish Armed Forces Special Forces, 2000–2004. Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters, 2002–2004. | (1946–) |
| 79 | Claes-Göran Fant | 1 Sep 2005 | 2007 | 2 | Expert in the Swedish Defence Commission (Försvarsberedningen), 2005–2007. | (1951–) |
| 80 | Sverker Göranson | 2007 | 25 Mar 2009 | 1 | Chief of Defence Staff, 2007–2009. Chief of Staff of the Swedish Armed Forces, 2007–2009. | (1954–) Promoted to general, 25 Mar 2009 |
| 81 | Anders Lindström | 13 Dec 2007 | 2011 | 4 | Chief of Joint Operations, 2007–2011. Commandant General in Stockholm, 2007–2011. | (1955–) |
| 82 | Göran Mårtensson | 2014 | 2016 | 2 | Chief of Joint Operations, 2014–2016. | (1960–) |
| 83 | Dennis Gyllensporre | 2014 | 2021 | 7 | Chief of Defence Staff, 2014–2018 Chief of the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters, 2014–2018. Chief of the Swedish Armed Forces Special Forces, 2014–2018. Commandant General in Stockholm, 2014–2018. Force Commander of MINUSMA, 2018–2021. | (1964–) |
| 84 | Michael Claesson | 10 Sep 2020 | 30 Sep 2024 | 4 | Chief of Joint Operations, 2020–2022. Commandant General in Stockholm, 2020–2024. Chief of the Defence Staff, 2023–2024 | (1965–) Promoted to general, 1 Oct 2024 |