# List of Swedish Air Force lieutenant generals

This is a list of lieutenant generals in the Swedish Air Force since its formation in 1926. The grade of lieutenant general (or three-star general) is ordinarily the second-highest in the peacetime air force, ranking above major general and below general.

## List of Swedish Air Force 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 | Torsten Friis | 1936 | 30 Jun 1942 | 6 | Chief of the Air Force, 1934–1942. | (1882–1967) |
| 2 | Bengt Nordenskiöld | 1 Jul 1942 | 30 Apr 1954 | 12 | Chief of the Air Force, 1942–1954. | (1891–1983) Promoted to general, 30 Apr 1954 |
| 3 | Axel Ljungdahl | 1 Jul 1954 | 30 Jun 1960 | 6 | Chief of the Air Force, 1954–1960. | (1897–1995) Promoted to general, 1960 |
| 4 | Torsten Rapp | 1 Jul 1960 | 1 Oct 1961 | 1 | Chief of the Air Force, 1960–1961. | (1905–1993) Promoted to general, 1 Oct 1961 |
| * | Gustaf Adolf Westring | 1961 | 1961 | 0 | –. | (1900–1963) |
| 5 | Lage Thunberg | 1 Oct 1961 | 30 Sep 1968 | 7 | Chief of the Air Force, 1961–1968. | (1905–1977) Promoted to general, 1968 |
| * | Björn Bjuggren | 1964 | 1964 | 0 | –. | (1904–1968) |
| 6 | Stig Norén | 1966 | 30 Sep 1973 | 8 | Commanding General, Southern Military District, 1966–1968. Chief of the Air Force, 1968–1973. | (1908–1996) Promoted to general, 1973 |
| 7 | Nils Personne | 1972 | 1980 | 8 | Commanding General, Upper Norrland Military District, 1972–1976. Commanding General, Western Military District, 1976–1980. | (1918–2013) |
| * | Gösta Odqvist | 1973 | 1973 | 0 | –. | (1913–2005) |
| 8 | Dick Stenberg | 1 Oct 1973 | 30 Sep 1982 | 9 | Chief of the Air Force, 1973–1982. | (1921–2004) |
| 9 | Sven-Olof Olson | 1980 | 30 Sep 1988 | 9 | Commanding General, Southern Military District, 1980–1982 Chief of the Air Force, 1982–1988. | (1926–2021) |
| 10 | Bengt Lehander | 1 Oct 1982 | 1988 | 5 | Commanding General, Eastern Military District, 1982–1988 Commandant General in Stockholm, 1982–1988. | (1925–1994) |
| 11 | Lars-Erik Englund | 1986 | 30 Sep 1994 | 9 | Commanding General, Upper Norrland Military District, 1986–1988 Chief of the Air Force, 1988–1994. Chief of Air Force Staff, 1994–1994. | (1934–2010) |
| 12 | Owe Wiktorin | 1 Jul 1991 | 1 Jul 1994 | 3 | Chief of the Defence Staff, 1991–1992. Commanding General, Southern Military District, 1992–1994. | (1940–) Promoted to general, 1 Jul 1994 |
| 13 | Kent Harrskog | 1 Oct 1994 | 2000 | 5 | Chief of Air Force Staff, 1994–1998. Commanding General, Southern Military District, 1998–2000. | (1944–) |
| 14 | Kjell Nilsson | 1998 | 2000 | 2 | Chief of the Joint Operations Command (Operationsledningen, OpL), 1998–2000. | (1943–2018) |
| 15 | Jan Jonsson | 1 Jul 2000 | 31 Oct 2007 | 7 | Chief of the Joint Forces Command, 2000–2004 Commandant General in Stockholm, 2005–2007 Chief of Joint Operations, 2007–2007 | (1952–2021) |
| 16 | Mats Nilsson | 2000 | 31 Oct 2007 | 8 | Chief of the Joint Forces Directorate, 2002–2005 Chief of Training & Development Chief of Defence Staff, 2007–2007 Unit for Military Defense, Ministry of Defence, 2007–2012 | (1956–) |
| 17 | Jan Salestrand | 2007 | 2014 | 7 | Chief of Armed Forces Training & Procurement, 2007–2009 Chief of Defence Staff, 2009–2014 Chief of the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters, 2009–2014 Chief of the Swedish Armed Forces Special Forces, 2009–2014 Commandant General in Stockholm, 2012–2014 | (1954–) |
| 18 | Anders Silwer | 1 Jan 2012 | 2017 | 5 | Chief of Joint Operations, 2012–2013 Chief of Armed Forces Training & Procurement, 2013–2017 | (1959–) |
| * | Micael Bydén | – | 1 Oct 2015 | – | None | (1964–) Promoted to general, 1 Oct 2015 |
| 19 | Johan Svensson | 1 Mar 2017 | 31 Dec 2022 | 6 | Chief of Armed Forces Training & Procurement, 2017–2022 | (1962–) |
| 20 | Carl-Johan Edström | 1 Jan 2023 | | 2 | Chief of Joint Operations, 2023–2024 Chief of the Defence Staff, 2024–present | (1967–) |
| 21 | Thomas Nilsson | 1 May 2023 | | 2 | Director of Military Intelligence and Security, 2023–present | (1963–) |