Axel Ljungdahl
Who was the commander of Air Staff (Sweden) from 1942 to 1947?
Air Staff ( Sweden ) Air Staff ( , FS ) is the staff of the Chief of the Swedish Air Force.<ref It was officially established in 1936 as a result of the Defence Act of 1936 and would handle matters of a general nature . The Air Staffs duties included , among other things to assist the Chief of the Air Force with leadership of the Air Forces mobilization , training , tactics , organization , equipment and personnel to the extent that such activity was not directly related to operational activities , which was then handled by the Defence Staff.<ref In 1994 , the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters took over the Air Staffs duties . In 2019 , the Air Force Staff was re-established , now located in Uppsala Garrison . History . When the position of the Chief of the Air Force ( Chefen för flygvapnet ) was created in 1925 it had a number of officers at its disposal . The Chief of the Air Forces staff was organized in 1933 in three departments : I ( organization , air forces use ) , II ( training and personnel matters ) and III ( intelligence about foreign air forces , etc. ) . The Air Staff was organized 1 July 1936 with the following organizations : Office ( 1936-1964 ) , Organization Department ( 1936- ) , Education Department ( 1936- ) , Operation Department ( 1936- ) , Operation Department ( 1936-1964 ) , Aviation Department ( 1936-1938 ) and the Intelligence Department ( from 1936 to 1937 , when its duties were transferred to the Defense Staff ) . In 1937 a press officer was added , in 1942 a Press Section , in 1957 a Press Detail and the 1964 a Press Department . In 1942 , a Flight Safety and Accident Department ( 1942-1964 ) was added , then transferred to the Inspector of Flight Security ( Inspektören för flygsäkerhetstjänsten ) , and a Signal and Weather Department ( 1942-1944 ) . The latter was divided in 1944 into a Signal Department ( 1944-1957 ) and a Weather Department ( 1944- ) for the Armed Forces a joint weather center . In 1945 a Human Resources Department ( 1945 ) was added , and in 1948 a Cash Department ( 1948-1957 ) . The Signal Department was in 1957 renamed the Telecom Department ( 1957-1964 ) . The same year a Planning Department ( 1957- ) and an Intelligence Department was added . In July 1964 the Air Staff was reorganized and sections were introduced . Subordinate to the Chief was the Chief Head Office ( 1964-1975 ) , the Planning Department and the Weather Department ( in 1968 transferred to the Inspector of the Weather Service ) . Section 1 consisted of the Central Department , Signal Communications Department , Traffic Department and the Intelligence Department ( from circa 1975 the Intelligence Department ( from circa 1975 the Intelligence and Security Department ) . Section II consisted of the Organizational Department , Education Department , Personnel Department and the Press Department ( from 1973 the Information Department ) and from 1968 by an ADB ( EDP ) Department and from 1976 of the Land ( Warfare ) Inspection ( 1976- ) . The next major reorganization was in July 1981 . The Air Staff was from now on called the Chief of the Air Force ( Chefen för flygvapnet , CFV ) . After this reorganization the Air Staff consisted of the Chief , Planning Section FS1 , System Section FS2 , Human Resources Section FS3 and Education Section FS4 , Organic Unit Inspection , Flight Safety Section , Weather Service Management and Administration Department . The Air Staff has also included other units : the Surgeon-in-Chief of the Swedish Air Force ( flygöverläkaren ) with predecessors ( 1931-1969 ) , Inspector of the Flying Safety Service ( flygsäkerhetsinspektören ) ( 1949- ) , Inspection of Air Surveillance ( 1948-1964 ) , Inspection for Technical Services ( 1948-1960 ) , Land Warfare Inspection ( 1956-1964 ) , the Inspection of Base Service ( 1960-1964 ) , the Inspection of the Air Forces Volunteer Activities ( 1961-1964 ) , the Air Force Personnel Delegation ( 1959-1964 ) , the System Inspector ( 1964-1981 ) , the Inspector of Weather Service ( 1968-1981 ) and the Organic Unit Inspection ( 1981- ) . In March 1976 , the Air Staff had about 370 employees . Because of the reorganization in 1981 , the Air Staffs workforce was decline from approximately 315 to 225 . The last management meeting of the Air Staff occurred on 26 March 1993 . The Air Staff was in connection with the Swedish Armed Forces restructuring on 1 July 1994 amalgamated into the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters as the Air Force Command . Location . The main part of the Air Staff was from 1943 to 1981 located in the building Tre Vapen at Banérgatan 62-64 and at six other places in the Stockholm area . In 1981 , it moved to the building Bastionen at Lidingövägen 24 in Stockholm . The location of the new Air Staff was proposed by the Swedish Armed Forces to be established in Uppsala garrison . There the staff will move in to three larger white buildings in the southern part of the area , which were originally erected in the 1940s for the Royal Swedish Air Force College ( Flygkadettskolan , F 20 ) . There were two wings with cadet dwellings and between them a building with lecture halls and administrative premises . Upstairs there was a hall which was also used for parties . A few hundred meters north of the school house lay the cadet mess , a low white building . Heraldry . The coat of arms of the Air Staff was used from 1937 and 1994 . It was later used by the Air Force Command 1994–1997 , Air Force Tactical Center 1997–1998 , Air Force Center 1998–2000 and the Air Force Tactical Command 2000–2018 . Blazon : Azure , a winged two-bladed propeller or . Chiefs of the Air Staff . List of Chiefs of the Air Staff : - 1936–1942 : Bengt Nordenskiöld - 1942–1947 : Axel Ljungdahl - 1947–1957 : Gustaf Adolf Westring - 1957–1960 : Lennart Peyron - 1960–1964 : Stig Norén - 1964–1966 : Gösta Odqvist - 1966–1970 : Claës-Henrik Nordenskiöld - 1970–1973 : Dick Stenberg - 1973–1978 : Hans Neij - 1978–1980 : Erik Nygren - 1980–1984 : Evert Båge - 1984–1987 : Bengt Lönnbom - 1987–1990 : Bert Stenfeldt - 1990–1994 : Bernt Östh - 1993–1994 : Kjell Nilsson ( acting ) - 2019–2019 : Anders Persson - 2019–2020 : Anders Jönsson - 2020–2024 : Dennis Hedström Vice Chiefs of the Air Staff . - 1943-1948 : Karl Silfverberg - 1948–1951 : Torsten Rapp - 1951–1953 : Greger Falk - 1953–1959 : Stig Möller - 1959–1961 : Gösta Odqvist - 1961–1966 : Nils Personne