lieutenant general and was military commander of the Upper Norrland Military District
What position did Bengt Gustafsson (general) take from 1984 to 1986?
Bengt Gustafsson ( general ) General Sten Bengt Gustaf Gustafsson ( 2 December 1933 – 15 March 2019 ) was a Swedish Army officer . He served as the Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces from 1986 to 1994 . Biography . Early life . Gustafsson was born on 2 December 1933 in Hästveda , Sweden , the son of Gustav Svensson , a radio technician , and his wife Frida ( née Lundell ) . Gustafssons early interests included football , handball , chess and bridge , running and high jump . In the primary school ( folkskola ) , he did not like the teacher very well , but in the secondary school ( realskola ) it went better , but the adaptation was not quite good , as there was some teachers he found it hard to get along with . Gustafsson also had difficulty in being quiet at the lessons . Gustafsson graduated without any detention in the spring of 1950 with passed grades . Then he worked at a gas station until Christmas 1950 , after which he quit there because it was too cold and badly paid . Gustafsson then worked at a social insurance agency with registers and such but thought it was monotonous . For many years , he had thought to become a pilot , preferably officer , otherwise in the commercial aviation . Hed otherwise thought of a possible engineering education . Gustafsson studied at the education company Hermods AB , courses in practical mathematics , aerodynamics , aeronautics , airplane engines and materials . Military career . The characteristic statements made about Gustafsson dated 7 March 1951 read ; his general intelligence as a whole , barely above average , as well as technical understanding and flight orientation , while the engine test gives a score above average . The review in social and psychological issues about normal for the age . Also maturation is about average , medium energy resources and reasonably able to organize them . Emotional life a little immature and not very nuanced , largely stable . Initiative mediocre , the ability to moderate endurance . Reliability and responsibility are not yet fully mature , but probably acceptable . Deficiencies in any adaptation , has little difficulty with self-discipline . Gustafsson started his military career as a sergeant pilot . Gustafsson was admitted to the training but did not quite manage the flight itself . Gustafssons assessment in the air dated 27 July 1951 read ; Poor sense of speed . Immature , forgetful , sloppy . Poor attention distribution . Poor mental activity in the air . and on the ground Good ability , initiative and energetic . Calm and sensible . Reliable . Intelligent . 40 years later , as general and Supreme Commander , Gustafsson commented the characteristic statement which shows , which eventually becomes a life experience , that it takes a long time , individually different long time , to be reasonably complete as an adult . In a jokeful manner you might say that it soon turned out that I fitted best on the ground when comparing ratings from air and ground teachers . He attended the Royal Swedish Army Staff College in 1959 and became an officer in Boden Engineer Corps ( Ing 3 ) . Gustafsson was promoted to lieutenant in 1961 and attended the Military Academy in 1966 and was promoted to captain the following year . He was the General Staff Officer in the Army Staff and the Defence Staff from 1966 to 1979 and was Director at the Swedish Civil Defence Board from 1970 to 1973 . Gustafsson attended the National Defence College in 1971 and 1982 . He was promoted to major in 1972 , to lieutenant colonel in 1974 and to lieutenant colonel with special position held in 1975 . Gustafsson was appointed battalion commander at Älvsborg Regiment ( I 15 ) in 1979 and was promoted to colonel and was appointed regimental commander of Svea Engineer Regiment ( Ing 1 ) in 1981 . He was promoted to senior colonel in 1982 and was appointed Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Defence , a position he stayed in until 1984 . Gustafsson was promoted to lieutenant general and was military commander of the Upper Norrland Military District ( Milo ÖN ) from 1984 to 1986 . He was promoted to general and assumed the post of Supreme Commander in 1986 . Gustafssons term as Supreme Commander was marked initially by continued submarine hunts , but came increasingly to be about the fall of the Berlin Wall and the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact . Although the effects both for the world and for the Swedish defense policy became even clearer for the next Supreme Commander . In 1992 , his appointment as Supreme Commander was extended to 1 July 1994 , when he retired . Other work . Gustafsson became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences in 1979 . In 1990 , Gustafsson became an honorary member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences , but he left in 2004 . Gustafsson became a board member of the General Defense Association ( Allmänna försvarsföreningen ) in 1982 , of Swedair in 1983 and the National Swedish Board of Voluntary Military Training ( Överstyrelsen för frivillig befälsutbildning ) in 1984 . Personal life . In 1957 he married Inger Gustafsson . They had three children , one son and two daughters . Gustafsson died in his home on 15 March 2019 . The funeral is held at Hedvig Eleonora Church in Stockholm on 5 April 2019 . Awards and decorations . Swedish . - H . M . The Kings Medal , 12th size gold medal with chain ( 1992 ) - Swedish Air Force Volunteers Association Medal of Merit in gold ( 1994 ) Foreign . - 1st Class of the Order of the Cross of the Eagle ( 2 February 2005 )