Laura Swaan Wrede
Brigadier General Laura Maria Swaan Wrede (born 16 August 1964) is a Swedish Army officer. She currently serves as the Deputy Chief of Army appointed on 1 April 2020. She was earlier regimental commander of the Life Guards between 2017 and 2020. She was the first female commander of the Life Guards. Career. Swaan Wrede did her military service in Luleå Anti-Aircraft Regiment (LV 7) in Luleå. Swaan Wrede was commissioned as an officer in the Swedish Armed Forces in 1987. Swaan Wrede has been in charge of several units throughout her career, mainly at the  Life Guards. She has also served several international operations outside Swedish territory, including as a UN observer in the Middle East (UNTSO). She has also served in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and Bosnia (UNPROFOR). From 2008 Swaan Wrede served as ADC to Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden. On 14 December 2014, Swaan Wrede was promoted to colonel and appointed head of department in the Land Component Command (INSS ATS) at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters in Stockholm. On 1 November 2017, she assumed the position of regimental commander of the Life Guards, and thus became the first woman regimental commander in Sweden . She was appointed Deputy Chief of Army on 1 April 2020 and promoted to brigadier general. The Swedish Armed Forces terminated Swaan Wrede's appointment as ADC to Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden from 1 January 2021.