Bengt Gustafsson (general)

Bengt Gustafsson
Birth name Sten Bengt Gustaf Gustafsson
Born (1933-12-02) 2 December 1933
Hästveda, Sweden
Allegiance Sweden
Service/branch Swedish Army
Years of service 1959–1994
Rank General
Commands held Milo ÖN (1984–86)
Supreme Commander (1986–94)

Sten Bengt Gustaf Gustafsson (born 2 December 1933) is a former Swedish Army general and Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces from 1986 to 1994.

Biography

Gustafsson was born in Hästveda, Sweden and was the son of radio technician Gustav Svensson and Frida (née Lundell).[1] He attended the Royal Swedish Army Staff College in 1959 and became an officer at 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 at the Army Staff and the Defence Staff from 1966 to 1979 and was Director at the Swedish Civil Defence Board from 1970 to 1973.[1]

Gustafsson attended the National Defence College in 1971 and 1982.[1] 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 Svealand Engineer Regiment (Ing 1) in 1981.[1]

He was promoted to colonel of the 1st rank 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 Area from 1984 to 1986.[1] He was promoted to general and assumed the post of Supreme Commander in 1986 and stayed in that position until 1994.[2]

Other work

Gustafsson became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences in 1979.[2] He became a board member of the General Defense Association (Allmänna försvarsföreningen) in 1982, of Swedair in 1983 and the Board of Volunteering Officer Training (Överstyrelsen för frivillig befälsutbildning) in 1984.[3]

Personal life

In 1957 he married Inger Gustafsson.[1] They have three children, one son of two daughters.[4]

Awards and decorations

Bibliography

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Uddling, Hans; Paabo, Katrin, eds. (1992). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1993 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1993] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 402. ISBN 91-1-914072-X.
  2. 1 2 Kjellander, Rune (1996). Kungl Krigsvetenskapsakademien: Svenska krigsmanna sällskapet (till 1805), Kungl Krigsvetenskapsakademien : biografisk matrikel med porträttgalleri 1796-1995 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Akad. p. 186. ISBN 91-630-4181-2. LIBRIS 7451162.
  3. ↑ Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1985 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1985] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1984. p. 403. ISBN 91-1-843222-0.
  4. ↑ Österholm, Ulla-Lene (12 May 1998). "Min son har schizofreni" [My son has schizophrenia]. Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Sök medaljförläning" (in Swedish). Royal Court of Sweden. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
Military offices
Preceded by
Erik G. Bengtsson		 Commander of the Upper Norrland Military Area
1984–1986 		Succeeded by
Lars-Erik Englund
Preceded by
Lennart Ljung		 Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces
1986–1994 		Succeeded by
Owe Wiktorin
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