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The Chief of the General Staff (Swedish: Chefen för generalstaben, CGst, or Generalstabschef) was from 1873 to 1937 the second most senior member of the Swedish Army (after the King of Sweden) and headed the General Staff. The position was held by a senior member of the Swedish Army. In 1937, the position was abolished and the position of Chief of the Defence Staff was established.
Chief of the General Staff | |
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Chefen för generalstaben | |
Ministry of Defence | |
Type | Chief of the General Staff |
Status | Abolished |
Abbreviation | CGst |
Member of | Ministry of Land Defence |
Reports to | King of Sweden |
Seat | Birger Jarls torg 10, Stockholm (1876–1926) Östermalmsgatan 87, Stockholm (1926–1937) |
Term length | No fixed term |
Formation | 5 December 1873 |
First holder | Colonel Hugo Raab |
Final holder | Lieutenant general Oscar Nygren |
Abolished | 1937 |
Unofficial names | Generalstabschef |
No. | Portrait | Chief of the General Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch | Monarch | Ref. |
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1 | [lower-alpha 1] Hugo Raab (1831–1881) | Major general5 December 1873 | 1881 | 7–8 years | Army | Oscar II | [1] | |
2 | Axel Ryding (1831–1897) | Major general9 February 1882 | 1885 | 2–3 years | Army | Oscar II | [2] | |
- | Axel Rappe (1838–1918) Acting | Colonel14 July 1882 | 1885 | 2–3 years | Army | Oscar II | [3] | |
3 | [lower-alpha 2] Axel Rappe (1838–1918) | General30 December 1885 | 1905 | 19–20 years | Army | Oscar II | [3] | |
- | Ernst von der Lancken (1841–1902) Acting | Colonel25 June 1892 | 4 October 1895 | 3 years, 101 days | Army | Oscar II | [4] | |
- | Carl Warberg (1845–1910) Acting | Colonel1895 | 1899 | 3–4 years | Army | Oscar II | - | |
- | Knut Gillis Bildt (1854–1927) Acting | Colonel3 February 1899 | 9 December 1899 | 309 days | Army | Oscar II | [5] | |
- | Knut Gillis Bildt (1854–1927) Acting | Major general25 September 1905 | 3 November 1905 | 39 days | Army | Oscar II | [5] | |
4 | [lower-alpha 3] Knut Gillis Bildt (1854–1927) | Lieutenant general3 November 1905 | 1919 | 13–14 years | Army | Oscar II Gustaf V | [5] | |
5 | Lars Tingsten (1857–1937) | Lieutenant general1919 | 1922 | 2–3 years | Army | Gustaf V | - | |
6 | [lower-alpha 4] Carl Gustaf Hammarskjöld (1865–1940) | Lieutenant general14 June 1922 | 1930 | 7–8 years | Army | Gustaf V | [6] | |
7 | Bo Boustedt (1868–1939) | Major general1930 | 28 August 1933 | 2–3 years | Army | Gustaf V | [7] | |
8 | [lower-alpha 5] Oscar Nygren (1872–1960) | Lieutenant general29 August 1933 | 30 June 1937 | 3 years, 305 days | Army | Gustaf V | [8] |
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