Military ranks of the Swedish armed forces

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Information from the Swedish Armed Forces about its staff including references have been deleted by unknowns and Swedish military personnel (called officers in Sweden) several times in order make it possible to promote personal interests by falsifying information. Attempts have been made to describe military staff (including themselves) as Commissioned Officers right after the removal of information and references to/from the Swedish Armed Forces that proves this statement false. Swedish officers are upset about the officers vs troops ratio: 18,676 officers vs 770 troops and have therefore not only deleted the information but also its references. There is a clear conflict of interest vs. the accuracy of information. April 2009. This page needs protection.

Contents 1 Distribution of personnel 2 Ranks and Insignias 3 Historic Ranks 3.1 Ranks between 1983 and 2008 3.2 Ranks between 1972 and 1983 3.3 Ranks before 1972 4 References

[edit] Distribution of personnel

This is the distribution of personnel vs rank as reported by the Swedish Armed Forces in their annual report 2009-01-01: The mean averge age among employed officers is 42.2 and reseve officers 47.7. Ref: ^[1]

Rank	Officers	Comissioned Officers COs with special agreement	Reserve Officers	Officers without comission
Generals	67	38	29
Överste2	330	132	177	21
Överstelöjtnant	1,174	392	225	557
Regementsförvaltare
Major	3,015	448	1,108	1,459
Kapten	7,586	542	4,533	2,511
Förvaltare
Löjtnant	5,652	602	2,702	2,348
Fanjunkare	21		21
Fänrik	569		528	41
Förste Sergeant	260			260
Total officers	18,676	2,156	9,323	7,197
Officer candidates who graduate as Fanrik 2009	309
Officer candidates who graduate as Fanrik 2010	112
Officer candidates who graduate as Fanrik 2011	100
S-Officer candidates who graudate as Forste Sergeant 2010	270
Total officer candidates	791
BFA3 January 2009	10
Squad leaders, seamen and soldiers abroad, Dec 2008	430
Squad leaders, seamen and soldiers in Sweden, Dec 2008	330
Total squad leaders, seamen and soldiers	770
Available personnel for the follwoing units after 90 days of mobilization	2 mechanized battalions, 1 engineering company, 1 tank company, 1 mechanized company, 1 air-defense platoon, 1 jaeger platoon, MP unit, CBRN unit, artillery location squad, special unit. Navy: Part of amphibious battalion, two corvettes ships, two mine destroyer ships, one submarine, and support boats. Air force: Airbase unit APOD, air combat wing JAS39, air-transport unit Tp82, surveillance airplanes S102B,
Recruits undertaking training also including squad and platoon leader candidates	7,908

[edit] Ranks and Insignias

The table below shows ranks according to seniority, with the most senior to the right. OF denotes non-comissioned officers and commissioned officers, OR denotes warrant officers, non-commissioned officers and other enlisted personnel. Those ranks were ratified by the supreme commander on October 24, 2008 and became effective as of January 1, 2009.^[2]. Military ranks of the US and Great Britain have been used as a base for harmonization with NATO.

Army	Contracted and conscripted personnel								Employed personnel and Reserve Officers Specialists, instructors, squad leaders, administrators, etc
	OR 1	OR 2				OR 3	OR 4	OR 5	OR 6	OF 1	OR 7	OF 1	OR 8	OF 2	OF 3	OR 9	OF 4	OF 5	OF 6	OF 7	OF 8	OF 9
	Menig1	Menig 1kl (one bar per year)				Vicekorpral	Korpral	Sergeant	Förste sergeant	Fänrik	Fanjunkare	Löjtnant	Förvaltare	Kapten	Major	Regements- förvaltare	Överste- löjtnant	Överste	Brigad- general	General- major	General- löjtnant	General
Air force
	OR 1	OR 2				OR 3	OR 4	OR 5	OR 6	OF 1	OR 7	OF 1	OR 8	OF 2	OF 3	OR 9	OF 4	OF 5	OF 6	OF 7	OF 8	OF 9
	Menig1	Menig 1kl (one bar per year)				Vicekorpral	Korpral	Sergeant	Förste sergeant	Fänrik	Fanjunkare	Löjtnant	Förvaltare	Kapten	Major	Flottilj- förvaltare	Överste- löjtnant	Överste	Brigad- general	General- major	General- löjtnant	General
Navy
	OR 1	OR 2				OR 3	OR 4	OR 5	OR 6	OF 1	OR 7	OF 1	OR 8	OF 2	OF 3	OR 9	OF 4	OF 5	OF 6	OF 7	OF 8	OF 9
	Menig1	Menig 1kl (one bar per year)				Vicekorpral	Korpral	Sergeant	Förste -styrman, -konstapel, -maskinist	Fänrik	Flaggstyrman Flaggkonstapel Flaggmaskinist	Löjtnant	Förvaltare	Kapten	Örlogskapten	Flottilj förvaltare	Komendör- kapten	Komendör	Flotilj- amiral	Konter- amiral	Viceamiral	Amiral
Home Guard
	OR 1	OR 2				OR 3	OR 4	OR 5	OR 6	OF 1	OR 7	OF 1	OR 8	OF 2	OF 3	OR 9	OF 4	OF 5	OF 6	OF 7	OF 8	OF 9
	Menig1	Menig 1kl (one bar every second year)				No Equivalent	Korpral	Sergeant	Förste sergeant	Fänrik	Fanjunkare	Löjtnant	No Equivalent	Kapten	Major	No Equivalent
Trainee
		OR 2				OR 3	OR 4	OR 5
	For all trainees	Aspirant				Kadett year 1	Kadett year 2	Kadett year 3

• (1) Privates wear branch symbol. In these examples, the Infantry, Airforce and Navy, respectivly.

[edit] Historic Ranks

[edit] Ranks between 1983 and 2008

Swedish miltary ranks
Army
Trainee ranks	Menig3 Korpral	Furir Kadett SO1	Sergeant Kadett OHS2 1st,2nd year	Fänrik	Löjtnant	Kapten	Major	Överste- löjtnant	Överste	Överste 1gr	Brigad- general	General- major	General- löjtnant	General
Navy
Trainee ranks	Menig Korpral	Furir Kadett OS 1	Sergeant Kadett OHS2 1st,2nd year	Fänrik	Löjtnant	Kapten	Örlogskapten	Kommendörkapten	Kommendör	Kommendör 1gr	Flotiljamiral	Konteramiral	Viceamiral	Amiral

• (1) Specialist school where aspirants graduate as Sergeant (Specialist Officer)(year 2008)
• (2) Military Academy, cadets graduate as Fänrik
• (3) Privates wear insignia of branch. In this case the infantry.

[edit] Ranks between 1972 and 1983

Swedish miltary ranks
Regular ranks
Trainee ranks	Menig Korpral	Furir	Överfurir Kadett1	Sergeant Kadett2-3	Fanjunkare	Fänrik	Löjtnant	Kapten	Major Örlogs- kapten	Överste- löjtnant Komendör- kapten	Överste Komendör	Överste 1gr Komendör 1gr	General- major Konter- amiral	General- löjtnant Viceamiral	General Amiral

[edit] Ranks before 1972

Swedish miltary ranks
Regular ranks
Trainee ranks	Menig Vicekorpral	Korpral	Furir	Överfurir	Rustmästare	Sergeant Kadett1-2	Fanjunkare	Förvaltare	Fänrik	Löjtnant	Kapten	Major Örlogs- kapten	Överste- löjtnant Komendör- kapten	Överste Komendör	General- major Konter- amiral	General- löjtnant Viceamiral	General Amiral

[edit] References

Research: Ph.D. thesis in "War and the career system", Dagens Nyheter by professor Mats Alvesson, researcher of military organization at Lunds University, and Karl Ydén at the University of Göteborg.[http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp? d=572&a=848314]