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Chief of Home Guard

Chief of Home Guard

Military appointment of Sweden

The Chief of Home Guard,[1] also called the Chief of the National Swedish Home Guard[2] (Swedish: Rikshemvärnschefen, RiksHvC) is the Swedish Home Guard chief representative. He reports to the Chief of Armed Forces Training & Procurement. The Home Guard function and its development are the responsibility of the Chief of Home Guard and as support in his work at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters he has the staff of the Home Guard Department (Rikshemvärnsavdelningen).[3] The Chief of Home Guard with staff (the Home Guard Department, PROD RIKSHV) is part of the Training & Procurement Staff.

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Tasks

The Chief of Home Guard leads the implementation of the National Home Guard Combat School and the training units' mission activities relating to the Home Guard's operations and he inspects the Home Guard units. The Chief of Home Guard is also the chairman of the Home Guard Council (Rikshemvärnsrådet), the central co-influence body of the Home Guard; a council that is chosen at the National Home Guard Council (Rikshemvärnstinget) every other year.[3]

Since 30 January 2020, the following units are subordinated to the Chief of Home Guard: National Home Guard Combat School, Northern Military Region, Central Military Region, Western Military Region, Southern Military Region.[4]

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of the National Home Guard Staff (Rikshemvärnsstaben, Rikshvst) 1994–1948, National Home Guard Center (Rikshemvärnscentrum, RiksHvC) 1994–2000, and the Chief of Home Guard with the Home Guard Department within the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters (Rikshemvärnschefen med rikshemvärnsavdelningen inom HKV) 2000–present. Blazon: "Azure, the badge of the Home Guard, three crowns, placed two and one, above the letter H, all or. The shield surmounted two swords in saltire or".[5]

Chiefs

Chiefs of Home Guard

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Deputy Chiefs of Home Guard

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Footnotes

  1. Petri was colonel when taking office on 1 July 1940 and was promoted to major general on 1 January 1946 while still in office.[6]
  2. Allstrin was colonel when taking office on 1 April 1947 and was promoted to major general in 1949 while still in office.
  3. Brinck was colonel when taking office on 1 April 1952 and was promoted to major general in 1954 while still in office.
  4. Kellin was colonel when taking office on 1 October 1955 and was promoted to major general on 1 October 1959 while still in office.[8]
  5. Ekenberg was brigadier general when taking office on 1 July 2005 and was promoted to major general on 31 May 2017 while still in office.[11]

References

Notes

  1. [1]
    Grafisk profil 2013, p. 67
  2. [2]
    Gullberg 1977, p. 742
  3. [3]
    "RIKSHEMVÄRNSCHEFEN" [Chief of the National Swedish Home Guard] (in Swedish). Home Guard. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  4. [4]
    "Försvarsmaktens interna bestämmelser med arbetsordning för Försvarsmakten (FM ArbO)" (PDF). FÖRSVARSMAKTENS INTERNA BESTÄMMELSER (FIB) 2020.1 (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 30 January 2020. p. 60. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  5. [5]
    Braunstein 2006, p. 18
  6. [6]
    Cronenberg 1995–1997, p. 200
  7. [7]
    Åkerstedt 2010, p. 61
  8. [8]
    Broomé 1975–1977, p. 39
  9. [9]
    Lahti, Barbro, ed. (1988-06-15). "Reinhold Lahti". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). p. 17. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  10. [10]
    "Höga militärer". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 13 September 1991. p. 17. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  11. [11]
    "Rikshemvärnschefen befordras" (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 2017-05-31. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  12. [12]
    "Ny rikshemvärnschef" (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  13. [13]
    "PÅ NY POST" (PDF). Försvarets forum: Personaltidning för fast anställda och reservofficerare i svenska försvarsmakten (in Swedish) (5). Stockholm: Försvarets forum: 9. 2022. SELIBR 4109339.
  14. [14]
    Kjellander 2003, p. 186
  15. [15]
    "Roger Nilsson". LinkedIn. Retrieved 26 October 2020.

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