Chief of the Army Staff (Sweden)

Chief of the Army Staff
Chefen för arméstaben
Incumbent
Colonel Stefan Jansson
since 1 June 2022
Ministry of Defence
TypeChief of the Army Staff
AbbreviationCAst
Reports toChief of Army
SeatÖstermalmsgatan 87, Stockholm (1937–1981)
Lidingövägen 24, Stockholm (1981–1994)
Enköping (2019–)
Term lengthNo fixed term
Formation1937, 2019
First holderColonel Helge Jung (1937)
Colonel Dag Lidén (2019)
Final holderMajor General Lennart Rönnberg
Abolished1994
Unofficial namesArméstabschef
DeputyVice Chief of the Army Staff

The Chief of the Army Staff[1] (Swedish: Chefen för arméstaben, CAst, or Arméstabschef) is the professional head of the Swedish Army Staff. The post was created in 1936 with colonel Helge Jung as the first incumbent. The post disappeared in 1994 and was reintroduced in 2019 when the new Army Staff was established.

  1. ^ Gullberg 1977, p. 134.

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