Swedish Army rank insignia
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[edit] Rank insignia
| NATO Code1 | OF-9 | OF-8 | OF-7 | OF-6 | OF-5 | OF-4 | OF-3 | OF-2 | OF-1 | Student Officer | ||||
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| Troop formation | General Officers Generalspersoner |
Regiment Grade Regementsbefäl |
Company Grade Kompanibefäl |
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| Swedish rank | General | Generallöjtnant | Generalmajor | Brigadgeneral | Överste 1. gr2 | Överste | Överstelöjtnant | Major | Kapten | Löjtnant | Fänrik 4 | Kadett 2 året 3 |
Kadett 1 året 3 |
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| British equivalents | General | Lieutenant General |
Major General | Brigadier General | Brigadier | Colonel | Lieutenant Colonel |
Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second Lieutenant |
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| Abbreviation | Gen | GenLt | GenMj | BrigGen | Öv 1.gr | Öv | Övlt | Mj | Kn | Lt | Fk | |||
- 1 Although Sweden is not a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation the translations to British Army ranks have been taken from an official Swedish Armed Forces publication[1] and NATO rank codes have been extrapolated from those the British Army assigns to the equivalent rank.
- 2 Since 1 June 2000, no one can be appointed Öv 1.gr (Överste av första graden).
- 3 A Cadet (Swedish: Kadett) rankS as a Sergeant. Because of this they're often referred to as chevron sergeants (Swedish vinkelsergeanter), due to their insignia.
[edit] Insignia
| NATO Code 1 | OR-8 | OR-7 | OR-5 | OR-4 | OR-3 | OR-1 | ||||||
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| Troop formation | Platoon Grade Plutonsbefäl |
Squad Leaders Gruppbefäl |
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| Swedish Rank | Fanjunkare2 | Sergeant | Överfurir2 | Furir | Korpral | Menig | ||||||
| British equivalents | Warrant Officer 2nd Class |
Staff Sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance-Corporal | Private | ||||||
| Abbreviation | Fj | Sg | ÖFu | Fu | Krp | |||||||
- 1 Sweden is not a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. The translations to British Army ranks have been taken taken from an official Swedish Armed Forces publication[1] and NATO rank codes have been extrapolated from those the British Army assigns to the equivalent rank.
- 2 No permanent appointments to these ranks are currently made. Officers already appointed retain their rank and temporary appointments are made for international missions.
- 3 Instead of rank insignia, privates wear the insignia of their branch (armour, infantry etc) on the left collar of the battle dress uniform (BDU). All personnel, regardless of rank wear the branch insignia on the right collar. Lance-Corporal and above wear their respective rank insignia on the left collar. (See picture to the right)
Currently, the majority of the conscripts serve 11 months as basic National Service, regardless of rank, and remain in the rolls for 27 years.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links and references
- ^ a b The Facts 2005 (PDF). Swedish Armed Forces.
