His Majesty's Military Staff

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Major General Peder Ohlsson, Chief of His Majesty's Military Staff.

His Majesty's Military Staff

Royal Family at official ceremonies, military exercises and representations. The chief of staff also participates in state visits. The staff belongs to the Swedish Armed Forces and is subordinate to the King directly. The chief of staff shall also assist the King with an on duty aide-de-camp. The King and the Crown Princess have twelve aides-de-camp each and they serve a month a year as on duty aides-de-camp. Their guard list is determined by the chief of staff. Prince Carl Philip has two aides-de-camp. These support the Prince during the year at the times when he has official missions and requests an aide-de-camp.[1] Since 2023, Major General Peder Ohlsson serves as chief of staff.[2]


Uniform

The chief of staff wears a large aiguillette m/1816 and guard stick m/1793. The stick is provided with a twist of black silk with two black tassels. An officer in the staff carries the king's royal cypher of gold-colored metal.[3]

Chiefs of Staff

The head of the staff in called either First Aide-de-Camp and Chief of the King's Staff (Swedish: Förste adjutant och chef för H.M. Konungens stab)[4] or Chief Principal Aide-de-Camp to the King (Swedish: Chef för H.M. Konungens stab).[5]

During the reign of
Oscar II
  • 1872–1905: General Sven Lagerberg
  • 1905–1907: General Hemming Gadd
During the reign of
Gustaf V
During the reign of
Gustaf VI Adolf
During the reign of
Carl XVI Gustaf

Footnotes

  1. ^ According to the name tag of Chief of Staff Håkan Pettersson pictured here.
  2. ^ Promoted to general in 1913.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "H.M. Konungens stab" [His Majesty's Military Staff] (in Swedish). Royal Court of Sweden. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Anna Siverstig ny kommunikationsdirektör, Peder Ohlsson blir chef för H.M. Konungens stab" (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 19 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  3. ^ Reglemente: uniformsbestämmelser 2009 : Unibest FM 2009 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Swedish Armed Forces. 2011-09-01. pp. 82, 187, 2014. M7739-350014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2011.
  4. ^ Sveriges statskalender. 1963 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1963. p. 339.
  5. SELIBR 8345587
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  6. ^ Thyselius, Erik, ed. (1918). Vem är det? 1918: Uppslags- och handbok över samtida kända svenska män och kvinnor (in Swedish). Stockholm: P. A. Norstedt & Söners. pp. 393–394.

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