Stefan Kristiansson
Stefan Kristiansson | |
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Birth name | Nils Stefan Kristiansson |
Born | Malmö, Sweden | 25 September 1951
Allegiance | Sweden |
Service/ | Swedish Army |
Years of service | 1976–2012 |
Rank | Major General |
Commands held |
Major General Nils Stefan Kristiansson (born 25 September 1951) is a retired Swedish Army officer. He served as Director of Military Intelligence and Security from 2007 to 2012.
Early life
Kristiansson was born on 25 September 1951 in Saint John Parish (Sankt Johannes församling) in Malmö, Sweden.[1] Kristiansson passed gymnasieexamen in 1974.[2]
Career
Kristiansson graduated from the
In 1998 he was promoted to colonel and from 1998 to 2001 he was defence attaché at the embassy in Helsinki and in Tallinn. He was promoted to brigadier general in 2001 and was a military adviser at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs from 2001 to 2003 and head of the Coordination Department at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters from 2003 to 2004.[2] Kristiansson served as Deputy Director of Military Intelligence and Security from May 2004 to June 2007. In 2007, he was promoted to major general and from June 2007 to 30 September 2012 he served as Director of Military Intelligence and Security and head of the Swedish Military Intelligence and Security Service (MUST).[3][4]
Kristiansson was chairman of the Swedish Pistol Shooting Association (Svenska pistolskytteförbundet) from 2012 to 2020.[5][6][7]
Dates of rank
- 1976 – Lieutenant
- 1979 – Captain
- 1984 – Major
- 1993 – Lieutenant colonel
- 1995 – Överstelöjtnant med särskild tjänsteställning
- 1998 – Colonel
- 2001 – Brigadier general
- 2007 – Major general
Awards and decorations
- Officer of the Legion of Honour (20 January 2012)[8]
- 3rd Class of the Order of the Cross of the Eagle (4 February 2002)[9]
References
- SELIBR 9632925.
- ^ SELIBR 10896928.
- ^ "Avgående chefen för Must ser tillbaka - och framåt" (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 28 September 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- SELIBR 4109339.
- ^ "Svenska Pistolskytteförbundets styrelse" (in Swedish). Swedish Pistol Shooting Association. Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
- SELIBR 3618773.
- SELIBR 3618773.
- ^ "Åtta svenskar får franska Hederslegionen och Ordre National du Mérite" (Press release) (in Swedish). Embassy of France, Stockholm. 16 January 2011. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
- ^ "Nils Stefan Kristiansson". Office of the President of the Republic. 2001. Retrieved 17 February 2021.