Micael Bydén
Micael Bydén (born June 13, 1964 in Gnarp ) is a Swedish general . Since October 1, 2015 he has succeeded Sverker Göranson as Commander in Chief of the Swedish Armed Forces .
Life
Bydén joined the Swedish armed forces in 1982 and completed his first military training at the Academy of Coastal Artillery in Gothenburg . In 1985 he was made a lieutenant and began his training as a fighter pilot. After completing his training and acquiring the type rating on the Saab 37 Viggen , he worked for the F 21 association in Luleå from 1989 to 1997 . There he was deployed from 1996, meanwhile as a major , also as deputy squadron captain .
After completing the Swedish staff officer course in 1999, Bydén was transferred to Washington DC as an air force attaché for three years , before taking up a position on the staff of the Swedish air force at the headquarters of the armed forces in Stockholm from 2002 to 2003 . In 2001 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel.
These assignments were followed by troop commands from 2003, until 2005 as commander of the flight school of the Swedish Air Force and from 2005 as deputy commander of the air force helicopter squadron in Linköping . In 2006 he was promoted to colonel , in 2008 Bydén became commander of the squadron and in 2009 brigadier general in this capacity .
Prior to his appointment as Air Force Inspector in 2012, Bydén served as the Air Force Training and Procurement Head on the Swedish Armed Forces staff. On October 8, 2013, Bydén visited the Tactical Air Force Wing 73 "Steinhoff" at Rostock-Laage Airport . Mats Helgesson succeeded him in October 2015 as the new Air Force Commander.
Private
Micael Bydén is married and has three children. He plays golf , hunts and skis .
Individual evidence
- ^ Försvarsmakten: Micael Bydén ny ÖB. In: forsvarsmakten.se. September 11, 2015, accessed September 25, 2015 (Swedish).
- ↑ a b Chief of Staff Swedish Air Force - Major General Micael Bydén. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Swedish Armed Forces , archived from the original on September 27, 2012 ; accessed on July 13, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Heinz-Dieter Nitz: Inspector of the Swedish Air Force visiting the Tactical Air Force Wing 73 "Steinhoff". In: Luftwaffe.de. October 8, 2013, accessed on January 12, 2014 : "At the invitation of the Air Force Inspector, Lieutenant General Karl Müllner, Major General Micael Bydèn, Air Chief of the Swedish Air Force, visited Tactical Air Force Wing 73" Steinhoff "(TaktLwG 73" S ") in Laage."
- ↑ Mats Helgesson ny flygvapenchef. In: forsvarsmakten.se. Flygvapnet, September 17, 2015, accessed September 25, 2015 (Swedish).
Karl Amundson (1926–1931) • Eric Virgin (1931–1934) • Torsten Friis (1934–1942) • Bengt Nordenskiöld (1942–1954) • Axel Ljungdahl (1954–1960) • Torsten Rapp (1960–1961) • Thunberg location (1961–1968) • Claes Henrik Nordenskiöld (1968) • Stig Norén (1968–1973) • Dick Stenberg (1973–1982) • Sven-Olof Olson (1982–1988) • Lars-Erik Englund (1988–1994) • Kent Harrskog (1994–1998) • Jan Jonsson (1998–2000) • Mats Nilsson (2000–2002) • Jan Andersson (2002–2008) • Anders Silwer (2008–2011) • Micael Bydén (2012–2015) • Mats Helgesson ( since 2015)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bydén, Micael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish major general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 13, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gnarp |