Military Ranks of The Swedish Armed Forces - Distribution of Personnel Vs Ranks

Distribution of Personnel Vs Ranks

Since the end of the Cold War, Sweden has gradually abolished the mass-moblization system based on national service and universal military training of all young males, through a system of selective draft of an increasingly lower proportion of available manpower, to a system based on volunteer enlistment. Concomitant a large reduction of forces and capabilities have occurred, as well as a substantial increase of participation in "hot" international operations. Reflecting these new conditions a new personnel structure was introduces in 2009 (see historical section below), emphasizing junior leadership and specialist competence through the recreation of a NCO Corps. As a result, there is a large surplus of older soldiers of officer rank that either will have to be phased out through early retirement or converted into non-commissioned officers.

Personnel
Officers, including reserve officers 2009 2010 2011 20126
OF-9 General / Admiral 2 2 3 1 3 1
OF-7 - OF-8 Maj, General / Rear Admiral, Lt. General / Vice Admiral 40 43 21 20
OF-6 Brigadier General / Rear Admiral LH 85 86 46 47
OF-5 Colonel / Captain (N) 268 263 192 187
OF-4 Lieutenant Colonel / Commander 1,174 1,217 1,183 1,181
OF-3 Major / Lieutenant Commander 3,053 2,891 2,725 2,667
OF-2 Captain / Lieutenant (N) 7,586 7,433 7,026 6,936
OF-1 Lieutenant / Sub Lieutenant 5,652 5,428 5,093 4,981
OF-1 Second Lieutenant / Acting Sub Lieutenant 571 749 810 785
OR-9 Regimental Sergeant Major / Command Master Chief Petty Officer 0 0 0 0
OR-8 Sergeant Major / Master Chief Petty Officer ' 0 0 2 5
OR-7 Colour Sergeant 21 8 1 6
OR-6 First Sergeant 260 89+(427) 334 531
OF-OR Other officers 74 146
Total number of officers 18,712 18,636 17,508 17,494
GSS - Soldiers, seamen, specialists and squad leaders 4
OR-5 Sergeant 7705 9095 3072 3222
1,637 3 4,148 3
OR-4 Corporal
OR-3 Lance Corporal
OR-2 Private 1st class
OR-1 Private
Total number of soldiers, seamen, specialists and squad leaders 770 909 1,637 4,148
1 The King of Sweden, the supreme commander and the former supreme commander serving in the EU as general retaining his Swedish rank general.
2 Sergeant (OR5) is a GSS rank, but the number is included in the table for professional officers in the annual report.
3 The annualized sum of all GSS personnel, including readiness personnel (beredskaps BSA) 607, augmentees (förstärknings FS) 477 and personnel abroad (US) 555. Disclaimer: Personnel serving abroad (US) may also consist of former professional officers serving in officer ranks. It is not clear whether the number also includes sergeants (OR5), which are recorded separately in the table "professional officers" of the annual report. Thus, the number could as well be 1,637 - 307 = 1,337.
4 This constitute the number of GSS/K, continuously serving personnel. GSS/T (reserve personnel serving some days a year) is an emerging category personnel that was not possible to measure at the time the annual report was published.
5 The sum of all personnel between OR1 and OR5, including readiness personnel (beredskaps BSA), augmentees (förstärknings FS) and personnel serving abroad (US). Disclaimer: Personnel serving abroad (US) may also consist of former professional officers serving in officer ranks.
6 This includes officers serving at times (T) as of the annual report for 2011.
Officer candidates
Officer candidates who graduate as Fanrik 2010 107
Officer candidates who graduate as Fanrik 2011 117
Officer candidates who graduate as Fanrik 2012 163
S-Officer candidates who graduate as First Sergeant 2010 317
Total officer candidates 704


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