Ranks and Insignias
The table below shows ranks according to seniority, with the most senior to the right. OF denotes officers, OR other ranks (as per STANAG 2116). Those ranks were ratified by the supreme commander on October 24, 2008 and became effective as of January 1, 2009. Military ranks of (primarily) Great Britain have been used as a basis for harmonization with NATO.
| Army and Amphibious Corps |
Soldiers | Specialist Officers (NCO) | Officers | |||||||||||||||||
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| OR-1 | OR-2 | OR-3 | OR-4 | OR-5 | OR-6 | OR-7 | OR-8 | OR-9 | OF-1 | OF-2 | OF-3 | OF-4 | OF-5 | OF-6 | OF-7 | OF-8 | OF-9 | |||
| Branch insignia1 |
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| Menig | Menig 1kl2 | Vicekorpral | Korpral | Sergeant | Förste sergeant | Fanjunkare | Förvaltare | Regements- förvaltare |
Fänrik | Löjtnant | Kapten | Major | Överste- löjtnant |
Överste | Brigad- general |
General- major |
General- löjtnant |
General | ||
| Navy | Seamen | Specialist Officers (NCO) | Officers | |||||||||||||||||
| OR-1 | OR-2 | OR-3 | OR-4 | OR-5 | OR-6 | OR-7 | OR-8 | OR-9 | OF-1 | OF-2 | OF-3 | OF-4 | OF-5 | OF-6 | OF-7 | OF-8 | OF-9 | |||
| Sjöman | Sjöman 1kl2 | Vicekorpral | Korpral | Sergeant | Förste -styrman, -konstapel, -maskinist |
Flagg- styrman, konstapel, maskinist |
Förvaltare | Flottilj förvaltare |
Fänrik | Löjtnant | Kapten | Örlogskapten' | Komendör- kapten |
Komendör | Flotilj- amiral |
Konter- amiral |
Viceamiral | Amiral | ||
| Air force |
Airmen | Specialist Officers (NCO) | Officers | |||||||||||||||||
| OR-1 | OR-2 | OR-3 | OR-4 | OR-5 | OR-6 | OR-7 | OR-8 | OR-9 | OF-1 | OF-2 | OF-3 | OF-4 | OF-5 | OF-6 | OF-7 | OF-8 | OF-9 | |||
| Menig | Menig 1kl2 | Vicekorpral | Korpral | Sergeant | Förste sergeant | Fanjunkare | Förvaltare | Flottilj- förvaltare |
Fänrik | Löjtnant | Kapten | Major | Överste- löjtnant |
Överste | Brigad- general |
General- major |
General- löjtnant |
General | ||
| Officer Trainees | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Officer Cadets | ||||||||||||||||||||
| OR-2 | OR-3 | OR-4 | OR-5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Officer Candidate | First Year | Second Year | Third Year | |||||||||||||||||
| Home Guard |
Home Guard Soldiers | |||||||||||||||||||
| OR-1 | OR-2 | OR-4 | OR-5 | OR-6 | OR-7 | OF-1 | OF-2 | OF-3 | ||||||||||||
| Menig | Menig 1kl | Korpral | Sergeant | Förste sergeant | Fanjunkare | Fänrik | Löjtnant | Kapten | Major | |||||||||||
- 1 Menig wear branch insignia (see table below).
- 2 Menig 1kl are given one additional bar/stripe after 3, 5 and 7 years of service (see table below) without advancement in rank, seniority and skill level. Therefore, insignias with more than one stripe is out of the scope of the rank table and hence put separately.
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