The Quartermaster-General of the Swedish Army [1] ( Swedish: generalintendenten, genint) was a general officer who was responsible for the Swedish Army Quartermaster Corps, the quartermaster branch of the Swedish Army.
In Sweden, the Quartermaster General was the highest commander of an army's commissariat service; between 1796 and 1814 it was the name of the chief of the General War Commissariat (Generalkrigskommissariatet), and between 1850 and 1865 the name of the chief of the Commissary Department in the War College, and finally from 1865 the name of the chief of the Royal Swedish Army Materiel Administration's Quartermaster Department (from 1880 also head of the Swedish Army Quartermaster Corps). [2] The Quartermaster General was responsible for the army's clothing and provisioning, maintenance and remounting, in war also for the General Staff's finances and the accounting thereof. [3]
The Quartermaster General, who commanded the Swedish Army Quartermaster Corps, also commanded the Royal Swedish Army Materiel Administration's Quartermasters Department and he was also, from 1914, the Inspector of the Quartermaster Service Troops (Intendenturtrupperna, Int) and regarding the training of these troops, he had similar duties as other branch inspectors. In his capacity as head of the Swedish Army Quartermaster Corps and Inspector of the Quartermaster Service Troops, he was assisted most closely by personnel of the Quartermaster Staff (Intendenturstaben). [4]
In the Swedish Navy, in 1789, a Quartermaster General was appointed, in whose hand the entire economic board rested. The office was abolished in 1794. [5]
Portrait | Quartermaster General | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch | Monarch | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(1776–1850) Acting | Johan Peter af Billbergh14 July 1812 | ? | 0 years | – | Charles XIII | [6] | |
[a] Gösta Sandels (1815–1914) Acting | Lieutenant colonel
1853 | 1858 | 4–5 years |
Army |
Oscar I Charles XV | [8] [7] | |
[b] Gösta Sandels (1815–1914) | Lieutenant general
1858 | 1883 | 24–25 years |
Army |
Oscar I Charles XV Oscar II | [8] | |
[c] Hjalmar Palmstierna (1836–1909) | Major general
26 February 1883 | 1892 | 8–9 years |
Army | Oscar II | [9] | |
Christer Oxehufvud (1831–1917) Acting | Colonel15 March 1889 | 1890 | 0–1 years |
Army | Oscar II | [10] | |
Adam Thorén (1835–1907) | Major general1892 | 1896 | 3–4 years |
Army | Oscar II | - | |
Richard Berg (1843–1924) | Major general13 November 1896 | 1904 | 7–8 years |
Army | Oscar II | [11] | |
Knut Gillis Bildt (1854–1927) | Major general29 January 1904 | 1905 | 0–1 years |
Army | Oscar II | [12] | |
(1847–1927) | Fredrik Holmquist3 November 1905 | 10 April 1915 | 9 years, 158 days |
Army |
Oscar II Gustaf V | [13] | |
Fredrik Frölich (1861–1933) | Major general10 April 1915 | 1926 | 10–11 years |
Army | Gustaf V | [14] | |
[d] Axel Hultkrantz (1870–1955) | Lieutenant general
1 November 1926 | 11 April 1935 | 8 years, 161 days |
Army | Gustaf V | [15] | |
Helge Söderbom (1881–1975) | Major general1935 | 1946 | 10–11 years |
Army | Gustaf V | [16] | |
Ivar Gewert (1891–1971) | Major general1946 | 1957 | 10–11 years |
Army |
Gustaf V Gustaf VI Adolf | [17] | |
Hilding Kring (1899–1971) | Major general1 April 1957 | 30 June 1963 | 6 years, 90 days |
Army | Gustaf VI Adolf | [18] |
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The Quartermaster-General of the Swedish Army [1] ( Swedish: generalintendenten, genint) was a general officer who was responsible for the Swedish Army Quartermaster Corps, the quartermaster branch of the Swedish Army.
In Sweden, the Quartermaster General was the highest commander of an army's commissariat service; between 1796 and 1814 it was the name of the chief of the General War Commissariat (Generalkrigskommissariatet), and between 1850 and 1865 the name of the chief of the Commissary Department in the War College, and finally from 1865 the name of the chief of the Royal Swedish Army Materiel Administration's Quartermaster Department (from 1880 also head of the Swedish Army Quartermaster Corps). [2] The Quartermaster General was responsible for the army's clothing and provisioning, maintenance and remounting, in war also for the General Staff's finances and the accounting thereof. [3]
The Quartermaster General, who commanded the Swedish Army Quartermaster Corps, also commanded the Royal Swedish Army Materiel Administration's Quartermasters Department and he was also, from 1914, the Inspector of the Quartermaster Service Troops (Intendenturtrupperna, Int) and regarding the training of these troops, he had similar duties as other branch inspectors. In his capacity as head of the Swedish Army Quartermaster Corps and Inspector of the Quartermaster Service Troops, he was assisted most closely by personnel of the Quartermaster Staff (Intendenturstaben). [4]
In the Swedish Navy, in 1789, a Quartermaster General was appointed, in whose hand the entire economic board rested. The office was abolished in 1794. [5]
Portrait | Quartermaster General | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch | Monarch | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(1776–1850) Acting | Johan Peter af Billbergh14 July 1812 | ? | 0 years | – | Charles XIII | [6] | |
[a] Gösta Sandels (1815–1914) Acting | Lieutenant colonel
1853 | 1858 | 4–5 years |
Army |
Oscar I Charles XV | [8] [7] | |
[b] Gösta Sandels (1815–1914) | Lieutenant general
1858 | 1883 | 24–25 years |
Army |
Oscar I Charles XV Oscar II | [8] | |
[c] Hjalmar Palmstierna (1836–1909) | Major general
26 February 1883 | 1892 | 8–9 years |
Army | Oscar II | [9] | |
Christer Oxehufvud (1831–1917) Acting | Colonel15 March 1889 | 1890 | 0–1 years |
Army | Oscar II | [10] | |
Adam Thorén (1835–1907) | Major general1892 | 1896 | 3–4 years |
Army | Oscar II | - | |
Richard Berg (1843–1924) | Major general13 November 1896 | 1904 | 7–8 years |
Army | Oscar II | [11] | |
Knut Gillis Bildt (1854–1927) | Major general29 January 1904 | 1905 | 0–1 years |
Army | Oscar II | [12] | |
(1847–1927) | Fredrik Holmquist3 November 1905 | 10 April 1915 | 9 years, 158 days |
Army |
Oscar II Gustaf V | [13] | |
Fredrik Frölich (1861–1933) | Major general10 April 1915 | 1926 | 10–11 years |
Army | Gustaf V | [14] | |
[d] Axel Hultkrantz (1870–1955) | Lieutenant general
1 November 1926 | 11 April 1935 | 8 years, 161 days |
Army | Gustaf V | [15] | |
Helge Söderbom (1881–1975) | Major general1935 | 1946 | 10–11 years |
Army | Gustaf V | [16] | |
Ivar Gewert (1891–1971) | Major general1946 | 1957 | 10–11 years |
Army |
Gustaf V Gustaf VI Adolf | [17] | |
Hilding Kring (1899–1971) | Major general1 April 1957 | 30 June 1963 | 6 years, 90 days |
Army | Gustaf VI Adolf | [18] |
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