Torsten Rapp
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Bo Torsten Rapp (1905 – 1993) was a General of the Swedish Air Force. As a Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces from 1961 to 1970, he was the first Supreme Commander who did not come from the Swedish Army.
[edit] Military career
- 1926-1928 2nd lieutenant Swedish Navy
- 1928-1930 Lieutenant Swedish Navy
- 1930-1942 Lieutenant Swedish Air Force
- 1942-1943 Major Swedish Air Force
- 1943-1944 Head of Air Command support
- 1944-1947 Lieutenant Colonel, Wing commander F 17 Kallinge
- 1947-1948 Colonel, Wing commander F 17 Kallinge
- 1948-1951 Assistant Head of Air Command
- 1951-1954 Head of 4th Air Force Escadre
- 1954-1956 Major General, Head of 5th Air Force Escadre
- 1957-1960 Assistant Head of Air Force material and appropriations administration
- 1960-1961 Lieutenant General, Commander of Swedish Air Force
- 1961-1970 General, Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces
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Preceded by General Nils Swedlund |
Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces | Succeeded by General Stig Synnergren |