Torsten Rapp
| General Bo Torsten Rapp | |
|---|---|
 General Torsten Rapp | |
| Born |
20 April 1905 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Died |
23 March 1993 (aged 87) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Allegiance |
 Sweden |
| Service/branch |
 Swedish Navy (1923–30) Sweden Air Force (1930–70) |
| Years of service | 1923–1970 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands held |
4th Air Force Escadre 5th Air Force Escadre Swedish Air Force Swedish Armed Forces |
Bo Torsten Rapp (20 April 1905, Stockholm – 23 March 1993, Stockholm) 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.
Military career
In 1923 Rapp joined the Swedish Navy as a midshipman.
- 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 |
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