Lars-Erik Englund

Lars-Erik Englund
Born (1934-03-23)23 March 1934
Orsa, Sweden
Died 19 October 2010(2010-10-19) (aged 76)
Stockholm, Sweden
Allegiance Sweden
Service/branch Swedish Air Force
Years of service 1958–1994
Rank Lieutenant General
Commands held F 16 Uppsala (acting)
Upper Norrland Military Area
Chief of the Air Force

Lars-Erik Englund (23 March 1934 – 19 October 2010) was a Swedish Air Force lieutenant general. His senior appointments included military commander of the Upper Norrland Military Area (Milo ÖN) from 1986 to 1988 and Chief of the Air Force/Chief of Air Force Staff from 1988 to 1994.

Career

Englund was born in Orsa, the son of Gunnar and his wife Berta Englund.[1] His career in the Swedish Air Force began in 1952 with basic pilot training which led to employment as a pilot in 1953. Englund attended the Swedish Armed Forces School for Secondary Education (Försvarets läroverk) from which he graduated in 1957. Englund became an officer the following year and was commissioned at F 10 Ängelholm.[2] He would later belong to the exclusive group in the Swedish Air Force called TTT, Tusen Timmar Tunnan ("Thousand Hours [in the] Barrel"),[3] after having logged 1,512 flight hours in the Saab 29 Tunnan.[4] Englund's career continued with further education with flight and staff training. He then underwent the Military Academy's higher staff course from 1966 to 1968.[2] However, from his mid 30s, Englund suffered from Bechterew's disease, which later forced him to abstain from planes with ejection seat for safety reasons.[3]

Englund served in the Defence Staff from 1968 to 1973 and in the Ministry of Defence from 1975 to 1977.[1] In all these positions, he worked with study and planning issues.[2] He then served in the Air Staff from 1977 to 1981 and was promoted to colonel in 1979. The year before, in 1978, he attended the Swedish National Defence College. Englund was acting sector wing commander and wing commander of F 16 Uppsala (F 16/Se M) from 1981 to 1983. Englund became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences, Section III, Air Warfare Studies, in 1983.[2] In 1983 he was also promoted to major general and was appointed chief of staff of the Eastern Military Area (Milo Ö). Englund was then military commander of the Upper Norrland Military Area (Milo ÖN) from 1986 to 1988.[1] He was then Chief of the Air Force from 1 October 1988[5] to 30 June 1994 (when the new Swedish Armed Forces was established) and then Chief of Air Force Staff from 1 July to 30 September 1994.[6]

After retirement, he was advisor both in the defense industry and the academic world, including at Linköping University,[3] where he also was a board member.[7] Englund was also a board member of Svenska Dagbladet Foundation (Stiftelsen Svenska Dagbladet).[8] On 1 January 1996, Englund was ordered to assist the Ministry of Defense to investigate the issue of continuing air traffic education in Sweden.[9]

Personal life

In 1954, Englund married Gunn Wendel (died in 1981).[3][1] He married a second time in 1986 with Birgitta Mårdstam (born 1940).[1] He had three children.[10]

Dates of rank

Awards and decorations

Bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Uddling, Hans; Paabo, Katrin, eds. (1992). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1993 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1993] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 294. ISBN 91-1-914072-X. LIBRIS 8261513.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Rossander, Erik (2010). "Avdelningen för luftkrigsvetenskap" (PDF). Kungl. Krigsvetenskapsakademiens handlingar och tidskrift (in Swedish). Stockholm: Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences: 10–11. LIBRIS 3417415.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Olson, Sven-Olof (2010-11-08). "Lars-Erik Englund till minne". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Stamflygförare Fältflygare". www.silvervingar.se (in Swedish). Silvervingar & Guldvingar. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  5. ↑ Charleville, Jahn, ed. (1988). "Ny CFV" [New Chief of the Air Force] (PDF). Flygvapennytt (in Swedish). Stockholm: Flygstaben (1): 2. LIBRIS 8257600.
  6. ↑ "Flygvapnets nye chef" [The Air Forces's new chief] (PDF). Flygvapennytt (in Swedish). Stockholm: Flygstaben (1): 2. 1994. LIBRIS 8257600.
  7. ↑ "Lista över samtliga nya ordförande och ledamöter vid Sveriges universitets- och högskolestyrelser" (in Swedish). Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  8. ↑ "WEBBEXTRA: SvD-stiftelse öppnare efter Medierna-rapportering" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 5 September 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  9. ↑ Harding Olson, Bengt; Eriksson, Ingvar (3 October 1997). "Motion till riksdagen 1997/98:Ub433" (in Swedish). Stockholm: Riksdag. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  10. ↑ "Dödsfall: Lars-Erik Englund". Norrbottens-Kuriren (in Swedish). 2010-11-11. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  11. ↑ Nilsson, Kjell (1993). "På resa till USA:s flygvapen" (PDF). Flygvapennytt (in Swedish). Stockholm: Flygstaben (1): 23. LIBRIS 8257600.
Military offices
Preceded by
None		 Acting commander of F 16 Uppsala
1981–1983 		Succeeded by
Jan-Olov Gezelius
Preceded by
Bengt Gustafsson		 Military commander of Milo ÖN
1986–1988 		Succeeded by
Åke Sagrén
Preceded by
Sven-Olof Olson		 Chief of the Air Force/Chief of Air Force Staff
1988–1994 		Succeeded by
Kent Harrskog
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