Jan Andersson
Birth nameJan Robert Andreas Andersson
Born (1955-07-22) 22 July 1955
Västervik, Sweden
AllegianceSweden
Service/branchSwedish Air Force
Years of service?–2011
RankMajor general
Commands held

Major General Jan Robert Andreas Andersson (born 22 July 1955) is a retired Swedish Air Force officer. He served as Inspector of the Air Force from 2003 to 2008.

Early life

Andersson was born in Västervik, Sweden.[1] He served in the Army Ranger School in Kiruna, Lapland and 19-years-old, on his way home from Kiruna, Andersson flew for the first time. He studied to become an engineer but dropped out and enrolled at the Swedish Air Force Flying School in Ljungbyhed.[1]

Career

After graduating, Andersson was commissioned as an officer and was assigned to Norrbotten Wing (F 21).[2] In the mid-1980s he was recruited to Linjeflyg as a commercial pilot but decided to stay in the air force.[1] He underwent the management course at the Swedish National Defence College from 1987 to 1989.[2] He flew Saab JAS 39 Gripen for the first time on 23 June 1993.[1] He was then chief of tactical evaluation of the Saab JAS 39 Gripen.[2] Andersson was commanding officer of the Skaraborg Wing (F 7) from 1998 to 2001. He was then promoted to brigadier general and was appointed chief of staff and Deputy Chief of the Air Force Command in Uppsala as well as Deputy Inspector General of the Air Force on 1 April 2001.[3][4]

Andersson took office as Inspector of the Air Force in the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters on 1 January 2003. He was at the same time promoted to major general.[1] Andersson served in this position until 2008 when he was succeeded by Anders Silwer and appointed military attaché in Washington, D.C.[5] He retired from the Swedish Armed Forces in 2011 and then hold a position as Senior Military Advisor at the Swedish Defence and Security Export Agency (Försvarsexportmyndigheten).[2]

Awards and decorations

Honours

Personal life

Andersson is married to Gunilla, a teacher, and they have two children.[1]

Dates of rank

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Liander, Peter (2002). "Mats Nilsson lämnar GI-posten. Jan Andersson tar över" (PDF). Flygvapennytt (in Swedish). Stockholm: Flygstaben (4): 5–9. SELIBR 8257600.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Ny ledning i akademien" (in Swedish). Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  3. ↑ Liander, Peter (2001). "Ny ansvarig utgivare" (PDF). Flygvapennytt (in Swedish). Stockholm: Flygstaben (1): 4. SELIBR 8257600.
  4. ↑ "På nya befattningar" (PDF). Flygvapennytt (in Swedish). Stockholm: Flygstaben (1): 46. 2001. SELIBR 8257600.
  5. ↑ "Samverkan viktigt för ny flygvapeninspektör" (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 17 April 2008. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  6. ↑ "Belönade vid årets högtidssammankomst" (in Swedish). Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences. 12 November 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
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