Major General Nils Stefan Kristiansson (born 25 September 1951) is a retired Swedish Army officer. He served as Director of Military Intelligence and Security from 2007 to 2012.
Stefan Kristiansson | |
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| Birth name | Nils Stefan Kristiansson |
| Born | 25 September 1951 Malmö, Sweden |
| Allegiance | Sweden |
| Service | Swedish Army |
| Years of service | 1976–2012 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Commands | |
Early life
editKristiansson was born on 25 September 1951 in Saint John Parish (Sankt Johannes församling) in Malmö, Sweden.[1] Kristiansson passed gymnasieexamen in 1974.[2]
Career
editKristiansson graduated from the Military Academy Karlberg in 1976 and was commissioned as an officer in Halland Regiment the same year as a lieutenant, where he served until 1984. He attended school for regimental officers from 1978 to 1979 and was promoted to captain in 1979. He attended the General Course at the Swedish Armed Forces Staff College from 1982 to 1983 and the 1983 UN Military Observer Course and was promoted to major in 1984. From 1984 to 1986, Kristiansson was posted as a UN observer in Kashmir within the framework of the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP). From 1986 to 1988, he attended the Army's senior staff course at the Swedish Armed Forces Staff College, after which he served in the Operations Section 5 of the Operations Command in the Defence Staff from 1988 to 1989. Kristiansson was posted as company commander in Halland Regiment from 1989 to 1990, office head in the Planning Section in the Army Staff from 1990 to 1994 and office head in the Coordination Section in the Army Command at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters in 1994. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1993. Kristiansson then served as deputy commander of the Småland Brigade (Smålandsbrigaden) from 1994 to 1995 and became a Överstelöjtnant med särskild tjänsteställning in 1995. He attended the International Training Course in Security Policy at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva from 1995 to 1996, after which he was project manager at the Swedish Army Staff and Communication Center (Arméns lednings- och sambandscentrum, LSC).[2]
In 1998 he was promoted to colonel and from 1998 to 2001 he was defence attaché at the embassy in Helsinki and in Tallinn. He was promoted to brigadier general in 2001 and was a military adviser at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs from 2001 to 2003 and head of the Coordination Department at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters from 2003 to 2004.[2] Kristiansson served as Deputy Director of Military Intelligence and Security from May 2004 to June 2007. In 2007, he was promoted to major general and from June 2007 to 30 September 2012 he served as Director of Military Intelligence and Security and head of the Swedish Military Intelligence and Security Service (MUST).[3][4]
Kristiansson was chairman of the Swedish Pistol Shooting Association (Svenska pistolskytteförbundet) from 2012 to 2020.[5][6][7]
Dates of rank
edit- 1976 – Lieutenant
- 1979 – Captain
- 1984 – Major
- 1993 – Lieutenant colonel
- 1995 – Överstelöjtnant med särskild tjänsteställning
- 1998 – Colonel
- 2001 – Brigadier general
- 2007 – Major general
Awards and decorations
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Officer of the Legion of Honour (20 January 2012)[8]
3rd Class of the Order of the Cross of the Eagle (4 February 2002)[9]
References
edit- ^ Sveriges befolkning 1980 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Sveriges släktforskarförb. 2004. ISBN 9187676370. SELIBR 9632925.
- ^ a b c Karlsson, Yvonne, ed. (2008). Svensk försvars- och beredskapskalender [Swedish defence and emergency handbook] (in Swedish). Eskilstuna: SecLink. p. 416. SELIBR 10896928.
- ^ "Avgående chefen för Must ser tillbaka - och framåt" (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 28 September 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- ^ "Ny chef för Must utsedd" (PDF). Försvarets forum: personaltidning för fast anställda och reservofficerare i svenska försvarsmakten (in Swedish) (2). Stockholm: Försvarets forum: 3. 2012. SELIBR 4109339.
- ^ "Svenska Pistolskytteförbundets styrelse" (in Swedish). Swedish Pistol Shooting Association. Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
- ^ Hansson, Ulf (2012). "Förbundsmöte och vaktavlösning". Nationellt pistolskytte: med Meddelanden från Svenska pistolskytteförbundet (in Swedish) (3). Stockholm: Svenska pistolskytteförbundet. ISSN 0282-8057. SELIBR 3618773.
- ^ Winnerstig, Mike (2020). "Stefan Kristiansson lämnar styrelsen". Nationellt pistolskytte: med Meddelanden från Svenska pistolskytteförbundet (in Swedish) (4). Stockholm: Svenska pistolskytteförbundet. ISSN 0282-8057. SELIBR 3618773.
- ^ "Åtta svenskar får franska Hederslegionen och Ordre National du Mérite" (Press release) (in Swedish). Embassy of France, Stockholm. 16 January 2011. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
- ^ "Nils Stefan Kristiansson". Office of the President of the Republic. 2001. Retrieved 17 February 2021.