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Chief of the Army Staff (Sweden)

Military rank

Chief of the Army Staff
Chefen för arméstaben
Incumbent Colonel Stefan Jansson since 1 June 2022
Ministry of Defence
Type	Chief of the Army Staff
Abbreviation	CAst
Reports to	Chief of Army
Seat	Östermalmsgatan 87, Stockholm (1937–1981) Lidingövägen 24, Stockholm (1981–1994) Enköping (2019–)
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	1937, 2019
First holder	Colonel Helge Jung (1937) Colonel Dag Lidén (2019)
Final holder	Major General Lennart Rönnberg
Abolished	1994
Unofficial names	Arméstabschef
Deputy	Vice Chief of the Army Staff

The Chief of the Army Staff^[1] (Swedish: Chefen för arméstaben, CAst, or Arméstabschef) is the professional head of the Swedish Army Staff. The post was created in 1936 with colonel Helge Jung as the first incumbent. The post disappeared in 1994 and was reintroduced in 2019 when the new Army Staff was established.

The Chief of the Army Staff was from 1937 to 1994 the second most senior member of the Swedish Army after the Chief of the Army and headed the Army Staff. The position was initially held by a colonel (1937–1943) and later by a major general (1943–1994). The Chief of the Army Staff was also Chief of the General Staff Corps.^[2] When the Army Staff was disbanded in 1994, the office was eliminated. In 2019, the Army Staff was re-established and a Chief of the Army Staff was appointed again, this time held by a colonel.

Swedish: Souschef