Director of Military Intelligence and Security (Sweden)
Director of Military Intelligence and Security | |
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Chefen för militära underrättelse- och säkerhetstjänsten | |
Swedish Armed Forces | |
Type | Director of the Swedish Military Intelligence and Security Service |
Abbreviation | C MUST |
Member of | Defence Board |
Reports to | Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces |
Seat | Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters, Lidingövägen 24, Stockholm |
Term length | No fixed term |
Constituting instrument | FFS 2007:4, Chapter 6 FFS 2013:4, Chapter 11 FFS 2016:2, Chapter 11 FIB 2020.1, Chapter 11 |
Formation | 1993 |
First holder | Major General Erik Rossander |
Deputy | Deputy Director of Military Intelligence & Security |
The Director of Military Intelligence and Security (Swedish: Chefen för militära underrättelse- och säkerhetstjänsten, C MUST) is a three-star role within the Swedish Armed Forces, responsible the Swedish Military Intelligence and Security Service. The Director of Military Intelligence and Security is part of the Defence Board (Försvarsmaktsledningen, FML), a group of the Supreme Commander's top commanders. The currect director is Lieutenant General Thomas Nilsson.
Tasks
The Director of Military Intelligence and Security duties are to—among other things—plan, lead, implement and follow up defense intelligence activities as well as military intelligence and security services. The military security service consists of security intelligence service, protective security service and signal protection service. The task includes leading and producing the National Intelligence Unit (Nationella underrättelseenheten, NUE) with the support of the Chief of Armed Forces Training & Procurement. The task includes supporting the Chief of Joint Operations with follow-up and analysis of external developments abroad. The Director of Military Intelligence and Security shall exercise the employer's duties and powers for the Swedish Military Intelligence and Security Service unit at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters, including defense attachés, and for the NUE with the support of the Chief of Armed Forces Training & Procurement. The task includes recruiting, training, equipping and leading and distributing the work, taking into account requirements for maintaining preparedness and carrying out operations.
The Director of Military Intelligence and Security leads and coordinates the Total Defense's signal protection service, including the work with secure cryptographic functions that are intended to protect confidential information and negotiate international signal protection agreements. The task includes supporting the Chief of Armed Forces Training and Procurement in the acquisition of secure cryptographic functions and with statements regarding information technology security. The Director of Military Intelligence and Security shall lead and coordinate the development of the intelligence and security service within the Swedish Armed Forces within the framework of the Armed Forces' operational plan and the Supreme Commander's operational assignment. The Director of Military Intelligence and Security shall support the Chief of Defence Staff and prepare the documents or perform the tasks that the Chief of Defence Staff or the head of the Headquarters decides on within the framework of the Headquarters' operations.
Furthermore, the Director of Military Intelligence and Security shall, with the support of the Chief of Joint Operations, obtain military unit evaluation as a basis for the Chief of Joint Operations' tactical and operational evaluation and support the Chief of Defence Staff's overall evaluation of the operational capability. The Director of Military Intelligence and Security shall support the Government Offices in matters relating to crypto operations and other signal protection activities.
Directors of Military Intelligence and Security
No. | Portrait | Director of Military Intelligence and Security | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch | Supreme Commander | Ref. |
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1 | Major general Erik Rossander (born 1939) | October 1993 | 1999 | 5–6 years | Army | Bengt Gustafsson Owe Wiktorin | ||
2 | Major general Håkan Syrén (born 1952) | 1 October 1999 | 31 January 2003 | 3 years, 122 days | Navy (Amphibious Corps) | Owe Wiktorin Johan Hederstedt | ||
- | Brigadier general Håkan Pettersson (born 1947) Acting | 1 January 2004 | 19 February 2004 | 49 days | Air Force | Håkan Syrén | ||
3 | Major general Håkan Pettersson (born 1947) | 20 February 2004 | 31 May 2007 | 3 years, 100 days | Air Force | Håkan Syrén | ||
4 | Major general Stefan Kristiansson (born 1951) | June 2007 | 30 September 2012 | 4–5 years | Army | Håkan Syrén Sverker Göranson | ||
5 | Major general Gunnar Karlson (born 1958) | 1 October 2012 | 30 April 2019 | 6 years, 211 days | Army | Sverker Göranson Micael Bydén | ||
6 | Major general Lena Hallin (born 1961) | 1 May 2019 | 30 April 2023 | 3 years, 364 days | Air Force | Micael Bydén | ||
7 | Lieutenant general Thomas Nilsson (born 1963) | 1 May 2023 | Incumbent | 278 days | Air Force | Micael Bydén |
Deputy Directors of Military Intelligence & Security
No. | Portrait | Deputy Director of Military Intelligence and Security | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch | Prime Minister | Ref. |
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1 | Captain Nils-Ove Jansson (born 1946) | 1994 | 1995 | 0–1 years | Navy | Owe Wiktorin | ||
2 | Brigadier general Håkan Pettersson (born 1947) | 1995 | 2004 | 8–9 years | Air Force | Owe Wiktorin Johan Hederstedt Håkan Syrén | ||
3 | Brigadier general Stefan Kristiansson (born 1951) | May 2004 | June 2007 | 2–3 years | Army | Håkan Syrén | ||
4 | Brigadier general Mats Engman (born 1954) | September 2007 | July 2008 | 0–1 years | Air Force | Håkan Syrén | ||
5 | Pontus Melander (born 1963) | October 2008 | 2010 | 1–2 years | - | Håkan Syrén Sverker Göranson | ||
6 | Helena Rietz (born 1968) | 2010 | 2013 | 2–3 years | - | Sverker Göranson | ||
7 | Julius Liljeström (born 1969) | 2014 | 2016 | 1–2 years | - | Sverker Göranson Micael Bydén | - | |
8 | Kristina Bergendal (born 1963) | 1 May 2016 | 30 September 2018 | 2 years, 152 days | - | Micael Bydén | ||
9 | Brigadier general Lena Hallin (born 1961) | 1 October 2018 | 30 April 2019 | 211 days | Air Force | Micael Bydén | ||
10 | Daniel Olsson (born ?) | 1 October 2019 | 2023 | 3–4 years | - | Micael Bydén | ||
11 | Henrik Garmer (born 1975) | 7 August 2023 | Incumbent | 180 days | - | Micael Bydén |