Quartermaster-General of the Swedish Army

The Quartermaster-General of the Swedish Army[1] (Swedish: generalintendenten, genint) was a general officer who was responsible for the Swedish Army Quartermaster Corps, the quartermaster branch of the Swedish Army.

Quartermaster-General, Major General Hilding Kring at the last plenary session of the Royal Swedish Army Supply Administration in June 1963.

History

In Sweden, the Quartermaster General was the highest commander of an army's commissariat service; between 1796 and 1814 it was the name of the chief of the General War Commissariat (Generalkrigskommissariatet), and between 1850 and 1865 the name of the chief of the Commissary Department in the War College, and finally from 1865 the name of the chief of the Royal Swedish Army Materiel Administration's Quartermaster Department (from 1880 also head of the Swedish Army Quartermaster Corps).[2] The Quartermaster General was responsible for the army's clothing and provisioning, maintenance and remounting, in war also for the General Staff's finances and the accounting thereof.[3]

The Quartermaster General, who commanded the Swedish Army Quartermaster Corps, also commanded the Royal Swedish Army Materiel Administration's Quartermasters Department and he was also, from 1914, the Inspector of the Quartermaster Service Troops (Intendenturtrupperna, Int) and regarding the training of these troops, he had similar duties as other branch inspectors. In his capacity as head of the Swedish Army Quartermaster Corps and Inspector of the Quartermaster Service Troops, he was assisted most closely by personnel of the Quartermaster Staff (Intendenturstaben).[4]

In the Swedish Navy, in 1789, a Quartermaster General was appointed, in whose hand the entire economic board rested. The office was abolished in 1794.[5]

Quartermasters General
Portrait Quartermaster GeneralTook officeLeft officeTime in officeDefence branchMonarchRef.
Johan Peter af Billbergh
af Billbergh, Johan PeterJohan Peter af Billbergh
(1776–1850)
Acting		14 July 1812?0 years–Charles XIII[6]
Gösta Sandels
Sandels, GöstaLieutenant colonel[lower-alpha 1]
Gösta Sandels
(1815–1914)
Acting		185318584–5 years
Army		Oscar I
Charles XV		[8][7]
Gösta Sandels
Sandels, GöstaLieutenant general[lower-alpha 2]
Gösta Sandels
(1815–1914)		1858188324–25 years
Army		Oscar I
Charles XV
Oscar II		[8]
Hjalmar Palmstierna
Palmstierna, HjalmarMajor general[lower-alpha 3]
Hjalmar Palmstierna
(1836–1909)		26 February 188318928–9 years
Army		Oscar II[9]
Christer Oxehufvud
Oxehufvud, ChristerColonel
Christer Oxehufvud
(1831–1917)
Acting		15 March 188918900–1 years
Army		Oscar II[10]
Adam Thorén
Thorén, AdamMajor general
Adam Thorén
(1835–1907)		189218963–4 years
Army		Oscar II-
Richard Berg
Berg, RichardMajor general
Richard Berg
(1843–1924)		13 November 189619047–8 years
Army		Oscar II[11]
Knut Gillis Bildt
Bildt, Knut GillisMajor general
Knut Gillis Bildt
(1854–1927)		29 January 190419050–1 years
Army		Oscar II[12]
Fredrik Holmquist
Holmquist, FredrikFredrik Holmquist
(1847–1927)		3 November 190510 April 19159 years, 158 days
Army		Oscar II
Gustaf V		[13]
Fredrik Frölich
Frölich, FredrikMajor general
Fredrik Frölich
(1861–1933)		10 April 1915192610–11 years
Army		Gustaf V[14]
Axel Hultkrantz
Hultkrantz, AxelLieutenant general[lower-alpha 4]
Axel Hultkrantz
(1870–1955)		1 November 192611 April 19358 years, 161 days
Army		Gustaf V[15]
Helge Söderbom
Söderbom, HelgeMajor general
Helge Söderbom
(1881–1975)		1935194610–11 years
Army		Gustaf V[16]
Ivar Gewert
Gewert, IvarMajor general
Ivar Gewert
(1891–1971)		1946195710–11 years
Army		Gustaf V
Gustaf VI Adolf		[17]
Hilding Kring
Kring, HildingMajor general
Hilding Kring
(1899–1971)		1 April 195730 June 19636 years, 90 days
Army		Gustaf VI Adolf[18]

Footnotes
  1. Took office as captain in 1853, was promoted to major in 1854 and to lieutenant colonel in 1856.[7]
  2. Took office as lieutenant colonel in 1858, was promoted to colonel in 1862, to major general in 1864 and to lieutenant general on the reserve list in 1882.[8][7]
  3. Took office as colonel on 26 February 1883 and was promoted to major general on 14 January 1887.[9]
  4. Took office as major general on 1 November 1926 and was promoted to lieutenant general on 28 April 1933.[15]

References

Notes
  1. Gullberg 1977, p. 290
  2. "Generalintendent". Svenska Akademiens ordbok (in Swedish). Swedish Academy. 1928. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  3. "Generalintendent". Förvaltningshistorisk ordbok (in Swedish). Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland. 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  4. Betänkande och förslag rörande den centrala försvarsförvaltningen. Statens offentliga utredningar, 0375-250X ; 1927:29 (in Swedish). Stockholm. 1927. p. 30. SELIBR 1334799.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. Westrin 1908, p. 906
  6. Forssell 1924, p. 352
  7. Dahl & Bohman 1949, p. 506
  8. Gidlöf 2000–2002, p. 351
  9. Nevéus 1992–1994, p. 696
  10. "Oxehufvud nr 102". www.adelsvapen.com (in Swedish). Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  11. Jacobson 1922, p. 433
  12. Boëthius 1924, p. 336
  13. Wikland 1971–1973c, p. 286
  14. Wikland 1964–1966, p. 640
  15. Wikland 1971–1973b, p. 464
  16. Lagerström 1968, p. 931
  17. Lagerström 1968, p. 309
  18. Wikland 1975–1977b, p. 557

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