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.
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.
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]
| Portrait | Quartermaster General | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch | Monarch | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johan Peter af Billbergh (1776–1850) Acting | 14 July 1812 | ? | 0 years | – | Charles XIII | [6] | |
| Lieutenant colonel [lower-alpha 1] Gösta Sandels (1815–1914) Acting | 1853 | 1858 | 4–5 years |  Army | Oscar I Charles XV | [8] [7] | |
| Lieutenant general [lower-alpha 2] Gösta Sandels (1815–1914) | 1858 | 1883 | 24–25 years | Army | Oscar I Charles XV Oscar II | [8] | |
| Major general [lower-alpha 3] Hjalmar Palmstierna (1836–1909) | 26 February 1883 | 1892 | 8–9 years | Army | Oscar II | [9] | |
| Colonel Christer Oxehufvud (1831–1917) Acting | 15 March 1889 | 1890 | 0–1 years | Army | Oscar II | [10] | |
| Major general Adam Thorén (1835–1907) | 1892 | 1896 | 3–4 years | Army | Oscar II | - | |
| Major general Richard Berg (1843–1924) | 13 November 1896 | 1904 | 7–8 years | Army | Oscar II | [11] | |
| Major general Knut Gillis Bildt (1854–1927) | 29 January 1904 | 1905 | 0–1 years | Army | Oscar II | [12] | |
| Fredrik Holmquist (1847–1927) | 3 November 1905 | 10 April 1915 | 9 years, 158 days | Army | Oscar II Gustaf V | [13] | |
| Major general Fredrik Frölich (1861–1933) | 10 April 1915 | 1926 | 10–11 years | Army | Gustaf V | [14] | |
| Lieutenant general [lower-alpha 4] Axel Hultkrantz (1870–1955) | 1 November 1926 | 11 April 1935 | 8 years, 161 days | Army | Gustaf V | [15] | |
| Major general Helge Söderbom (1881–1975) | 1935 | 1946 | 10–11 years | Army | Gustaf V | [16] | |
| Major general Ivar Gewert (1891–1971) | 1946 | 1957 | 10–11 years | Army | Gustaf V Gustaf VI Adolf | [17] | |
| Major general Hilding Kring (1899–1971) | 1 April 1957 | 30 June 1963 | 6 years, 90 days | Army | Gustaf VI Adolf | [18] |
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