Johan Kihl

Johan Kihl
Johan Kihl
Birth name	Lars Johan Kihl
Born	14 January 1946 (age 76); Kristinehamn, Sweden
Allegiance	Sweden
Service/branch	Swedish Army
Years of service	1969–2004
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands held	Norrland Dragoon Regiment ; Swedish Armed Forces Special Forces; Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate; Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters ;
Battles/wars	Cyprus dispute

Last updated September 10, 2022

Lieutenant General Lars Johan Kihl (born 14 January 1946) is a retired Swedish Army officer. Kihl has served in positions like commanding officer of Norrland Dragoon Regiment (K 4) from 1992 to 1996, as head of the Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate from 2000 to 2004, as head of the Swedish Armed Forces Special Forces from 2000 to 2004 and as head of the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters from 2002 to 2004.

Early life

Kihl became a certified upper secondary school engineer in 1965^[1] before graduating from the Royal Military Academy in 1969.^[2]

Career

Kihl was commissioned as an officer in 1969 and was assigned as a second lieutenant to Västerbotten Regiment (I 20) in Umeå the same year. In 1970 Kihl came to Norrland's Dragoons (K 4) in Umeå and two years later he became captain in the Royal Life Guards Squadron (K 1).^[1] Kihl then served as company commander in Norrland's Dragoons (K 4) from 1973 to 1977/78 when he came to the Life Guard Dragoons (K 1). He also served in the British Army of the Rhine in 1974.^[2]^[1] Kihl attended the Swedish Armed Forces Staff College from 1978 to 1980^[2] where he received its jeton "for particularly good study results" and received a scholarship from the Hammarskiöld-Risellschöldska Scholarship Fund (Hammarskiöld-Risellschöldska stipendiefonden).^[3] He then served as a staff officer from 1980 to 1987^[2] in the Defence Staff and the Army Staff, mainly responsible for planning issues.^[4] He also served in the Swedish UN Battalion of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) in Cyprus in 1984.^[2]

Kihl was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1985 and attended Harvard University in the United States from 1987 to 1988 and was then battalion/brigade commander in the Life Regiment Grenadiers (I 3) in Örebro from 1988 to 1990.^[2] He was promoted to colonel in 1990 and served as section chief in the Defence Staff's Planning Department^[4] before being appointed commanding officer of Norrland Dragoon Regiment (K 4) in Arvidsjaur in 1992. Kihl served there until 1996 when he was promoted to brigadier and appointed head of the Long-term Planning Department at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters. In 1998 he was promoted to major general and was appointed Deputy Director General of Joint Forces Directorate (Krigsförbandsledningen) at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters, a position he held until July 2000 when he was appointed head of the Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate (Strategiledningen) at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters and promoted to lieutenant general.^[2] Kihl was then head of the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters from 2002 to 2004 when he retired.^[4]

He has also been a military expert in the Defense Committee and has largely been associated with visions of network-based defense.^[4] Kihl became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences in 1995.^[5] After retiring, Kihl became senior adviser to Ericsson Microwave Systems (since 2004) and SAAB Systems (since 2007). He is also chairman of the board of Modul 1 Data and board member of 4C Strategy and Countermine Technologies AB.^[6]

Dates of rank

1969 – Second lieutenant
1971 – Lieutenant
1972 – Captain
1980 – Major
1985 – Lieutenant colonel
1990 – Colonel
1996 – Senior colonel
1998 – Major general
2000 – Lieutenant general

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References

1 2 3 Kjellander, Rune (1996). Kungl Krigsvetenskapsakademien: Svenska krigsmanna sällskapet (till 1805), Kungl Krigsvetenskapsakademien : biografisk matrikel med porträttgalleri 1796-1995 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Akad. p. 209. ISBN 91-630-4181-2. SELIBR 7451162.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Maritime security: operations in extreme littoral areas : symposium 6th of May 2002 in Stockholm, Sweden (PDF). [Stockholm]: [Kungl. Örlogsmanna sällsk.] 2002. p. 9. ISBN 91-631-2687-7. SELIBR 8826939.
↑ "Militärhögskolans toppkaptener" . Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 21 August 1980. p. 17. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
1 2 3 4 Eriksson, Fredrik, ed. (2013). Förnyelse eller förfall?: svenska försvaret efter kalla krigets slut (PDF). Samtidshistoriska frågor, 1650-450X ; 25 (in Swedish). Huddinge: Samtidshistoriska institutet, Södertörns högskola. pp. 11–12. ISBN 978-91-89615-25-0. SELIBR 14191432.
↑ "Akademiens ledamöter" [Members of the academy] (in Swedish). Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences. Archived from the original on 11 September 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
↑ "Countermine Technologies AB: FÖRSLAG INFÖR ÅRSSTÄMMAN DEN 29 APRIL 2008". www.ngnews.se (in Swedish). NG News. 16 April 2008. Retrieved 16 November 2017.

Military offices
Preceded by Mertil Melin	Norrland Dragoon Regiment 1992–1996	Succeeded by Frank Westman
Preceded by None	Swedish Armed Forces Special Forces 2000–2004	Succeeded by Jörgen Ericsson
Preceded by None	Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate 2000–2004	Succeeded by Claes-Göran Fant
Preceded by None¹	Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters 2002–2004	Succeeded by Claes-Göran Fant
Notes and references
1. The position of head of the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters (Chef för Högkvarteret) was established in 2002.^[1]

↑ Försvarsberedningen (2004). Försvar för en ny tid: försvarspolitisk rapport. Ds : departementsserien, 0284-6012 ; 2004:30 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Försvarsdepartementet, Regeringskansliet. p. 131. ISBN 91-38-22167-5. SELIBR 9534949.

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[Kjellander_(1996),_p._209-1] 1 2 3 Kjellander, Rune (1996). Kungl Krigsvetenskapsakademien: Svenska krigsmanna sällskapet (till 1805), Kungl Krigsvetenskapsakademien : biografisk matrikel med porträttgalleri 1796-1995 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Akad. p. 209. ISBN 91-630-4181-2. SELIBR 7451162.

[Symposium_(2002),_p._9-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Maritime security: operations in extreme littoral areas : symposium 6th of May 2002 in Stockholm, Sweden (PDF). [Stockholm]: [Kungl. Örlogsmanna sällsk.] 2002. p. 9. ISBN 91-631-2687-7. SELIBR 8826939.

[3] "Militärhögskolans toppkaptener" . Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 21 August 1980. p. 17. Retrieved 9 September 2022.

[Eriksson_(2013),_pp._11-12-4] 1 2 3 4 Eriksson, Fredrik, ed. (2013). Förnyelse eller förfall?: svenska försvaret efter kalla krigets slut (PDF). Samtidshistoriska frågor, 1650-450X ; 25 (in Swedish). Huddinge: Samtidshistoriska institutet, Södertörns högskola. pp. 11–12. ISBN 978-91-89615-25-0. SELIBR 14191432.

[5] "Akademiens ledamöter" [Members of the academy] (in Swedish). Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences. Archived from the original on 11 September 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2017.

[6] "Countermine Technologies AB: FÖRSLAG INFÖR ÅRSSTÄMMAN DEN 29 APRIL 2008". www.ngnews.se (in Swedish). NG News. 16 April 2008. Retrieved 16 November 2017.

[7] Försvarsberedningen (2004). Försvar för en ny tid: försvarspolitisk rapport. Ds : departementsserien, 0284-6012 ; 2004:30 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Försvarsdepartementet, Regeringskansliet. p. 131. ISBN 91-38-22167-5. SELIBR 9534949.

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