Jan Salestrand

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Lieutenant General '''Jan Ingvar Salestrand''' (born 29 July 1954) is a retired Swedish Air Force officer. Salestrand has served as Chief of Defence Staff, head of the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters, head of the Swedish Armed Forces Special Forces and as the Commandant General in Stockholm. From 2014 to 2018, he served as State Secretary to the Minister for Defence Peter Hultqvist. From 2018 to 2023, Salestrand served as Chief of His Majesty's Military Staff.

==Career== Salestrand was born on 29 July 1954 in Växjö, Sweden. He attended platoon officers course from 1974 to 1975 and served as an instructor at the Västgöta Wing (F 6) in 1975.<ref name="CV Swedish">{{citation |url=http://www.forsvarsmakten.se/siteassets/4-om-myndigheten/dokumentfiler/cv/chefen-for-ledningsstaben-jan-salestrand--svenskt-version.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150327094756/http://www.forsvarsmakten.se/siteassets/4-om-myndigheten/dokumentfiler/cv/chefen-for-ledningsstaben-jan-salestrand--svenskt-version.pdf |publisher=Swedish Armed Forces |title=CURRICULUM VITAE |access-date=21 November 2017 |archive-date=27 March 2015 |language=sv}}</ref> Salestrand attended company officers course from 1978 to 1979 and served as platoon commander at the Västgöta Wing in 1979. In 1982, he became head of the General Department at the Västgöta Wing and in 1984, he attended the Swedish Air Force War College (''Flygvapnets krigshögskola'', FKHS). Salestrand completed the Swedish Armed Forces Staff College's basic course from 1986 to 1987 and served as company commander at the Västgöta Wing in 1987. He then completed the Swedish Armed Forces Staff College's senior course from 1988 to 1990 and served as an Operational/Tactical Officer Education (op/ta) teacher at the Swedish Armed Forces Staff College in 1990.<ref name="CV Swedish"/>

Salestrand served as base commander at the Västgöta Wing in 1992 and was head of the Base Section in the Air Force Command at the Swedish Air Force Headquarters in 1994. He attended the Air War College in United States from 1996 to 1997 and back in Sweden in 1997 he was head of the Planning Department at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters in Stockholm.<ref name="CV Swedish"/> Salestrand was appointed commanding officer of the Jämtland Wing (F 4) and commanding officer of Östersund Garrison on 1 October 2000.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.aef.se/Flygvapnet/Tidskrifter/FV_Nytt/Flygvapennytt_2000-2.pdf |journal=Flygvapennytt |publisher=Flygstaben |title=På nya befattningar |number=2 |year=2000 |location=Stockholm |language=sv |id={{SELIBR|8257600}} |page=39 |archive-date=2018-02-01 |access-date=2018-01-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201020051/http://www.aef.se/Flygvapnet/Tidskrifter/FV_Nytt/Flygvapennytt_2000-2.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> He served in this position until 2003 and during this time he also attended the civil management course at Solbacka in Södermanland in 2002. He was appointed Deputy Chief of General Training and Management (''Grundorganisationsledningen'') on 1 October 2003<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.aef.se/Flygvapnet/Tidskrifter/FV_Nytt/Flygvapennytt_2003-4.pdf |journal=Flygvapennytt |publisher=Flygstaben |title=På nya befattningar |number=4 |year=2003 |location=Stockholm |language=sv |id={{SELIBR|8257600}} |page=40}}</ref> and then served as Assistant Chief of Armed Forces Training & Procurement from 2005 to 2007. In 2007 he attended the management course at Solbacka in Södermanland.<ref name="CV Swedish"/>

Salestrand served as Chief of Armed Forces Training & Procurement from 2007 to 2009.<ref name="CV Swedish"/> On 7 May 2009, he was appointed Chief of Defence Staff and head of the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/aktuellt/2009/05/jan-salestrand-ny-chef-for-hogkvarteret/ |publisher=Swedish Armed Forces |title=Jan Salestrand – ny chef för Högkvarteret |date=7 May 2009 |access-date=21 November 2017 |language=sv}}</ref> In this position he was also the head of the Swedish Armed Forces Special Forces and the Commandant General in Stockholm.<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.forsvarsmakten.se/siteassets/4-om-myndigheten/dokumentfiler/lagrum/gallande-ffs-2012-2013/ffs-2013-4-fmarbo.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629115015/http://www.forsvarsmakten.se/siteassets/4-om-myndigheten/dokumentfiler/lagrum/gallande-ffs-2012-2013/ffs-2013-4-fmarbo.pdf |title=Försvarets författningssamling: FFS 2013:4 |year=2013 |publisher=TF-redaktionen, Försvarets materielverk |location=Stockholm |language=sv |id={{SELIBR|3683131}} |access-date=21 November 2017 |archive-date=29 June 2015 |pages=11, 33}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.forsvarsmakten.se/siteassets/4-om-myndigheten/dokumentfiler/handbocker/h-parad-6-2017.pdf |title=Handbok: parad 6: Traditionsvård : H PARAD 6 2016 |year=2016 |publisher=Försvarsmakten |location=Stockholm |id=170529–027 |pages=44 |access-date=21 November 2017 |language=sv |archive-date=18 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418134700/http://www.forsvarsmakten.se/siteassets/4-om-myndigheten/dokumentfiler/handbocker/h-parad-6-2017.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Salestrand acted from 31 January 2013 until 18 March 2013 as Deputy Supreme Commander and Chief of Swedish Armed Forces. This because of Supreme Commander General Sverker Göranson's sick leave for exhaustion.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.regeringen.se/sb/d/17025/a/208197 |publisher=Ministry of Defence |title=Generallöjtnant Jan Salestrand vikarierande överbefälhavare och chef för Försvarsmakten |access-date=21 November 2017 |language=sv}}{{dead link|date=July 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.svt.se/nyheter/sverige/ob-ater-pa-jobbet |publisher=Sveriges Television |agency=TT |title=ÖB åter på jobbet |date=18 March 2013 |access-date=21 November 2017 |language=sv}}</ref> Salestrand left his positions and retired from the military in 2014. On 7 October 2014, Salestrand was appointed State Secretary to the Minister for Defence Peter Hultqvist.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.regeringen.se/pressmeddelanden/2014/10/ny-statssekreterare-i-forsvarsdepartementet/ |publisher=Government Offices of Sweden |title=Ny statssekreterare i Försvarsdepartementet |date=7 October 2014 |access-date=21 November 2017 |language=sv}}</ref> On 9 September 2018, he was appointed Chief of His Majesty's Military Staff, taking office on 1 October 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kungahuset.se/press/pressmeddelanden/2018pressmeddelanden/jansalestrandnychefforhmkonungensstab.5.3016ea1416483f2bb451489d.html |publisher=Royal Court of Sweden |title=Jan Salestrand ny chef för H.M. Konungens stab |date=2018-08-09 |access-date=15 October 2018 |language=sv |archive-date=2018-10-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015114702/https://www.kungahuset.se/press/pressmeddelanden/2018pressmeddelanden/jansalestrandnychefforhmkonungensstab.5.3016ea1416483f2bb451489d.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was succeeded by Major General Peder Ohlsson in 2023.

==Personal life== Salestrand has three children.<ref name="CV Swedish"/>

==Dates of rank== *1975 – Sergeant *1978 – Second lieutenant *1981 – Lieutenant *1983 – Captain *1987 – Major *1992 – Lieutenant colonel *1998 – Colonel *2003 – Brigadier general *2005 – Major general *2007 – Lieutenant general

==Awards and decorations==

===Swedish=== *50x50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} King Carl XVI Gustaf's Jubilee Commemorative Medal II (2013) *50x50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} For Zealous and Devoted Service of the Realm<ref name="CV Swedish"/> *50x50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Swedish Armed Forces Conscript Medal<ref name="CV Swedish"/> *50x50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Swedish Air Force Volunteers Association Medal of Merit in silver<ref name="CV Swedish"/> *50x50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Swedish Women's Voluntary Defence Organization Medal of Merit in silver<ref name="CV Swedish"/> * 50x50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Jämtland Wing Medal of Merit in silver (''Jämtlands flygflottiljs förtjänstmedalj i silver'')<ref name="CV Swedish"/> *{{flagicon|Sweden}} Swedish Working Dog Association Medal of Merit in Gold (''Brukshundklubbens förtjänstmedalj guld'')<ref name="CV Swedish"/> *{{flagicon|Sweden}} Swedish Air Force Airfield Engineers Medal of Merit in Gold (''Flygvapnets flygfältsingenjörers förtjänstmedalj guld'')<ref name="CV Swedish"/> *{{flagicon|Sweden}} Swedish Air Force Airfield Engineers Gösta Larsson's Plaque (''Flygfältsingenjörernas Gösta Larsson plakett'')<ref name="CV Swedish"/> *{{flagicon|Sweden}} Swedish Women Drivers Association Medal of Merit in Gold (''Sveriges kvinnliga bilkårers riksförbunds förtjänstmedalj i guld'')<ref name="CV Swedish"/>

===Foreign=== *{{flagicon|Germany}} Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany<ref name="CV Swedish"/> *50x50px {{flagicon|Italy}} 2nd Class / Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (14 January 2019)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.quirinale.it/onorificenze/insigniti/355009 |publisher=President of Italy |website=www.quirinale.it |title=Salestrand Luogotenente Gen. Jan |access-date=8 December 2020 |language=it |archive-date=26 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626085141/https://www.quirinale.it/onorificenze/insigniti/355009 |url-status=live }}</ref> *{{flagicon|Estonia}} Distinguished Service Medal, Estonia Armed Forces<ref name="CV Swedish"/> *50x50px {{flagicon|UN}} United Nations Medal (UNFICYP)<ref name="CV Swedish"/> * 50x50px {{flag|Estonia}}: 1st Class of the Order of the Cross of the Eagle (2 May 2023)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://president.ee/en/state-decorations/bearers-of-decorations/54855-jan-salestrand |publisher=President of Estonia |title=Bearers of Decorations |access-date=2023-05-07 |language=et |archive-date=2023-05-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507191553/https://president.ee/en/state-decorations/bearers-of-decorations/54855-jan-salestrand |url-status=live }}</ref>

==References== {{Commonscat|Jan Salestrand}} {{Reflist}}

{{s-start}} {{s-mil | }} {{s-bef | before = Ola Gynäs}} {{s-ttl | title = Jämtland Wing| years = 2000–2003}} {{s-aft | after = Tommy Bengtsson}}

{{s-bef | before = Lars Frisk}} {{s-ttl | title = {{no wrap|Deputy Chief of General Training and Management}}| years = 2003–2005}} {{s-aft | after = ?}}

{{s-bef | before = None}} {{s-ttl | title = Assistant Chief of Armed Forces Training & Procurement| years = 2005–2007}} {{s-aft | after = Göran Mårtensson}} {{s-bef | before = None}} {{s-ttl | title = Chief of Armed Forces Training & Procurement| years = 2007–2009}} {{s-aft | after = Göran Mårtensson}} {{s-bef | before = Sverker Göranson}} {{s-ttl | title = Chief of Defence Staff| years = 2009–2014}} {{s-aft | after = Dennis Gyllensporre}} {{s-bef | before = Sverker Göranson}} {{s-ttl | title = Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters| years = 2009–2014}} {{s-aft | after = Dennis Gyllensporre}} {{s-bef | before = Jörgen Ericsson}} {{s-ttl | title = Swedish Armed Forces Special Forces | years = 2009–2014}} {{s-aft | after = Dennis Gyllensporre}} {{s-bef | before = Anders Lindström}} {{s-ttl | title = Commandant General in Stockholm| years = 2012–2014}} {{s-aft | after = Dennis Gyllensporre}} {{s-court}} {{Succession box | title = Chief of His Majesty's Military Staff | years = 2018–2023 | before = Håkan Pettersson | after = Peder Ohlsson }} {{S-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Salestrand, Jan}} Category:Living people Category:1954 births Category:Swedish Air Force lieutenant generals Category:People from Växjö Category:Air War College alumni Category:Recipients of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany