Percurt Green

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Lieutenant General '''Per Kurt (Percurt) Green''' (born 2 December 1939) was a Swedish Army officer whose senior commands have included commanding officer of the Joint Operations Command, Deputy Supreme Commander and military commander of the Middle Military District, and Commandant General in Stockholm.

==Early life== Green was born on 2 December 1939 in Karlstad, Sweden, the son of Kurt Green and his wife Maj (née Karlmark).<ref name="Salander Mortensen (1996), p. 392">{{cite book |editor-last=Salander Mortensen |editor-first=Jill |year=1996 |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1997 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1997 |location=Stockholm |publisher=Norstedt |isbn=91-1-960852-7 |language=sv |id={{LIBRIS|3681533}} |url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1997/0392.html |page=392}}</ref>

==Career== Green was commissioned as an officer in 1963 and attended the Swedish Armed Forces Staff College from 1969 to 1971. Green attended the International Officer Class<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.cgscfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/FoundationNewsNo4-Winter08.pdf |journal=Command and General Staff College Foundation News |title=International Officer Class maintains ties for 30 years |author=Staff writer |number=4 |date=2008 |page=13 |access-date=6 February 2019}}</ref> of the United States Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth in the United States from 1977 to 1978. On 1 June 1983, Green was promoted to colonel and appointed deputy regimental commander of Älvsborg Regiment (I 15) in Borås.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1983-05-06/SVNY/19 |newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet |title=Nya överstar |page=19 |date=6 May 1983 |access-date=13 September 2022 |language=sv |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He attended the Swedish National Defence College in 1984 and the same year he was promoted to senior colonel and appointed chief of staff of Bergslagen Military District (Milo B).<ref name="Salander Mortensen (1996), p. 392"/> On 1 April 1986, Green assumed the position of section head in the Defence Staff.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1985-11-25/SVNY/17 |newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet |title=Percurt Green |page=(13) 17 |date=25 November 1985 |access-date=13 September 2022 |language=sv |url-access=subscription}}</ref> In November 1986, Green was appointed head of the Ministry of Defence's Budget and Planning Department.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1986-11-29/SVNY/19 |newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet |title=Percurt Green |page=(15) 19 |date=29 November 1986 |access-date=13 September 2022 |language=sv |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He served in this position until 1989.

Green also served as secretary in the 1988 Defence Committee (''Försvarskommittén''). He was promoted to major general on 1 April 1989 and was at the same time assigned to the Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1989-03-20/SVNY/13 |newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet |title=Percurt Green |page=(13) 17 |date=20 March 1989 |access-date=14 September 2022 |language=sv |url-access=subscription}}</ref> In 1990, Green attended the Swedish National Defence College again. Green served as head of army materiel at the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration from 1 July 1990<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1989-09-10/SVNY/19 |newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet |title=Percurt Green |page=(15) 19 |date=10 September 1990 |access-date=14 September 2022 |language=sv |url-access=subscription}}</ref> to 1994. Green was promoted to lieutenant general on 1 July 1994 and assumed the position of Chief of the Joint Operations Command (''Operationsledningen'', OpL)<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.aef.se/Flygvapnet/Tidskrifter/FV_Nytt/Flygvapennytt_1994-1.pdf |journal=Flygvapennytt |publisher=Flygstaben |title=Sammanställning över utnämningar och nya befattningar |number=1 |year=1994 |location=Stockholm |language=sv |id={{SELIBR|8257600}} |page=34}}</ref> at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters and Deputy Supreme Commander.<ref name="Salander Mortensen (1996), p. 392"/> From 1998 to 2000, Green served as military commander of the Middle Military District (Milo M) and Commandant General in Stockholm. He retired in 2000.

Green has served as board member of the Swedish Coast Guard, the Swedish National Defence Research Institute and the National Archives of Sweden.<ref name="Salander Mortensen (1996), p. 392"/> He was also CEO of Association of Swedish Defence Industries (''Försvarsindustriföreningen'').<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nyteknik.se/digitalisering/2003-kanonbra-for-vapenexporten-6445145 |newspaper=Ny Teknik |title=2003 kanonbra för vapenexporten |first=Charlotta |last=von Schultz |date=2004-03-22 |access-date=6 February 2019 |language=sv}}</ref> In January 2005, Green co-chaired the Nordic and Baltic Industrial Co-Operation Agreements in Helsinki, Finland.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.smi-online.co.uk/defence/archive/1-2005/conference/nordic-and-baltic-industrial-co-operation-agreements |publisher=SMi Group |website=www.smi-online.co.uk |title=CONFERENCE OVERVIEW |access-date=6 February 2019}}</ref>

==Personal life== In 1976, he married Britt Boilert (born 1939).<ref name="Salander Mortensen (1996), p. 392"/>

==Dates of rank== *1963 – Second lieutenant *19?? – Lieutenant *19?? – Captain *1974 – Major *1979 – Lieutenant colonel *1 June 1983 – Colonel *1984 – Senior colonel *1 April 1989 – Major general *1994 – Lieutenant general

==Awards and decorations== *50x50px {{flagicon|Iceland}} Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon (24 November 1998)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forseti.is/f%C3%A1lkaor%C3%B0an/orduhafaskra/# |publisher=President of Iceland |title=ORÐUHAFASKRÁ |accessdate=9 September 2020 |language=is}}</ref> *50px {{flagicon|Austria}} Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver with Star for Services to the Republic of Austria (1993)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.parlament.gv.at/dokument/XXIV/AB/10542/imfname_251156.pdf |publisher=Austrian Parliament |title=Anfragebeantwortung |trans-title=Response to inquiries |id=10542/AB XXIV. GP |page=951 |date=23 April 2012 |access-date=5 September 2024 |language=de}}</ref>

==Honours== *Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1980)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kkrva.se/matrikel/ |publisher=Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences |title=Matrikel |access-date=2019-02-05 |language=sv}}</ref> *Member of the International Hall of Fame, United States Army Command and General Staff College<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://livhusarernaskamratforening.se/wp-content/uploads/sites/1725/2016/07/livhusaren_2003.pdf |journal=Livhusaren |title=Husarer i utlandstjänst |first1=Ronny |last1=Modigs |first2=Magnus |last2=Lindström |year=2003 |location=Skövde |language=sv |id={{LIBRIS|2289794}} |page=4 |archive-date=2019-02-07 |access-date=2019-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207015647/http://livhusarernaskamratforening.se/wp-content/uploads/sites/1725/2016/07/livhusaren_2003.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{s-start}} {{s-mil | }} {{s-bef | before = Peter Nordbeck}} {{s-ttl | title = Joint Operations Command<br>(''Operationsledningen'') | years = 1994–1998}} {{s-aft | after= Kjell Nilsson}} {{s-bef | before = None}} {{s-ttl | title = {{no wrap|Deputy Supreme Commander}} | years = 1994–1998}} {{s-aft | after = Frank Rosenius}} {{s-bef | before = Dick Börjesson}} {{s-ttl | title = Middle Military District| years = 1998–2000}} {{s-aft | after = None}} {{s-bef | before = Dick Börjesson}} {{s-ttl | title = Commandant General in Stockholm| years = 1998–2000}} {{s-aft | after = Kjell Koserius}} {{s-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Green, Percurt}} Category:1939 births Category:2025 deaths Category:Swedish Army lieutenant generals Category:People from Karlstad Category:Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences Category:Non-U.S. alumni of the Command and General Staff College