# Percurt Green > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Percurt_Green > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Percurt_Green.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percurt_Green > Source revision: 1352257939 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Swedish Army officer}} {{Infobox military person | honorific_prefix = | name = Percurt Green | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = Per Kurt Green | nickname = PCG{{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/green-maste-vaga-valja |newspaper=[Svenska Dagbladet](/source/Svenska_Dagbladet) |title=Green måste våga välja |first=Jan Joel |last=Andersson |date=19 December 2004 |access-date=6 February 2019 |language=sv}} | birth_date = {{Birth date|1939|12|2|df=yes}} | birth_place = [Karlstad](/source/Karlstad), Sweden | death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|1|3|1939|12|2|df=yes}} | death_place = | burial_place = | burial_label = | burial_coordinates = | allegiance = [Sweden](/source/Sweden) | branch = [Swedish Army](/source/Swedish_Army) | service_years = 1963–2000 | rank = Lieutenant General | service_number = | unit = | commands = {{bulleted list |Joint Operations Command|Dep. [Supreme Commander](/source/Supreme_Commander_of_the_Swedish_Armed_Forces)|[Middle Military District](/source/Middle_Military_District)|[Commandant General in Stockholm](/source/Commandant_General_in_Stockholm)}} | battles = | battles_label = | awards = | memorials = | spouse = | relations = | other_work = | signature = | signature_size = | signature_alt = | website = | module = }} [Lieutenant General](/source/Generall%C3%B6jtnant) '''Per Kurt (Percurt) Green''' (born 2 December 1939) was a [Swedish Army](/source/Swedish_Army) officer whose senior commands have included commanding officer of the Joint Operations Command, [Deputy Supreme Commander](/source/Supreme_Commander_of_the_Swedish_Armed_Forces) and military commander of the [Middle Military District](/source/Middle_Military_District), and [Commandant General in Stockholm](/source/Commandant_General_in_Stockholm). ==Early life== Green was born on 2 December 1939 in [Karlstad](/source/Karlstad), Sweden, the son of Kurt Green and his wife Maj (née Karlmark).{{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}} ==Career== Green was commissioned as an officer in 1963 and attended the [Swedish Armed Forces Staff College](/source/Swedish_Armed_Forces_Staff_College) from 1969 to 1971. Green attended the International Officer Class{{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}} of the [United States Army Command and General Staff College](/source/United_States_Army_Command_and_General_Staff_College) at [Fort Leavenworth](/source/Fort_Leavenworth) in the [United States](/source/United_States) from 1977 to 1978. On 1 June 1983, Green was promoted to colonel and appointed deputy regimental commander of [Älvsborg Regiment](/source/%C3%84lvsborg_Regiment) (I 15) in Borås.{{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1983-05-06/SVNY/19 |newspaper=[Svenska Dagbladet](/source/Svenska_Dagbladet) |title=Nya överstar |page=19 |date=6 May 1983 |access-date=13 September 2022 |language=sv |url-access=subscription}} He attended the [Swedish National Defence College](/source/Swedish_Defence_University) in 1984 and the same year he was promoted to senior colonel and appointed chief of staff of [Bergslagen Military District](/source/Bergslagen_Military_District) (Milo B). On 1 April 1986, Green assumed the position of section head in the [Defence Staff](/source/Defence_Staff_(Sweden)).{{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1985-11-25/SVNY/17 |newspaper=[Svenska Dagbladet](/source/Svenska_Dagbladet) |title=Percurt Green |page=(13) 17 |date=25 November 1985 |access-date=13 September 2022 |language=sv |url-access=subscription}} In November 1986, Green was appointed head of the [Ministry of Defence](/source/Ministry_of_Defence_(Sweden))'s Budget and Planning Department.{{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1986-11-29/SVNY/19 |newspaper=[Svenska Dagbladet](/source/Svenska_Dagbladet) |title=Percurt Green |page=(15) 19 |date=29 November 1986 |access-date=13 September 2022 |language=sv |url-access=subscription}} 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](/source/Supreme_Commander_of_the_Swedish_Armed_Forces).{{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1989-03-20/SVNY/13 |newspaper=[Svenska Dagbladet](/source/Svenska_Dagbladet) |title=Percurt Green |page=(13) 17 |date=20 March 1989 |access-date=14 September 2022 |language=sv |url-access=subscription}} In 1990, Green attended the Swedish National Defence College again. Green served as head of army materiel at the [Swedish Defence Materiel Administration](/source/Swedish_Defence_Materiel_Administration) from 1 July 1990{{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1989-09-10/SVNY/19 |newspaper=[Svenska Dagbladet](/source/Svenska_Dagbladet) |title=Percurt Green |page=(15) 19 |date=10 September 1990 |access-date=14 September 2022 |language=sv |url-access=subscription}} 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){{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}} at the [Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters](/source/Swedish_Armed_Forces_Headquarters) and [Deputy Supreme Commander](/source/Supreme_Commander_of_the_Swedish_Armed_Forces). From 1998 to 2000, Green served as military commander of the [Middle Military District](/source/Middle_Military_District) (Milo M) and [Commandant General in Stockholm](/source/Commandant_General_in_Stockholm). He retired in 2000. Green has served as board member of the [Swedish Coast Guard](/source/Swedish_Coast_Guard), the [Swedish National Defence Research Institute](/source/Swedish_National_Defence_Research_Institute) and the [National Archives of Sweden](/source/National_Archives_of_Sweden). He was also CEO of Association of Swedish Defence Industries (''Försvarsindustriföreningen'').{{cite news |url=https://www.nyteknik.se/digitalisering/2003-kanonbra-for-vapenexporten-6445145 |newspaper=[Ny Teknik](/source/Ny_Teknik) |title=2003 kanonbra för vapenexporten |first=Charlotta |last=von Schultz |date=2004-03-22 |access-date=6 February 2019 |language=sv}} In January 2005, Green co-chaired the Nordic and Baltic Industrial Co-Operation Agreements in [Helsinki](/source/Helsinki), [Finland](/source/Finland).{{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}} ==Personal life== In 1976, he married Britt Boilert (born 1939). ==Dates of rank== *1963 – [Second lieutenant](/source/F%C3%A4nrik) *19?? – [Lieutenant](/source/L%C3%B6jtnant) *19?? – [Captain](/source/Kapten) *1974 – [Major](/source/Major_(Sweden)) *1979 – [Lieutenant colonel](/source/%C3%96verstel%C3%B6jtnant) *1 June 1983 – [Colonel](/source/%C3%96verste) *1984 – [Senior colonel](/source/%C3%96verste_av_1._graden) *1 April 1989 – [Major general](/source/Generalmajor_(Sweden)) *1994 – [Lieutenant general](/source/Generall%C3%B6jtnant) ==Awards and decorations== *50x50px {{flagicon|Iceland}} Grand Cross of the [Order of the Falcon](/source/Order_of_the_Falcon) (24 November 1998){{cite web |url=https://www.forseti.is/f%C3%A1lkaor%C3%B0an/orduhafaskra/# |publisher=[President of Iceland](/source/President_of_Iceland) |title=ORÐUHAFASKRÁ |accessdate=9 September 2020 |language=is}} *50px {{flagicon|Austria}} [Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver with Star for Services to the Republic of Austria](/source/Decoration_of_Honour_for_Services_to_the_Republic_of_Austria) (1993){{cite web |url=https://www.parlament.gv.at/dokument/XXIV/AB/10542/imfname_251156.pdf |publisher=[Austrian Parliament](/source/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}} ==Honours== *Member of the [Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences](/source/Royal_Swedish_Academy_of_War_Sciences) (1980){{cite web |url=http://kkrva.se/matrikel/ |publisher=[Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences](/source/Royal_Swedish_Academy_of_War_Sciences) |title=Matrikel |access-date=2019-02-05 |language=sv}} *Member of the International Hall of Fame, [United States Army Command and General Staff College](/source/United_States_Army_Command_and_General_Staff_College){{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 }} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{s-start}} {{s-mil | }} {{s-bef | before = [Peter Nordbeck](/source/Peter_Nordbeck_(Swedish_Navy_officer))}} {{s-ttl | title = Joint Operations Command
(''Operationsledningen'') | years = 1994–1998}} {{s-aft | after= [Kjell Nilsson](/source/Kjell_Nilsson_(Swedish_Air_Force_officer))}} {{s-bef | before = None}} {{s-ttl | title = {{no wrap|[Deputy Supreme Commander](/source/Supreme_Commander_of_the_Swedish_Armed_Forces)}} | years = 1994–1998}} {{s-aft | after = [Frank Rosenius](/source/Frank_Rosenius)}} {{s-bef | before = [Dick Börjesson](/source/Dick_B%C3%B6rjesson)}} {{s-ttl | title = [Middle Military District](/source/Middle_Military_District)| years = 1998–2000}} {{s-aft | after = None}} {{s-bef | before = [Dick Börjesson](/source/Dick_B%C3%B6rjesson)}} {{s-ttl | title = [Commandant General in Stockholm](/source/Commandant_General_in_Stockholm)| years = 1998–2000}} {{s-aft | after = [Kjell Koserius](/source/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 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Percurt Green](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percurt_Green) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percurt_Green?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.