Bengt Andersson

Major General Bengt Erik Lennart Andersson (born 31 August 1955) was a senior officer in the Swedish Amphibious Corps. Andersson served as head of the Naval Tactical Command (2003–2005), as Deputy Chief of Joint Operations (2007–2008), as Chief of Logistics (2008–2013) and as commanding officer of Nordic Battlegroup 08 and Nordic Battlegroup 15. Early life Andersson was born on 31 August 1955 in Hässleholm Parish, Kristianstad County. He graduated from secondary school after attending a natural science program. When the time came to do his military service, Andersson chose, despite the fact that Hässleholm then had two regiments, Scanian Logistic Regiment (T 4) and Scanian Dragoon Regiment (P 2), to apply to the Coastal Artillery and got a place as a reserve officer aspirant at Älvsborg Coastal Artillery Regiment (KA 4) in Gothenburg. Career Andersson enrolled at the Royal Swedish Naval Academy in 1975 and graduated in 1978. He was promoted to lieutenant the same year and was assigned to Karlskrona Coastal Artillery Regiment, where he came to serve until 1985. During this time, Andersson worked with heavy mobile artillery, missile service and engine service. During this time I was also a Home Guard instructor. He was promoted to captain in 1981 and served in 1983 as Duty Officer in the Swedish UN Rifle Battalion in Cyprus, part of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP). He attended the General Course at the Swedish Armed Forces Staff College from 1984 to 1985. In 1986 he was promoted to major and from 1986 to 1987 Andersson served was head of the Amphibious Office in the Naval Staff, where he was responsible for handling the transition to the amphibious system. He attended the Technical Course for the Navy at the Swedish Armed Forces Staff College from 1987 to 1989 and was a study officer at the Naval Staff from 1989 to 1991. From 1991 to 1995, Andersson was first deputy commander and then regular commander of the Amphibious Battalion in Vaxholm Coastal Artillery Regiment. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1993 and to in 1995. He attended the Marine Corps Command and Staff College in the United States from 1995 to 1996 where he was designated as a distinguished graduate. From 1996 to 1997, Andersson served as head of the Tactics Department in the Swedish Coastal Artillery Center (Kustartillericentrum, KAC) and was then Chief of Staff of the Coastal Artillery Center from 1997 to 1998.