Alf Sandqvist

Major General Alf Robert Sandqvist (born 27 May 1945) is a retired Swedish Army officer. Sandqvist's senior commands include the Chief of Home Guard and Inspector [General] of the Swedish Army.

Early life Sandqvist was born on 27 May 1945 in Othem, Gotland, Sweden, the son of John Robert Sandqvist (1919–2004) and his wife Alfhilda Gustava (1922–2010). He passed studentexamen in 1966 and considered becoming a gymnastics director.

Career Sandqvist attended officer candidate school (aspirantskola) in 1967 and then the Royal Military Academy in Stockholm from 1968 to 1969 when he was commissioned as fänrik and was assigned to Södermanland Regiment (P 10) in Strängnäs.

In November 1992 he was promoted to senior colonel and appointed commander of Skaraborg Regiment as well as Defence District Commander. Sandqvist was then Inspector of the Swedish Armoured Troops at the Swedish Army Armoured Center from 1 October 1993 to 30 June 1995 and Brigade Inspector at the Swedish Army Brigade Warfare Centre (Arméns brigadcentrum) from 1995 to 1997, both in Skövde. and on 1 July 2000, he assumed the position of General Inspector of the Army and commanding officer of the Army Tactical Command. On 28 November 2002, the Swedish government appointed Sandqvist to the position of Inspector of the Army in the General Training and Management Directorate (Grundorganisationsledningen) in the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters from 1 January 2003 until 31 May 2005. Sandqvist retired from the military in 2005 and then became head of the National Association of Volunteer Motor Transport Corps for 10 years until 2015. On 3 December 2016, Sandqvist became chairman of the association Ryttmästarbostället outside Skövde.

Personal life Sandqvist is married to Yvonne Marianne (born 1948) and together they have two children: Pernilla Helen (born 1970) and Per Robert Åke (born 1973).

Dates of rank 1969 – Second lieutenant 1971 – Lieutenant 1972 – Captain 1980 – Major 1987 – Lieutenant colonel 1 April 1990 – Colonel November 1992 – Senior colonel 1997 – Major general

Awards and decorations

Swedish

Foreign

Honours Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (2000)