Anders Grenstad

Rear Admiral Anders Lennart Grenstad (born 22 July 1958) is a retired Swedish Navy officer. He served in the Swedish Navy for 39 years. Grenstad's senior commands include Inspector of the Navy, commanding officer of the Naval Tactical Command/Maritime Component Command, head of the Swedish delegation to the NNSC, Deputy Chief of Joint Operations and as head of the Swedish Veterans' Unit.

Career Grenstad was born on 2 July 1958 in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of captain Lennart Grenstad and his wife Barbro (née Nilsson). Before that, he had completed a circumnavigation trip with during 1977/1978. During his career as a naval officer he has held positions as corvette commander and commanding officer of the 3rd Surface Warfare Flotilla in Karlskrona. Grenstad did his staff course at the Military Academy Karlberg between 1994 and 1996.

On 1 July 2005, Grenstad was appointed Inspector of the Navy He left the post in 2013

On 25 November 2013, Grenstad was assigned to the Chief of Policy and Plans Department at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters. On 1 March 2014, Grenstad assumed the position of Deputy Chief of Joint Operations. During this time, in October 2014, the Swedish Navy carried out an in response to a foreign submarine incursion into Swedish territorial waters. On 1 February 2016, became Acting Chief of Joint Operations and he served in this position until 1 June 2016 when he assumed the position of director of the Swedish Armed Forces Veterans' Unit. He there in this position until he again was appointed Commanding Officer of the Swedish delegation to the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission (NNSC) on 1 March 2017.

Personal life On 21 July 1981, Grenstad got engaged to Anja van den Berg, a flight attendant from the Netherlands, and daughter of Frans van den Berg and his wife Annie (née Kitzen). They were married on 17 December 1982 in Zevenbergen, Netherlands. The civil wedding took place in Zevenbergen and then the church wedding with bridal mass took place in the Catholic monastery chapel Het Begijnhof in Breda.

Dates of rank 1980 – Sub-lieutenant 1983 – Lieutenant 1988 – Lieutenant commander 1998 – Commander 2002 – Captain 2005 – Rear admiral (lower half) 2005 – Rear admiral

Awards and decorations

Swedish

Foreign

50x50px Medal for Operations Abroad, Korea. Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission (NNSC)

Honours Inspector of naval academic association Sjöholm Member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences (2000) Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (9 April 2007) Chairman of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (26 September 2018)