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.

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. After being promoted to major general, he was Operation Commander for Nordic Battlegroup 08. In the years 2015–2017, he planned the Aurora 17 military exercise, Andersson was then exercise director in Stockholm for the Swedish Armed Forces exercise which was conducted between May and June 2020. He retired in January 2020 more than 41 years of service. He started serving as a reserve officer from the same month. (vice president 2001–2006) Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (2002)