Bengt Lehander

Lieutenant General Bengt Anders Lehander (25 June 1925 – 9 May 1994) was a Swedish Air Force officer. His senior commands include wing commander of the Skaraborg Wing, Vice Chief of the Defence Staff, military commander of the Eastern Military District and Commandant General in Stockholm.

Early life Lehander was born on 25 June 1925 in Skagersvik, Sweden, the son of Anders Lehander and his wife Gerda (née Gustafsson). He passed studentexamen in Linköping in 1944.

Lehander served as deputy head and head of the Air Staff's Organization Department from 1962 to 1965, and as staff officer at the Ministry of Defence from 1965 to 1968. He was promoted to colonel and appointed wing commander of the Skaraborg Wing (F 7) in 1968, and then served as head of division at the Defence Materiel Administration from 1972 to 1974. Lehander was promoted to major general in the Swedish Air Force 1974 and served as head of the Central Planning at the Defence Materiel Administration from 1974 to 1978. He was appointed Vice Chief of the Defence Staff in 1978 On 1 October 1982 he was promoted to lieutenant general and appointed military commander of the Eastern Military District, serving until 1988.

Dates of rank 1947 – Second lieutenant 1949 – Lieutenant 1956 – Captain 1960 – Major 1963 – Lieutenant colonel 1968 – Colonel 1972 – Senior colonel 1974 – Major general 1982 – Lieutenant general

Awards and decorations

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau with Swords (11 May 1987)