Fredrik Ståhlberg

Major General Nils Fredrik Adam Ståhlberg (born 24 August 1966) is a Swedish Army officer. Since April 2025, Ståhlberg serves as head of the Swedish delegation to the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission (NNSC) in Korea. Prior to that, Ståhlberg served as commanding officer of the Western Military Region (2013–2017), as Chief of the Land Component Command (2017–2018), as Deputy Chief of Army (2017–2020), as Deputy Vice Chancellor of the Swedish Defence University (2020–2022), as Deputy Director of Human Resources, and as Deputy Chief of Joint Operations (2023–2025).

Early life Ståhlberg was born on 24 August 1966 in Skövde, Sweden. He grew up in Karlsborg and moved to Skövde in 1986 to do his military service as company commander in Skaraborg Regiment (P 4). Then he had no intention of becoming an officer but the plan was to study economics at the University of Gothenburg, but his platoon leader saw the potential and encouraged him to apply for officer training.

Career Ståhlberg graduated from the Military Academy Karlberg in 1989 and was commissioned as an officer and appointed second lieutenant the same year. In 1990–1991 he attended the General Course at the Royal Swedish Army Staff College and in 1991 was promoted to lieutenant. After taking the Higher Course at the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 1992 to 1993 He was head of education from 2005 to 2007 at Skaraborg Regiment, and served in 2008 as chief of staff in Afghanistan and was from 2009 to 2012 the chief of staff at the Land Component Command in the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters.

After being promoted to colonel, Ståhlberg served as commander of the Skaraborg Regiment from 2012 to 2017 and also commander of the Western Military Region from 2013 to 2017. He was then project manager in the Training & Procurement Staff at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters from 1 April to 30 September 2017. From 1 October 2017, Ståhlberg was brigadier general and Chief of the Land Component Command in the Joint Support Staff (Insatsstaben, INSS STAB) at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters. Between September 2017 and February 2020, Ståhlberg also served as Deputy Chief of Army. Ståhlberg took over as head of education and Deputy Vice Chancellor of the Swedish Defence University on 1 February 2020. On 1 August 2022, Ståhlberg assumed the post of Deputy Director of Human Resources of the Swedish Armed Forces with an appointment until 31 December 2022. Ståhlberg was promoted to major general on 1 January 2023 and assumed the position of Deputy Chief of Joint Operations.

On 28 April 2025, he succeeded Major General Lena Persson Herlitz as head of the Swedish delegation to the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission (NNSC) in Korea.

Personal life He is married to Jeanette Ståhlberg with whom he has two children, Beatrice and Alexander.

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Honours and memberships Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (2018) Chairman of the Swedish Federation for Voluntary Defence Education and Training – Skaraborg