Gösta Hökmark

Major General Anders Gösta Hökmark (14 June 1920 – 15 April 1993) was a Swedish Army officer. His senior commands include postings as Chief of the Army Staff and the General Staff Corps (1976–1979) and military commander of Bergslagen Military District (1979–1983).

Early life Hökmark was born on 14 June 1920 in Malmö Karoli Parish, Malmöhus County, the son of Anders Persson, a merchant, and his wife Clara (née Ahlgren).

Career Hökmark enrolled at the Military Academy Karlberg in Stockholm in 1940. He attended the same class as the future Major General Carl-Gustaf Ståhl. He graduated in 1942 and was commissioned as an officer the same year and was assigned as a second lieutenant to the South Scanian Infantry Regiment (I 7) in Ystad. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1942 and attended the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 1949 to 1951. Hökmark was promoted to captain in 1952 and was an Aspirant in the General Staff Corps from 1953 to 1956 when he became a General Staff Corps officer. Hökmark's last post was as military commander of the Bergslagen Military District from 1979 to 1983.

Dates of rank 1942 – Second lieutenant 1944 – Lieutenant 1952 – Captain 1961 – Major 1966 – Lieutenant colonel 1968 – Colonel 1972 – Major general

Awards and decorations

Honours Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1974)