Jan Andersson

Major General Jan Robert Andreas Andersson (born 22 July 1955) is a retired Swedish Air Force officer. He served as Inspector of the Air Force from 2003 to 2008.

Early life Andersson was born in Västervik, Sweden. He served in the Army Ranger School in Kiruna, Lapland and 19-years-old, on his way home from Kiruna, Andersson flew for the first time. He studied to become an engineer but dropped out and enrolled at the Swedish Air Force Flying School in Ljungbyhed. In the mid-1980s he was recruited to Linjeflyg as a commercial pilot but decided to stay in the air force.

Andersson took office as Inspector of the Air Force in the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters on 1 January 2003. He was at the same time promoted to major general. He retired from the Swedish Armed Forces in 2011 and then hold a position as Senior Military Advisor at the Swedish Defence and Security Export Agency (Försvarsexportmyndigheten).

Honours Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1999) Chairman of Section III, Air Warfare Studies, of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (2014)

Personal life Andersson is married to Gunilla, a teacher, and they have two children.

Dates of rank 1998 – Colonel 1 April 2001 – Brigadier general 1 January 2003 – Major general