Jan-Olof Borgén

Major General Jan-Olof Borgén (born 6 December 1937) is a retired Swedish Army officer. Borgén graduated from the Military Academy Karlberg in Stockholm in 1962. He served in various positions, including platoon leader and company commander, before being promoted to captain in 1970. Over the years, he undertook training courses and held roles in the Swedish Armed Forces Staff College and the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration. He achieved the rank of major general and served as the Chief of Home Guard from 1994 to 1997, and also held leadership roles in organizations like the National Association of Volunteer Motor Transport Corps.

Early life Borgén was born on 12 July 1947 in in Åsele, Västerbotten County, Sweden, the son of Runo Borgén and his wife Ingrid (née Olovsson). Borgén passed studentexamen in 1961.

Career Borgén graduated from the Military Academy Karlberg in Stockholm in 1962 and was commissioned as an officer and assigned as a second lieutenant to the Västerbotten Regiment in Umeå in the same year. He served as a platoon leader and company commander from 1962 to 1968 He also served as a battalion commander at the Västerbotten Regiment from 1981 to 1982. He attended the Swedish National Defence College in 1983 He served as the commander of the Bohuslän Regiment from 1985 to 1987.

In 1987, he was promoted to senior colonel and subsequently served as the commander of the Svea Life Guards and the Defence District Commander for the Stockholm Defence District from 1987 to 1992. Borgén also held the position of national corps commander in the National Association of Volunteer Motor Transport Corps from 1999 to 2001.

Personal life In 1960, Borgén married Torborg Holmstedt (born 1938), the daughter of Helge Holmstedt and Margareta (née Lundström).

Honours Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1987)