Lars G. Persson

Lieutenant General Lars Göran Persson (born 13 May 1937) was a Swedish Coastal Artillery officer. Persson was Chief of the Naval Staff from 1987 to 1994 and Chief of Staff and Military Commander of the Northern Military District from 1996 to 1998.

Early life Persson was born on 13 May 1937 in Göteborgs Carl Johans Parish, Gothenburg, Sweden the son of Samuel Persson, a traffic inspector, and his wife Hanna (née Samuelson). Persson passed studentexamen in 1957.

Career He graduated from the Royal Swedish Naval Academy and was commissioned as a naval officer in 1960 with the rank of second lieutenant the same year and assigned to Gotland Coastal Artillery Corps, where he served as a platoon leader from 1960 to 1964.

In May 1980, Persson was appointed commandant of in the Blekinge archipelago, where in the autumn he would succeed Lieutenant Colonel . After commanding the barrier battalion in Vaxholm Coastal Artillery Regiment from 1980 to 1981, Persson was promoted to colonel in 1981 and then served as commander of the regiment from 1981 to 1983. He was promoted to senior colonel on 1 April 1983 and assumed the position as commanding officer of Norrland Coastal Artillery Defence (Norrlands kustartilleriförsvar) and the Härnösand Coastal Artillery Regiment (KA 5) in Härnösand. On 1 April 1987, he was promoted to major general and was appointed Chief of the Naval Staff. From 1994 to 1996, he was operations manager for international affairs at the Operations Command in the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters and was Chief of Staff of the Northern Military District in 1996. Later that year (1996) he was promoted to lieutenant general,

Honours Member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences (1975) Honorary member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences (2013) Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1982)