Stefan Kristiansson

Major General Nils Stefan Kristiansson (born 25 September 1951) is a retired Swedish Army officer. He served as Director of Military Intelligence and Security from 2007 to 2012.

Early life Kristiansson was born on 25 September 1951 in Saint John Parish (Sankt Johannes församling) in Malmö, Sweden. Kristiansson passed gymnasieexamen in 1974.

In 1998 he was promoted to colonel and from 1998 to 2001 he was defence attaché at the embassy in Helsinki and in Tallinn. He was promoted to brigadier general in 2001 and was a military adviser at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs from 2001 to 2003 and head of the Coordination Department at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters from 2003 to 2004.

Kristiansson was chairman of the Swedish Pistol Shooting Association (Svenska pistolskytteförbundet) from 2012 to 2020.

Dates of rank 1976 – Lieutenant 1979 – Captain 1984 – Major 1993 – Lieutenant colonel 1995 – 1998 – Colonel 2001 – Brigadier general 2007 – Major general

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