Överste

Colonel (Col) ( , öv) is the most senior field grade military officer rank in the Swedish Army and the Swedish Air Force, immediately above the rank of lieutenant colonel and just below the rank of brigadier general. It is equivalent to the naval rank of captain in the Swedish Navy.

Colonel (Col) ( , öv) is the most senior field grade military officer rank in the Swedish Army and the Swedish Air Force, immediately above the rank of lieutenant colonel and just below the rank of brigadier general. It is equivalent to the naval rank of captain in the Swedish Navy. ==History== Överste ("Colonel") is the name for the highest regimental officer rank. The name, sometimes in the connection with häröverste ("army colonel") and also generalöverste ("colonel general"), is as old as a standing army, that is, from the end of the Middle Ages. During the 16th and 17th centuries, a famous soldier was commissioned to recruit a regiment and was then appointed colonel at the head of it. The regiment was thus the colonel's belonging; he appointed, among other things, its officers. To the extent that the recruitment was immediately taken over by the state, the colonels began to be appointed by the king as well as the other officers. Even today, the colonel is usually the regimental commander. The rank of colonel was between the rank of lieutenant colonel and major general until 1972 when senior colonel rank was introduced. Thereafter, colonel was between lieutenant colonel and senior colonel from 1972 to 2000 when the brigadier general rank was introduced. Since 2000, the rank of colonel is between the lieutenant colonel and the brigadier general and the senior colonel (for those who still hold the rank, no new appointments are made) is between colonel and the brigadier general. ==Rank insignia== ===Collar patches=== File:OF-5 Överste.jpg|Collar patch m/58 for colonel File:1 Överste 1939.jpg|Collar patch File:12 Överste krage 1923.jpg|Collar patch ===Shoulder marks=== ====Air Force==== File:OF-5_Överste_FV_hylsa.jpg| (2000–present) File:OF-5 Överste 1987-2000 FV hylsa.jpg| (1987–2000) ====Army==== File:12 Överste axelklaff m1923.jpg|Shoulder mark m/1923 (13 = Dalarna Regiment) File:12 Överste axelträns m1910.jpg|Shoulder mark m/1910 (13 = Dalarna Regiment) File:Axelklaff m1895 överste trängen.jpg|Shoulder mark m/1895 (Service Troops) ====Navy (Amphibious Corps)==== File:OF-5 Överste AMF hylsa.jpg|Embroidered shoulder mark (Navy) (2000–present) File:OF-5 Överste 1987-2000 AMF hylsa.jpg|Embroidered shoulder mark (Navy) (1987–2000) File:OF-5 Överste AMF hylsa02.jpg|Wowen shoulder mark (2003–present) ===Sleeve insignias=== ====Air Force==== File:OF-5 Överste FV mäss.jpg|Mess jacket sleeve insignia for a colonel File:OF-5 Överste FV ärm pre-2003.jpg|Mess jacket sleeve insignia for a colonel (–2003) File:OF-5 Överste FV ärmmatta.jpg|Flight suit sleeve insignia for a colonel (2000–present) File:OF-5 Överste 1987-2000 FV ärmmatta.jpg|Flight suit sleeve insignia for a colonel (1987–2000) ====Army==== File:4 Överste armén ärm 1906.jpg|Sleeve insignia on uniform m/1906 for a colonel. ====Navy (Amphibious Corps)==== File:OF-5 Överste AMF arm.jpg|Sleeve insignia on innerkavaj m/48 ("inner jacket m/48") for a colonel. (2000–present) File:OF-5 Överste 1987-2000 AMF arm.jpg| (1987–2000) ===Hats=== File:12 Överste mössa m1923.jpg|Hat (Mössa m/1923) for a colonel. File:OF-5 Överste lägermössa m1865-99.png|Camp hat (Lägermössa m/1865-99) for a colonel. File:OF-5 Överste lägermössa m1865-99 LG.png|Hat (Mössa m/1865-99) for a colonel in Life Guards infantry. File:8 Överste armén hatt m1910-14.jpg|Rank insignia for a colonel on hat (Hatt m/1910-14) in the army. File:Hatt m1859 för överste.jpg|Hatt m/1859 for a colonel in Värmland Ranger Corps (Värmlands fältjägarkår) File:Skärmmössa m30 för överste FVM.143659.jpg|Peaked cap (dark blue) for air force colonel ( ) (1930–) File:10 Överste armén mössmärke 1946.jpg|Hat badge (Mössmärke m/1946) for a colonel in the army. File:10 Överste armén mössmärke 1940.jpg|Hat badge (Mössmärke m/1940) for a colonel in the army. File:8 Överste armén mössmärke 1914.jpg|Hat badge (Mössmärke m/1914) for a colonel in the army on fur hat (pälsmössa m/1909-14). ==References== ===Notes=== ===Print=== sv:Överste

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