The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (, FMV) is a
Swedish government agency
A government agency or state agency, sometimes an appointed commission, is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government (bureaucracy) that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, s ...
that reports to the
Ministry of Defence
A ministry of defence or defense (see American and British English spelling differences#-ce.2C -se, spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is the part of a government responsible for matters of defence and Mi ...
. The agency is responsible for the supply of
materiel
Materiel or matériel (; ) is supplies, equipment, and weapons in military supply-chain management, and typically supplies and equipment in a commerce, commercial supply chain management, supply chain context.
Military
In a military context, ...
to the Swedish defence organisation. It is located in
Stockholm
Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...
.
Directors General since 1968
*1968–1975:
Sten Wåhlin
Generallöjtnant, Lieutenant General Sten Wåhlin (19 February 1914 – 15 March 1981) was a Swedish Army officer. Wåhlin served as Master-General of the Ordnance (Sweden), Master-General of the Ordnance and head of the Royal Swedish Army Ordnan ...
*1974–1982:
Ove Ljung
*1982–1988: Carl-Olof Ternryd
*1988–1995: Per Borg
*1995–2005: Birgitta Böhlin
*2005–2012: Gunnar Holmgren
*2012–2015: Lena Erixon
*2015–2016: Dan Ohlsson (acting)
*2016–present:
Göran Mårtensson
See also
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Government agencies in Sweden
The government agencies in Sweden are state-controlled organizations that act independently to carry out the policies of the Government of Sweden. The ministries are relatively small and merely policy-making organizations, allowed to monitor the ...
References
External links
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1968 establishments in Sweden
Defence agencies of Sweden
Government agencies established in 1968
Government agencies of Sweden
Military logistics of Sweden
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