This is a list of Swedish military commanders. Several Swedish monarchs also acted directly as military commanders. __NOTOC__

17th century

Jacob de la Gardie Field Marshal and Count Jacob Pontusson De la Gardie (20 June 1583 – 22 August 1652) was a wikt:statesman, statesman and a soldier of the Swedish Empire, and a Marshal from 1620 onward. He was Privy Council of Sweden, Privy Councilor from ...

(1583–1652), Field Marshal * Gustav Horn (1592–1657), Field Marshal *

Johan Banér Johan Banér (23 June 1596 – 10 May 1641) was a Swedish field marshal in the Thirty Years' War. Early life Johan Banér was born at Djursholm Castle in Uppland. As a four-year-old he was forced to witness the execution of his father, the ...

(1596–1641), Field Marshal * Per Brahe (1602–1680) *

Lennart Torstenson Lennart Torstensson (17 August 1603 – 7 April 1651), Swedish List of Swedish field marshals, Field Marshal and later Governor-General of Pomerania, Västergötland, Dalsland, Värmland and Halland. He adapted the use of artillery on the battlef ...

(1603–1651), Field Marshal * Nils Brahe (1604–1632) * Lorens von der Linde (1610–1670), Field Marshal * Carl Gustaf Wrangel (1613–1676), Field Marshal

18th century

* Jacob Magnus Sprengtporten (1727–1786) * Göran Magnus Sprengtporten (1740–1819) * Johan Christopher Toll (1743–1817), Field Marshal * Axel von Fersen the Younger (1755–1810) *

Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt Count Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt (; 31 March 1757 – 19 August 1814) was a Finnish-Swedish count, baron, courtier, general and diplomat who was later in Russian service. In Finland, he is considered one of the greatest Finnish statesmen. His advi ...

(1757–1814)

19th century

* Carl Johan Adlercreutz (1757–1815) * Georg Carl von Döbeln (1758–1820) * Johan August Sandels (1764–1831) * Nils Magnus Brahe (1790–1844)

20th century

* Lennart Ljung (1921-1990)

21st century

* Fredrik Ståhlberg (born 1966) * Laura Swaan Wrede (born 1964)

Monarchs as military commanders

{{main article, List of Swedish monarchs * Gustavus Adolphus the Great (1594–1632) *

Charles X Gustav Charles X Gustav, also Carl X Gustav (; 8 November 1622 – 13 February 1660), was King of Sweden from 1654 until his death. He was the son of John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg, John Casimir, Count Palatine of Palatinate-Kleeburg, Zweib ...

(1622–1660) * Charles XI (1655–1697) *

Charles XII Charles XII, sometimes Carl XII () or Carolus Rex (17 June 1682 – 30 November 1718 Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.), was King of Sweden from 1697 to 1718. He belonged to the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, a branch line of the House of ...

(1682–1718) *

Gustav III Gustav III (29 March 1792), also called ''Gustavus III'', was King of Sweden from 1771 until his assassination in 1792. He was the eldest son of King Adolf Frederick and Queen Louisa Ulrika of Sweden. Gustav was a vocal opponent of what he saw ...