Carl Nils ''Stefan'' Sandborg né Johansson (born 25 March 1970) is a senior

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officer. He currently serves as the

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since 2018.

Early life

Sandborg was born on 25 March 1970 in

Linköping Linköping () is a city in southern Sweden, with around 105,000 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality and the capital of Östergötland County. Linköping is also the episcopal see of the Diocese of Linköping (Chu ...

Saint Lawrence Parish (''Linköpings S:t Lars församling''),

Östergötland County Östergötland County ( sv, Östergötlands län) is a county or '' län'' in southeastern Sweden. It has land borders with the counties of Kalmar to the southeast, Jönköping to the southwest, Örebro to the northwest, and Södermanland to the ...

, Sweden.

Career

Sandborg graduated from the

Military Academy Karlberg Military Academy Karlberg ( sv, Militärhögskolan Karlberg, MHS K) is a Swedish military academy, since its inauguration in 1792 in operation in the Karlberg Palace in Solna, just north of central Stockholm. It is thus the oldest military academ ...

in 1993 and was commissioned as an officer and appointed second lieutenant and was assigned to the Life Grenadier Brigade (''Livgrenadjärbrigaden'') in

. He served there until the brigade was disbanded on 31 December 1997. From 1998 he served in the Life Guards Brigade (''Livgardesbrigaden''), where he was promoted to captain the same year. In the mid-2000s, he served as a major and commander of the

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in the Life Guards in

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. In 2009, Sandborg graduated with a Master degree from ''Forsvarets stabsskole'' in

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, Norway where he enrolled as a foreign exchange student two years prior. Later in his career, he was deputy commander of the Life Guards and has also held various positions at the

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in Stockholm. On 16 November 2015, Sandborg took over as commander of the 2nd Brigade (''Andra brigaden'') and also as deputy commander of the Skaraborg Regiment in

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(with appointment no later than 30 September 2019). From 1 January 2018, Sandborg was head of the Home Guard Department (''Rikshemvärnsavdelningen'') at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters (with appointment no later than 31 July 2018). In the summer of 2018, Sandborg was promoted to major general and appointed

and on 1 September 2018, he succeeded Major General Roland Ekenberg to the post. He in turn was succeeded by Major General

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on 1 October 2022. Sandborg was made available to the Chief of Armed Forces Training & Procurement, Lieutenant General Johan Svensson from 1 October until 31 December 2022. Sandborg has been a member of the Swedish Armed Forces Board of Tradition (''Försvarets traditionsnämnd''), a unit within the National Swedish Museums of Military History (''Statens försvarshistoriska museer''), which handles issues of tradition within the

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Personal life

Sandborg is married to Caroline Sandborg. Together they have two children.

Dates of rank

*1993 –

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*1998 –

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*???? – Major *???? – Lieutenant colonel *???? –

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*1 September 2018 –

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Awards and decorations

Swedish

FMGUSM - Försvarsmaktens grundutbildningsmedalj (Sverige)

Swedish Armed Forces Conscript Medal * FMintBM_bar_-_no_2

Swedish Armed Forces International Service Medal The Swedish Armed Forces International Service Medal ( sv, Försvarsmaktens medalj för internationella insatser, FMintBM) is a Swedish reward medal instituted by the Swedish Armed Forces in 1991. The medal regulations has been revised twice, in 1 ...

Home Guard Home guard is a title given to various military organizations at various times, with the implication of an emergency or military reserve force, reserve force raised for local defense. The term "home guard" was first officially used in the America ...

Petri Medal in silver (HvPetriSM) with laurel wreath (2019) * National Swedish Museums of Military History Medal of Merit * Life Guards Medal of Merit * Life Grenadier Regiment (I 4) Commemorative Medal in silver (LivgregSMM)

Foreign

Cross for the Four Day Marches * DK_Hjemmevaernets_Fortjensttegn_Ribbon

Badge of Merit (''Hjemmevaernets fortjensttegn'') (6 November 2020) * NATO_Medal_ISAF_ribbon_bar_v2

NATO Non-Article 5 medal for ISAF

References

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