Military Education:

- Karlberg Army Academy, 1981-82
- Artillery and Engineering College, 1984-85
- Defence College, Tactical Course, 1988-89
- Defence College, Staff Course, 1992-94
- U.S. Army Command and General Staff Officer Course, Command and General Staff College, (USA) 1997-98
- Integrated PfP-OSCE Course, NATO Defense College (Italy), May 2001

Academic Merits:

- Master of Military Arts and Sciences, Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas (USA)
- Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences

Published Works:

- “Sir Basil Liddell-Hart Strategiska teorier och deras tillämplighet på modern krigföring”, Stockholm, National Defence College, 1996
- "Operativa Institutionen informations-och utbildningsmaterial 1:1 Svensk Luftkrigsdoktrin,” Anders Nystrom, Bengt Svensson, Berndt Englund, Ove Tirud, Hakan Larsson, Stockholm, National Defence College, 1996
- "Future Options for Swedish Security Policy,” Master’s Thesis, Leavenworth, Kansas, Command and General Staff College, 1998

Career:

- Commissioned, 1982
- Captain, 1983
- Platoon Leader, UNFICYP, 1986
- Platoon Leader, Skanska Air Defense Regiment, 1986-88
- Major, 1989
- 2IC and CO Company, Skanska Air Defense Regiment, 1990-92
- Staff Officer, HQ Swedish Armed Forces, 1994-95
- Senior Liaison Officer, Head of Section 5, Swedish Battalion UNPROFOR, 1995
- Staff Officer, HQ Swedish Armed Forces, Army Staff, 1995-96 Staff Officer, HQ Swedish Armed Forces, Plans and Policy, 1996-97
- Lieutenant Colonel, 1998
- Battalion Commander, Gota Air Defense Regiment 1998-00
- Colonel, 2000
- Chief of Combined Arms Section, Development Department, Army Tactical Command, 2000-02
- Head of Development Department, Army Tactical Command, 2002-03
- Military Counselor, Ministry of Defense, Department for International and Security Affairs, 2003-06
- Military Attaché and Assistant Defense Attaché, USA, 2006-09
- Brigadier General, 2009
- Head of Army Department, Headquarters, 2009-12
- Assistant Director of Armed Forces Training & Procurement, 2012-14