Swedish Army rank insignia

Officer Insignia

NATO Code²	OF-10	OF-9	OF-8	OF-7	OF-6		OF-5	OF-4	OF-3 OF-2	OF-1	OR-7 OR-6		Student Officer
Troop Formation	General Persons Generalpersoner					Regiment Commanders Regementsbefäl				Platoon Leaders Kompanibefäl			-
	Fältmarskalk1
		General	Lieutenant General Generallöjtnant	Major General Generalmajor	Brigadier General Brigadgeneral	Colonel First Class Överste av första graden³	Colonel Överste	Lieutenant Colonel Överstelöjtnant	Major 6	Captain Kapten7	1st Lieutenant Löjtnant 8	2nd Lieutenant Fänrik 8	Cadet 2nd Year Kadett 2 året4	Cadet 1st Year Kadett 1 året4
Abbreviation		Gen					Öv	ÖvLt	Mj	Kn	Lt	Fk
1 Honorary/War time rank. Last appointment in 19th centurary. ² Sweden is not a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. Thus this comparison is not official and may not be accurate. ³ As of June 1 2000, No one can longer be appointed Colonel First Class, or Överste av första graden. The rank Brigadier General, or Brigadgeneral, is used instead. However, already appointed Colonel First Class was not automatically promoted, thus Colonel First Class will continue to exist until those persons are either retired or promoted. 4 Cadets has the same formal rank as a Sergant. Because of this they're not uncommonly called Angle Sergants (or Vinkelserganter), because of the angled lines. 5 Conscripts doing their conscription as Company Commander students (Kompanibefälselever, or Värnpliktiga Chefer) is appointed Staff Sergeant (Värnpliktig Fänrik) after his/hers completed service period (usually 15 months). Comment: Company Comander School KBS will change name to Platoon Commander School PBS and students will be appointed Sergeants. Despite the name, most students will be trained as squad leaders and a smaller portion as deputy platoon commanders. 6responsibility and seniority as a captain 7responsibility and seniority as a 1st or 2nd Lieutenant 8the comunity is debating whether to translate the rank to Lieutenant or Sergeant grade.

Officer and Enlisted Insignia

NATO Code²	OR-9	OR-8	OR-7	OR-6	OR-5			OR-4	OR-3		OR-2	OR-1
Troop Formation	Platoon Leaders				Squad Leaders			Team Leaders Gruppbefäl	-
										No insigna		No insignia
		Master Sergeant3 Kapten	Sergeant First Class3 Löjtnant	Staff Sergeant3 Fänrik		Sergeant Sergeant		Corporal/Specialist Furir	Private First Class Korpral2	Private Menig		Private Menig
Abbreviation		Kn	Lt	Fk		Sgt		Fu	Krp			Vpl
2 rank after 6 or 8 months of basic training 3 according to seniority and level of responsibility ² Sweden is not a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. Thus this comparison is not official and may not be accurate.