Major General Bo Gerhard Otto Varenius was a senior Swedish Coastal Artillery officer. Varenius served as Chief of the Naval Staff from 1972 to 1984.
Bo Varenius
Colonel Varenius at the helm (left in the wheelhouse) on his way to Gotska Sandön in 1965.
Chief of the Naval Staff (Sweden)
The Chief of the Naval Staff is the professional head of the Swedish Naval Staff. The post was created in 1907 with rear admiral Theodor Sandström as the first incumbent. The post disappeared in 1994 and was reintroduced in 2019 when the new Naval Staff was established.
Image: Theodor Carl Adam Sandström
Image: Sten Johan Theodor Claes Ankarcrona
Image: Joseph Sidner (1851 1917) portrait
Image: Henning von Krusenstierna 001