Lieutenant General Leif Michael Claesson is a Swedish Army officer. He currently serves at the Chief of the Defence Staff since 1 January 2023. Prior to this, he served as Chief of Policy and Plans Department in the Defence Staff from 2018 to 2020 and as Chief of Joint Operations from 2020 to 2022.
Claesson in 2024
Claesson (right) and municipal commissioner Klas Håkansson in 2012.
Chief of the Defence Staff (Sweden)
The Chief of the Defence Staff is the second most senior uniformed member of the Swedish Armed Forces and heads the Defence Staff. The Chief of the Defence Staff is the chief of staff of the Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces.
Chief of the Defence Staff (Sweden)
Image: Olof Gerhard Thörnell AMA.0000901
Image: Chief of the Defence Staff, Major General Axel Bredberg circa 1942
Image: Carl August Ehrensvärd (1892–1974) AMA.0000803