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Generallöjtnant

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Holders of the rank in Sweden

  • Head of deployments
  • Head of productions -- responsible for the training of all troops
  • Head of special forces
  • Head of the military headquarters

Origin and the Middle ages

A king/Queen were also a kapten and when he sent his löjtnant (löjtnant basically means on behalf of a person) to represent him in other provinces, the löjtnant was named general löjtnant to separate him from löjtnants of ordinary kaptens.

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