Anders Grenstad

Anders Grenstad
Grenstad in 2010.
Birth name	Anders Lennart Grenstad
Born	2 July 1958 Stockholm, Sweden
Service/branch	Swedish Navy
Years of service	1980–
Rank	Rear admiral
Commands held	Marinbasen (2005) Inspector of the Navy (2005-2011) Head of NNSC (2011–2013) Deputy Chief of Operations (2013–2016) Head of the Veterans' Unit (2016)

Anders Lennart Grenstad (born 2 July 1958) is a Swedish Navy rear admiral. He is currently the Head of the Swedish Armed Forces Veterans' Unit.

Career

Grenstad was born in Stockholm, Sweden and became a naval officer in 1980 after graduating from the Royal Swedish Naval Academy at Näsby Castle.^[1] Before that, Grenstad had completed a circumnavigation trip with HSwMS Älvsnabben during 1977/1978.^[2] During his career as a naval officer he has held positions as corvette chief and commander of the 3rd Surface Warfare Flotilla (3. Ytstridsflottiljen) in Karlskrona. Grenstad did his staff course at the Military Academy Karlberg between 1994 and 1996.^[1] From January to April 2005 he was commander of Marinbasen within the Karlskrona naval base.^[3][4]

On 1 July 2005, Grenstad became Inspector of the Navy.^[1] He left the post on 24 February 2011 and took a position on 1 April 2011 as head of the Swedish delegation to the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission (NNSC) in the Korean Demilitarized Zone between the North Korea and South Korea.^[5] He left the post in 2013^[6] and served after that as the Deputy Chief of Operations of the Swedish Armed Forces.^[7] Grenstad is the head of the Swedish Armed Forces Veterans' Unit from 1 June 2016.^[8]

Other work

Grenstad was the inspector of naval academic association Sjöholm.^[9] He became a member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences in 2000^[10] and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences in 2007.^[11]

Personal life

Grenstad is married to Anja and together they have two children.^[1]

Ranks

• 1980 - Sub-Lieutenant
• 1983 - Lieutenant
• 1988 - Lieutenant Commander
• 1998 - Commander
• 2002 - Captain
• 2005 - Rear Admiral (lower half)
• 2005 - Rear Admiral

References

1. Lidén, Erik (2006). "Marinens officersbrist löses av reservofficerare" [Lack of navy officers is solved by reserve officers] (in Swedish). Allmänna försvarsföreningen. Archived from the original on 2010-08-22. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
2. Grenstad, Anders (2008-03-26). "Besättningsmedlemmar" [Crew members] (PDF) (in Swedish). Alvsnabben.se. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
3. Melin, Olle (2005). "Den marina verksamheten i Karlskrona" [The maritime operations in Karlskrona] (PDF). Kustposten och Rörliga bladet: organ för KA 2:s kamratförening (in Swedish). Lyckeby: KA 2:s kamratförening (1): 6. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
4. "Klart med ny chef för marinbasen" [New head of the naval base]. P4 Blekinge (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 29 April 2005. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
5. "Nye marininspektören tar över" [New Navy Inspector takes over] (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 24 February 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
6. "Chefsbyte NNSC" [Change of head NNSC] (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
7. "Deputy Chief of Operations Swedish Armed Forces". Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
8. "Grenstad går vidare" [Grenstad goes on] (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
9. "ANMÄLDA" (in Swedish). Sjöholm.org. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
10. "Ordinarie ledamöter" [Ordinary members] (in Swedish). Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
11. "Akademiens ledamöter" [Members of the Academy] (in Swedish). Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences. Retrieved 15 November 2015.