Curriculum Vitae Major General Karl Engelbrektson Chief of Staff Swedish Army Major General Karl L E Engelbrektson was From 2001 to 2003 he served as Battalion Commander and act- born 1962, currently he is Chief of Staff ing Brigade Commander at the armored regiment on the island Swedish Army. 2014-2016 he was Head of of Gotland. After that he was responsible for organizing the 9th Training and Education Swedish Armed Swedish Battalion in Kosovo, he was appointed as Commanding Forces and 2013/14 he was chairman of Officer of this unit during 2003/2004. He has also served as DCOM the NATO Connecting Forces Initiative, Task in the German EU FHQ in Ulm. Force; successfully negotiating new part- nerships on behalf of seven nations in view of the NATO summit Karl Engelbrektson has had and still holds several Appointments of in Wales. 2010-13 he was the SWE Military Representative to the trust. He is a memberof The Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences EU and NATO. In 2009/10 he was member of the Royal College of (2006). The President of France awarded him with The Ordre Defense Studies, in London. Prior to that he was senior mentor to National Merit in Jan 2012. Since April 2013 he is a Senior Fellow of the East African Stand By Forces. In 2005 he was assigned to set New Westminster College, Canada. Since 2015 he is a member of up the Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, Irish and Estonian EU- battle- Swedish Institute of Foreign Affairs. group and in 2006 (to sept 2008) he was appointed to be the first Force Commander of the Nordic Battlegroup (NBG). In 2004 he was He is a member of the board of NetClean and Safer Society Group: Military District Commander of the Island of Gotland. In 2003/04 a world leading technology company fighting child pornography he was Commanding Officer of the Swedish Battalion in Kosovo. on Internet. During this command he experienced the latest Crisis in Kosovo during mid-march fights in Caglavica 2004. He is recognized for his in-depth knowledge and practical skills of leadership. He is a coauthor to the book In Business and Battle; Karl L E Engelbrektson started his military career in 1981 at the Strategic Leadership in the Civilian & Military Spheres. He has more Bohuslän Regiment (17th Inf Regiment) as a conscript rifleman. He in-depth studies in areas of security policy, international relations, graduated from the Infantry Officers Course 1984. He has served as management, leadership and gender issues. In all these subjects he instructor, platoon-, company and battalion and Brigade command- is often engaged as a lecturer and has had the pleasure of speaking er at different infantry and armored regiments, as well as a teacher at several of the major security policy organizations and centers at the military academy. He graduated from the Swedish National globally. He likes physical exercise and has played poor golf on Defense College in 1996. After a short period within the Military many good courses around the world. Intelligence, he served at the Swedish MoD, with arms control issues and became the first desk officer for EU military co-operation. 1998-99 he organized a new joint training section within the SWE Armed Forces HQ. From 1999 to 2000 he studied Security Policy at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy. He was then tasked to organize and lead a new international manning section within the Swedish Armed Forces HQ..