Jonas Haggren

Jonas Björnson Haggren (born 8 April 1964) is a Swedish Navy vice admiral. He is currently serving as the Director Joint Staff and head of the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters in Stockholm.

Career
Haggren attended the Swedish Navy Officers’ College (Marinens officershögskola, MOHS) from 1985 to 1987 when he received his commission as a naval officer and was promoted to acting sub-lieutenant (fänrik). Haggren graduated from the Swedish Navy Staff College (Marinens krigshögskola, MKHS) in 1991. He then served in a variety of assignments on and  submarines from 1987 to 1995. In 1996, Haggren the Staff Officer Program at the Swedish National Defence College. Between 1996 and 1999 Haggren served as Executive Officer of HSWMS Uppland (Upd) until he in 2000 was appointed commanding officer of HSwMS Uppland and HSWMS Gotland (Gtd) in which duty he stayed until 2001. Haggren passed the Management Program at the Swedish National Defence College from 2001 to 2002 and was promoted to commander.

In 2003, Haggren graduated from the Naval War College in the United States and from 2004 to 2005 he attended the International Course Security Policy at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy in Switzerland. Between 2002-2007 he was stationed at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters where he initially was responsible for military strategic planning regarding Swedish military deployment in Liberia (part of UNMIL) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (part of MONUC). This period also included a 4 month tour at the Ministry of Defence as an advisor. On completion of the former task, Haggren worked with the European Capabilities Action Plan as part of the working group developing SOP's for the European Union Operational Headquarters (EU OHQ) and Force Headquarters (FHQ).

In 2006 he assumed the position of chief of staff of the 1st Submarine Flotilla in Karlskrona and in 2007 he was promoted to captain (kommendör) and assumed the position of commanding officer. In 2010 he was appointed head of the Naval Department Training and Procurement Staff (Produktionsledningens marinavdelning) and was at the same time promoted to rear admiral (lower half). After completion of his studies at the Royal College of Defence Studies in late summer 2014 Haggren was appointed to Force Commander 19th rotation between February and May 2015 in EU Naval Force (Operation Atalanta) in Somalia. On 13 February 2015, Haggren assumed command of Operation Atalanta's Force Headquarters (FHQ) during a ceremony held in Djibouti.

On the 28 November 2014 he was promoted to rear admiral and assumed duty as head of the Plans and Policy Department in the Joint Staff (Chef för Ledningsstabens inriktningsavdelning) in the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters in Stockholm. On 20 September 2018, Haggren was promoted to vice admiral and appointed Director Joint Staff and head of the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters, as well as commanding officer of the Swedish Armed Forces Special Forces.

Personal life
Haggren is married to Linda and they have three children.

Dates of rank

 * 1987 - Acting Sub-Lieutenant (Fänrik)
 * 1991 - Sub-Lieutenant (Löjtnant)
 * 1994 - Lieutenant (Kapten)
 * 1997 - Lieutenant Commander (Örlogskapten)
 * 2005 - Commander (Kommendörkapten)
 * 2007 - Captain (Kommendör)
 * 2010 - Rear Admiral (lower half) (Flottiljamiral)
 * 2014 - Rear Admiral (Konteramiral)
 * 2018 - Vice Admiral (Viceamiral)

Honours

 * Member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences (2008)
 * Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (2011)