Quartermaster Administration of the Swedish Armed Forces
Quartermaster Administration of the Swedish Armed Forces was a Swedish government agency from 1963 to 1968, for the quartermaster administration of the Swedish Armed Forces. The agency had to meet the Swedish Armed Forces' need for commissariat and veterinary equipment, other commissariat supplies, as well as horses and dogs.
History
The agency was established on 1 July 1963 by an amalgamation of the Royal Swedish Army Supply Administration, the Royal Swedish Naval Materiel Administration's Commissariat Department and the Royal Swedish Air Force Materiel Administration's Commissariat Bureau. The Quartermaster Administration consisted of five bureaus, whose chiefs were members of the agency's board. The bureaus were; Materielbyrån, Livsmedelsbyrån, Drivmedelsbyrån, Förrådsbyrån and the Administrativa byrån. In addition, there were two independent units: the Centralplaneringen and the Normaliesektionen.The agency's activities was regulated by the following instructions:
- King in Council's instruction for the Quartermaster Administration of the Swedish Armed Forces, SFS 1963:286, with amendment 1964:374.
- King in Council's instruction for the Quartermaster Administration of the Swedish Armed Forces, SFS 1965:828, with amendment 1966:490.
Chiefs
Agency- 1963–1964: Major general Hilding Kring
- 1964–1965: Major general Sam Myhrman
- 1965–1968: Rear admiral Karl Segrell
- 1963–1968: Colonel Folke Diurlin
- 1965–1968: Colonel Birger Ahlm
- 1963–1965: Colonel Henning Björkman
- 1965–1968: Colonel Folke Herolf
- 1963–1968: Colonel Helge Blomquist
- 1963–1965: Captain Karl Segrell
- 1965–1967 or 1968: Captain Gunnar Bachér
- 1968: Lieutenant colonel Ragnar Terning
- 1963–1968: Åke Norrman
- 1963–1966: Colonel Stig Leijonhufvud
- 1966–1968: Colonel Hans Rundgren
- 1966–1968: Colonel Folke Eggert