Years of service 1987–present Allegiance Sweden Commands held 1st Submarine Flotilla | Rank Rear admiral Service/branch Swedish Navy | |
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Birth name Jens Gunnar Peter Nykvist Born 23 August 1968 (age 48) ( 1968-08-23 ) | ||
Jens Gunnar Peter Nykvist (born 23 August 1968) is a Swedish Navy rear admiral. He is currently the Chief of Navy.
Career
Nykvist enlisted at Berga Naval Base south of Stockholm in 1987 and began his career on the submarine HSwMS Sjöhästen in 1988. He has served aboard three different submarine classes: Sjöormen, Västergötland and Gotland. Nykvist was stationed at the Naval Base Point Loma from 2005 to 2007 when the submarine HSwMS Gotland was leased by the United States Navy. In 2013 he graduated from the Naval Command College at the Naval War College in the United States.
Nykvist has been commanding officer of the submarines HSwMS Halland and HSwMS Gotland. He was EU Naval Force Chief of Staff until 2015 and was commander of the 1st Submarine Flotilla from 2013 to 2016. On 4 May 2016, Nykvist was appointed Chief of Navy.
Nykvist became a member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences in 2014.