Curt Sjöö


Curt Ove Leonard Sjöö is a retired Swedish Army officer. Sjöö's senior commands include Chief of the Army Staff and military commander of the Upper Norrland Military District and of the Northern Military District

Career

Sjöö was born on 16 March 1937 in Eksjö Parish, Jönköping County, Sweden, the son of Ernst Sjöö and his wife Ester. He passed studentexamen in Eksjö 1955 and was commissioned as an officer in Skånska trängregementet in 1958 with the rank of fänrik. He attended the Swedish Armed Forces Staff College from 1966 to 1969 and then served in the Army Staff and the Defence Staff from 1969 to 1978. Sjöö served as battalion commander in the Svea trängregemente in Linköping from 1978 to 1980 and as head of the Military Academy Karlberg from 1980 to 1983. He was promoted to colonel 1st class in 1983 and then served as Inspector of the Swedish Army Service Troops from 1983 to 1987. Sjöö was section chief in the staff of the Western Military District from 1987 to 1988 and Chief of the Army Staff |Chief of the Army Staff] from 1988 to 1990. In 1990, Sjöö was appointed military commander of the Upper Norrland Military District and in 1993 of the Northern Military District. He left the position and retired in 1996.

Personal life

In 1960, he married Birgitta Sköld, the daughter of major Nils Sköld and Karin.

Dates of rank