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Originally Posted by Jorma
Well, have you ever had a general in your army? I have  |
Back in the day my company got inspected on our ability to function in a NBC environment by the then
Chefen Armén Åke Segrén who held general rank. Never met another general.
Typically though during the Cold War and a bit after Swedish brigades and commanders of brigade size formations - like a so called
Försvarsområde ("Territorial Defence Area") were commanded by officers with an odd rank called Colonel 1 or Colonel 1st Degree that typically in foreign armies would be Brigadier-Generals.
Those colonels were sometimes nicknamed Colonel Worst Degree. The degree thing had it's origin in being on a higher pay scale than a regular colonel.