Jan-Olof Borgén
Major General Jan-Olof Borgén (born 6 December 1937) is a retired Swedish Army officer. Borgén graduated from the Military Academy Karlberg in Stockholm in 1962. He served in various positions, including platoon leader and company commander, before being promoted to captain in 1970. Over the years, he undertook training courses and held roles in the Swedish Armed Forces Staff College and the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration. He achieved the rank of major general and served as the Chief of Home Guard from 1994 to 1997, and also held leadership roles in organizations like the National Association of Volunteer Motor Transport Corps. Early life Borgén was born on 12 July 1947 in in Åsele, Västerbotten County, Sweden, the son of Runo Borgén and his wife Ingrid (née Olovsson). Borgén passed studentexamen in 1961. Career Borgén graduated from the Military Academy Karlberg in Stockholm in 1962 and was commissioned as an officer and assigned as a second lieutenant to the Västerbotten Regiment in Umeå in the same year. He served as a platoon leader and company commander from 1962 to 1968 and was promoted to captain in 1970. He attended the Weapon Technology Course at the Swedish Armed Forces Staff College from