Jansson was commissioned as an officer in 1961 after graduating from the Swedish Armed Forces School for Secondary Education in Uppsala.[1] He was then assigned to the North Scanian Infantry Regiment (I 6) in Kristianstad.[2] As a second lieutenant, Jansson was ordered in June 1962 to Scanian Armoured Regiment (P 2) to serve in its 1st Company. By company commander Captain Folke Sonesson, Jansson received a thorough education on the Centurion tank. Jansson was then entrusted to command the company during the spring exercises in 1963. Just over a year later, Jansson was commander of the 15th Tank Company in Kristianstad Brigade (Kristianstadsbrigaden, PB 26). As a young lieutenant, he made one of the many exciting efforts that contributed to the North Scanian Regiment (P 6) being able to raise a functioning armored brigade in the surprisingly short time of two years.[3] After graduating from the Swedish Armed Forces Staff College in Stockholm, he became a General Staff Corps officer and served, among other things, in the Defence Staff in Stockholm.[2] He was promoted to captain in 1969,[4] to major in 1972[5] and to lieutenant colonel in 1977.[6] During this time, Jansson also served as Swedish battalion commander in Cyprus, part of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP).[2]
In 1980, Jansson was appointed commander of Norrbotten Armoured Battalion in Boden.[7] He then served as head of Section 2 in the Upper Norrland Military District (Milo ÖN) in Boden from 1981 to 1983.[8] Jansson was promoted to colonel in 1983 and served as section chief in the Operations Command of the Upper Norrland Military District (Milo ÖN) from 1983 to 1984.[9] Jansson was then commander of Norrbotten Regiment with Norrbotten Armoured Battalion (I 19/P 5) from 1984 to 1986.[10] Jansson was promoted to senior colonel in 1986 and moved from Boden to Ystad after being appointed commander of the South Scanian Regiment and Malmö Defence District (P 7/Fo 11), serving until 1988.[11] He was promoted to major general in 1988 and was Commanding General of the Gotland Military Command in Visby from 1 April 1988 to 30 June 1994.[12] Jansson was promoted to lieutenant general and appointed Commanding General of the Southern Military District (Milo S) in Kristianstad on 1 July 1994,[13] serving until 1 July 1998 when he was succeeded by lieutenant general Kent Harrskog.[14] During his tenure as commander of Milo S, Scanian Anti-Aircraft Corps in Ystad was disbanded and the South Scanian Regiment moved from Ystad to Revingehed outside Lund.[15]
As a newly retired, he worked as a consultant and also as an adviser to the newly formed Lithuanian Armed Forces.[2]
Personal life
On 3 July 1965, Jansson married Anges Anita (born 1942). They had three children: Hans Kristian (born 1966), Agnes Helena (born 1970) and Anna Kristina (born 1971).[16]
^Hagström, Svante (2014). "In memoriam". P 18-A 7-Lv 2-KA 3 kamratföreningars tidskrift (in Swedish). Visby: P18-A7-Lv2-KA3 kamratföreningar: 2. SELIBR14706548.
^Hammarhjelm, Bengt (1999). Beredskap på Gotland 175 år: 1811-1986 (in Swedish) (2nd, ext., plus complementary to 2000 ed.). Visby: Ödin. pp. 251–252. ISBN91-85716-84-7. SELIBR7751982.
^Lantz, Thomas (March 2018). "20 år sedan portarna låstes i Ystad"(PDF). Lv-fyringen: medlemsblad för Kungl. Skånska luftvärnskårens kamratförening (in Swedish) (1). Malmö: Kungl. Skånska luftvärnskårens kamratförening: 3. SELIBR2751160.
^"Sven-Åke Jansson". www.gotlandsforsvarshistoria.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 November 2021.
^"Sven Åke Jansson". wwww.gravar.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 November 2021.
