Flag captain (Sweden)

Flag captain (Swedish: Flaggkapten) was in the Swedish Navy a captain or commander who served as deputy to a fleet commander. During the 1900s, the flag captain served as chief of staff of Flaggen, the staff of the Chief of the Coastal Fleet.

History

The flag captain was in the Swedish Navy a naval officer, of the rank of captain or commander, who was posted as chief of staff to a fleet commander.[1] If he was a flag officer, the flag captain carried, as command flag, the standard prescribed for "squadron commander", otherwise he carried the broad pennant (galjadett) intended for "department commander".[2] According to the regulations in force before 1875, the flag captain was an officer of the rank of flag officer or regimental officer, commanded to assist the commander of a fleet of at least six ships of the line, frigates or battalions of archipelago ships.[1]

Between 1904 and 2000, the flag captain served as chief of staff of Flaggen, the staff of the Chief of the Coastal Fleet.[3]

Flag captains (1902–2000)

References
  1. Westrin, Theodor, ed. (1908). Nordisk familjebok: konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi (in Swedish). Vol. 8 (Ny, rev. och rikt ill. uppl. ed.). Stockholm: Nordisk familjeboks förl. p. 529. SELIBR 8072220.
  2. Linder, N.; Olsson, B. F.; Rosén, John; Westrin, Theodor, eds. (1881). Nordisk familjebok: konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi innehållande upplysningar och förklaringar om märkvärdiga namn, föremål och begrepp (in Swedish). Vol. 4. Stockholm. p. 1417. SELIBR 78095.
  3. "Flaggen". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 February 2022.
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