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

A flag captain was a naval officer in the Swedish Navy holding the rank of captain or commander, appointed as the chief of staff to the 'highest commanding officer.'[1] If he was a flag officer, the flag captain would carry the flag, designated as the command sign, with the standard prescribed for the 'squadron commander'; otherwise, they would carry the broad pennant (galjadett) designated for the 'department commander'.[2] According to regulations in force before 1875, a flag captain was an officer of the rank of flag officer or regimental officer, assigned to assist the commander of a fleet consisting of at least six ships of the line, frigates, or battalion 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. "Flaggen". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 February 2022.
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