Lieutenant General Anders Tommy Silwer (born 20 January 1959) is a retired Swedish Air Force officer.

Silwer was born in Båstad, Sweden[1] and grew up in the countryside of northwest Scania.

Silwer was a Qualified Flying Instructor for Saab 35 Draken at the Scania Wing from 1990 to 1992[1] and underwent the Royal Australian Air Force's Basic Staff Course at RAAF College in Point Cook, Australia in the spring of 1992.

[3] Back in Sweden, Silwer completed the Staff Course at the National Defence College in Stockholm from 1992 and 1993.

[1] His surname, Silwer, comes from a fältskär who lived in Silvåkra which today belongs to the training grounds of South Scanian Regiment (P 7).