On 1 July 1937, the position of Chief of the Army (Chefen för armén) was established.

The Chief of the Army would under the King in Council exercise the highest military leadership of the country defence.

Section I handled the activities related to the army's peace and war organization, equipment and studies.

[6] On 20 December, the Government decided to set up the Army Staff as a separate organizational unit and place it to Enköping Garrison.

[7] On 16 January 2019, the Army Staff were inaugurated with a traditional ceremony in Enköping Garrison.

In addition to the personnel from the Army Staff, the municipal council chairman of Enköping, Ingvar Smedlund, Chief of Army, major general Karl Engelbrektsson, Deputy Chief of Army, brigadier general Fredrik Ståhlberg and the commander of the Command and Control Regiment, colonel Mattias Hanson, attended.

[8] The main part of the Army Staff was located in the building Generalitetshuset at Östermalmsgatan 87 and at seven other places in the Stockholm area.

[2][9] Some parts of the Army Staff was from 1943 to 1981 located in the building Tre Vapen at Banérgatan 62-64 in Stockholm.

[10] The location of the new Army Staff was proposed by the Swedish Armed Forces to be established in Enköping garrison next to the Command and Control Regiment.

[11] Initially, the Army Staff will temporarily be located together with the Ledningsstridsskolan (LedSS) in the School House in Enköping Garrison.

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