Lieutenant General Bengt Arne (Bengt-Arne) Johansson (born 1 October 1943) is a retired Swedish Coastal Artillery/Swedish Amphibious Corps officer.
[3] Johansson graduated from Royal Swedish Naval Academy in 1969 and was commissioned as an officer the same year in Gotland Coastal Artillery Corps with the rank of second lieutenant.,[4] where he from 1969 to 1978 served as instructor, platoon leader and company commander.
In 1980, he was promoted to major in Vaxholm Coastal Artillery Regiment, whereupon he from 1980 to 1981 served in the staff of the Eastern Military District.
Back in Sweden, he served as a teacher of strategy at the Swedish Armed Forces Staff College from 1982 to 1984 and was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1983.
In addition, he acted as an advisor during the work of forming and launching the Coastal Ranger Association as a voluntary defence organization.