Lieutenant General Carl-Johan Edström (born 21 May 1967) is a Swedish Air Force officer.

Edström was born on 21 May 1967 in Nora, Sweden,[2] and was raised in Klutmark, a village 10 kilometers west of Skellefteå.

[3] Carl-Johan Edström started his military career as platoon leader in the Norrland Brigade in Västerbotten Regiment (I 20) in Umeå in 1988.

[4] Edström trained as a pilot at the Swedish Air Force Flying School in Ljungbyhed[4] and was commissioned as an officer in 1989 with the rank of second lieutenant[5] in Norrbotten Wing.

[1] In addition to Swedish officer training, in 2014 he received a master's degree in strategy from the Air War College in the USA.