Major General Evert Karl Erik Båge (25 August 1925 – 21 January 2021) was a Swedish Air Force officer.

[2] Båge graduated from the Swedish Air Force Flying School in 1948 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in Svea Wing.

[3] In September 1950, he made news after flying the Gothenburg-Stockholm route in a de Havilland Vampire, in a time of 29 minutes, 22 seconds, including takeoff and landing.

[3][9] On 1 October 1978, Båge was promoted to major general and assumed the position of chief of staff of the Upper Norrland Military District.

[3] When Båge (Class of 1945) retired in the autumn of 1990, with 45 years and 4 months he was the person who served the longest in the Sweden Air Force.