Lieutenant General Claes Göran Gunnarsson (born 8 March 1950) is a retired Swedish Coastal Artillery/Swedish Amphibious Corps officer.

In 1999, he was promoted to major general and assumed the position of Assistant Head of Plans and Policy Directorate, Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters.

This posting made him the Supreme Commander's main planner for long term planning and responsible for the Swedish Armed Forces' annual reports to the Ministry of Defence and the Riksdag.

[2] On August 28, 2003, it was decided that a special working group would prepare a basis for the following year's Defence Act on what the Swedish Armed Forces's general organization would look like in the future.

[10] He was also chairman of the Rescue Services Agency's Board of Directors and the Centrum för risk- och säkerhetsutbildning ("Center for Risk and Safety Training").

[13] Gunnarsson has also been chairman of the National Swedish Road Safety Organization (Nationalföreningen för trafiksäkerhetens främjande, NTF) and a board member of SOS Alarm Sverige AB.