Jan Jonsson (Swedish Air Force officer)

Lieutenant General Jan Bertil Gustav Jonsson[a] (22 September 1952 – 11 November 2021) was a senior Swedish Air Force officer.

[3] He was gliding as a 15-year-old in Halmstad and enrolled at the Swedish Air Force Flying School in Ljungbyhed in 1970.

[3] Jonsson was promoted to second lieutenant in 1975 during his time at the Swedish Armed Forces School for Secondary Education in Uppsala.

Jonsson then attended the Royal Swedish Air Force Academy (Flygvapnets krigsskola, F 20), also in Uppsala, from 1976 to 1978.

[1] At graduation, Jonsson was awarded the Chief of the Air Force's honorary gift as best student and F 20's sports shield for best athletic performance.

[2] The funeral service was held at Vreta Kloster Church [sv] northwest of Linköping on 9 December 2021.