Lieutenant General Lars-Erik Englund (23 March 1934 – 19 October 2010) was a Swedish Air Force officer.

[1] The Englund family lived in Orsa until he had passed the first year of primary school (småskola).

He read a lot of literature about aviation and technology and his orientation in the area were well above average.

[2] The characteristic statements made about Engberg dated 20 March 1952 read;[2] "The general intelligence is above average and he is significantly over in theoretically technical terms.

His assessment in the air dated 30 April 1953 read; "Pretty good flight feeling, but lacking firmness and accuracy.

"[2] 40 years later, as lieutenant general and Chief of Air Force Command, Engberg commented the characteristic statement; "When I now read about others' view of me as young, I am surprised that the statement is better suited to my subjective view of myself than I had expected.

I realize that my upbringing in my childhood homes meant that I had a hard time finishing the work before I thought it turned out well.

Englund attended the Swedish Armed Forces School for Secondary Education from which he graduated in 1957.

[3] However, from his mid 30s, Englund suffered from Bechterew's disease, which later forced him to abstain from planes with ejection seat for safety reasons.

Englund became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences, Section III, Air Warfare Studies, in 1983.

[3] In 1983 he was also promoted to major general and was appointed chief of staff of the Eastern Military District (Milo Ö).

[8] After retirement, he was advisor both in the defense industry and the academic world, including at Linköping University,[4] where he also was a board member.

[10] On 1 January 1996, Englund was ordered to assist the Ministry of Defense to investigate the issue of continuing air traffic education in Sweden.