Magnus Olson (Swedish Army officer)

Senior Colonel Anders Magnus Olson (1 February 1929 – 4 November 2018) was a Swedish Army officer.

Olson served as commander of the Life Regiment Hussars from 1976 to 1980, as Chief of Staff of the Western Military District from 1984 to 1988 and as Crown Equerry and head of the Royal Stables from 1991 to 1996.

He attended the Swedish Armed Forces Staff College from 1961 to 1963[2] and was promoted to ryttmästare in Life Regiment Hussars in 1965.

[3] Olson was appointed head of the Tactics and Intelligence Department in the Army Staff in 1973 and in 1975 he attended the general course at the Swedish National Defence College in 1975 (and its management course in 1984).

In 1988, Olson was assigned to the Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces and served as military advisor at the European Security Conference (ESC) negotiations in Vienna for two years.

Olson (second at the top of the image) in the United States in 1975 together with Chief of the Army , Lieutenant General Carl Eric Almgren (left).