Sköld served at the Norrbotten Regiment (I 19) the same year and was promoted to major in 1960 and was also teacher of strategy at the Royal Swedish Army Staff College in 1960.

[3] As Chief of the Army he stressed the role of conscription in a major public defense of more traditional kind and laid great emphasis on issues concerning security policy and leadership in war.

[3] Sköld also made a contribution to military band by laying the foundations for the army music platoon.

[4] Like his father and grandfather,[5] Sköld was a social democrat, which he also declared with an openness that was less common among senior officers.

[1] Like his father and grandfather Sköld was a Social Democrat, as he declared with an openness that was less common among senior officers.