Vice Admiral Peter Esbjörn Nordbeck (born 19 July 1938) is a Swedish Navy officer.

[1] His father, an engineer, was employed by Gränges AB in Grängesberg in Dalarna at the time of Nordbeck's birth.

[3] Nordbeck attended the Royal Swedish Naval Academy from 1957 to 1960 and served in the Coastal Fleet from 1960 to 1970[1] aboard destroyers and torpedo boats.

[1] Prior to his education in the United States, Nordbeck was a distinguished technician, but later focused on strategy and security policy.

[3] Nordbeck is an honorary member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences, in which he was elected in 1978 as number 1046.