[3] In Sweden, the admiral's rank first appeared during the reign of Gustav I, who in 1522 gave it to Erik Fleming, a Council of the Realm.

During Gustav's reign as king and throughout the latter part of the 16th century, the highest command of a fleet was led by a översteamiral ("colonel admiral"), to whose assistant a underamiral was appointed.

Following a proposal from the Swedish Armed Forces, the Government of Sweden decides on employment as a rear admiral.

[9] A flag officer wears as embellishments a gold embroidered oak leaf wreath (known as scrambled egg) on the visor of the peaked cap (skärmmössa m/48).

It also fitted with a hat badge (mössmärke m/78 off för flottan) and with a strap in form of a golden braid.