Surgeon-in-Chief of the Swedish Air Force

The decision to establish a position of Surgeon-in-Chief of the Swedish Air Force was made through the Defence Act of 1942.

[5] The Surgeon-in-Chief answered under the Chief of the Air Force for the professional medical training of the surgeons.

[7] To be able to be authorized for the position of Surgeon-in-Chief of the Swedish Air Force, one first had to achieve the rank of flygläkare av 1:a graden ("1st flight surgeon").

To gain employment as 1st flight surgeon, the following was required:[8] The duties of the Surgeons-in-Chief of the different service branches were — with some exceptions — of a dual nature and included both a position as a service branch inspector and command of the appropriate administrative corps.

In these courses, the main emphasis was on aviation medicine, staff and maintenance services as well as base support problems, especially in warfare with ABC weapons.

The course was voluntary and mainly led to flying in double command on suitable aircraft.