Lieutenant General Sven-Olof Olson (26 November 1926 – 20 April 2021) was a senior Swedish Air Force officer.

He served as Commanding General of the Southern Military District from 1980 to 1982 and as Chief of the Air Force from 1982 to 1988.

[3] Olson graduated from the Royal Swedish Air Force College (Kungliga Flygkadettskolan) in 1948 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant at Västmanland Wing (F 1) the same year.

[5] In 1951 he received the Stockholms-Tidningen's gold medal after having saved a J 30 Mosquito fighter aircraft from a serious situation.

He assumed the position of Chief of the Air Force on 1 October 1982[8] and left the command on 30 September 1988.