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Officers in the Swedish Armed Forces have not received written commissions since 1982 when a new employment structure was instituted by law.
This dates the end of Swedish officer fullmakter/commissions too early. Official Riksdag materials show officers were still being appointed with fullmakt into the early 1990s.
Full reasoning
In the Swedish context, the relevant written appointment document was the fullmakt (officer’s commission/letters of appointment). Official parliamentary materials contradict the claim that these ended in 1982.
- In Proposition 1993/94:65, the government states that a 1992 regulation meant professional officers would no longer be employed with fullmakt, and that this regulation entered into force on 1 July 1992. That means the practice did not end in 1982.
- A later official report to the Riksdag, Ds 2004:30, likewise states that “up to ten years ago” the Armed Forces distributed fullmakter to officers in all grades. That again places the practice into the 1990s, not 1982.
So the article is off by roughly a decade on when Swedish officers stopped receiving these written appointment documents.
2 sources
- Proposition 1993/94:65 – En ändrad lagstiftning för statsanställda m.fl.
The proposition states: “Av förordningen (1992:538) ... framgår att yrkesofficerare inte längre skall anställas med fullmakt. Förordningen trädde i kraft den 1 juli 1992.”
- Ds 2004:30 – Den fortsatta utvecklingen av Försvarsmakten
The report says: “Fram till för tio år sedan delades i Försvarsmakten fullmakter ut till officerare i alla grader ...” indicating fullmakter were still being issued into the 1990s.