Anders Callert

Major General Anders Bertil Callert (born 10 May 1965) is a Swedish Army officer. Callert served as Assistant Chief of Armed Forces Training & Procurement from 2016 to 2021. He currently serves as Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the Swedish Defence University. Callert was born on 10 May 1965 in Österhaninge Parish, Haninge Municipality, Sweden. He attended a 4-year Technical Program at Falu Gymnasium in Falun between 1981 and 1985, with a specialization in telecommunications. Callert then attended the Field Artillery Officers Course at the Swedish Artillery Officer School (Artilleriets officershögskola, ArtOHS) in Kristinehamn from 1986 to 1988 when he was commissioned as an officer with the rank of second lieutenant and was assigned to Norrland Artillery Regiment. Callert served in Norrland Artillery Regiment for about ten years. He was promoted to captain in 1992 and major in 1996. During this time, Callert attended the General Course at Military Academy Karlberg in Stockholm from 1989 to 1990, the Higher Course at the Artillery and Engineering College in Stockholm from 1992 to 1992 and the General Course, tactical course for the Army at the Swedish Armed Forces Staff College in Stockholm from 1995 to 1996. From August 1996 to April 1997, Callert served as Deputy Section Chief of S3, in the Swedish battalion (SWEBAT, BA07) headquarters, part of the Stabilisation Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina (SFOR), a NATO-led multinational peacekeeping force deployed to Bosnia and Herzegovina after the Bosnian War.