Chief of Navy (Sweden)

Chief of Navy of the Swedish Navy Marinchef
Command sign of the Chief of Navy.
Incumbent Rear admiral Jens Nykvist since 4 May 2016
Swedish Navy
Reports to	The Chief of Swedish Armed Forces Training and Development
Seat	Lidingövägen 24, , Sweden
Nominator	Minister for Defence
Appointer	The Government
Formation	1936
First holder	Charles de Champs

Chief of Navy (Swedish: Marinchef, MC) is the most senior appointment in the Swedish Navy. The position Chief of Navy was introduced in 1936 and the current form in 2014.

Until 1936 the Swedish monarch was the Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces and had formally maintained the Chief of the Navy position together with the Chief of the Military Office of the Minister for Defence (Försvarets kommandoexpedition) in the Defense Ministry, which is in fact maintained the position. The position of "Chief of the Navy" (Swedish: Chefen för marinen, CM) was established in 1936 in accordance with the same year defense resolution. The position of Chief of the Navy existed from 1936 to 1994 and during this time it was his responsibility to lead the navy units production and development. During the period 1936 to 1961 the Chief of the Navy also had an operational commanding responsibility for the naval forces.

Following a larger reorganization of the Swedish Armed Forces in 1994, the staff agency Chief of the Navy ceased to exist as an independent agency. Instead, the post Chief of Navy Staff (Swedish: Chefen för marinledningen) was created at the then newly instituted Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters (Swedish: Högkvarteret, HKV). In 1998, the Swedish Armed Forces was again reorganized. Most of the duties of the Chief of Navy Staff were transferred to the newly instituted post of "Inspector General of the Navy" (Swedish: Generalinspektören för marinen). The post is similar to that of the "Inspector General of the Swedish Army" (Swedish: Generalinspektören för armén) and the "Inspector General of the Swedish Air Force" (Swedish: Generalinspektören för flygvapnet). It was later renamed to "Inspector of the Navy" (Swedish: Marininspektören).