Jens Nykvist

Jens Nykvist
Nykvist (right) with Admiral John M. Richardson.
Birth name	Jens Gunnar Peter Nykvist
Born	(1968-08-23) 23 August 1968 (age 49) , Sweden
Allegiance	Sweden
Service/branch	Swedish Navy
Years of service	1987–present
Rank	Rear admiral
Commands held	HSwMS Halland HSwMS Gotland 1st Submarine Flotilla Chief of Navy

Jens Gunnar Peter Nykvist (born 23 August 1968) is a Swedish Navy rear admiral. He is currently the Chief of Navy.

Nykvist was born in , Sweden. Nykvist enlisted at Berga Naval Base south of in 1987 and began his career on the submarine HSwMS Sjöhästen in 1988. He has served aboard three different submarine classes: Sjöormen, Västergötland and Gotland. Nykvist has been commanding officer of the submarines HSwMS Halland and HSwMS Gotland. Nykvist was stationed at the Naval Base Point Loma from 2005 to 2007 when the submarine HSwMS Gotland was leased by the United States Navy. Back in Sweden, Nykvist studied at the Swedish National Defence College in Stockholm from 2007 to 2009 and then served as Chief of Staff at the Submarine Flotilla. In 2011 he served in the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters as Assistant Chief of Staff at the Joint Strategy and Operational Staff.

In 2013 he graduated from the Naval Command College at the Naval War College in the United States. Nykvist then became head of naval operations at the J3 Department of the Joint Strategy and Operational Staff. On 1 December 2013 he was promoted to captain and was appointed commanding officer of the 1st Submarine Flotilla. Nykvist was then the EU Naval Force Chief of Staff during Operation Atalanta in the Gulf of Aden from April until September 2015 and back in Sweden he continued being the commander of the 1st Submarine Flotilla until 2016. On 4 May 2016, Nykvist was appointed Chief of Navy and was promoted to rear admiral.