left the position of Supreme Commander och retired from the military on 31 December 2003. Post-retirement Hederstedt became partner of Gaia Leadership in 2004. In December 2004 Hederstedt got the mission of the Swedish government to coordinate and organise the aid work in Thailand after the Tsunami disaster. The primarily responsibility was to send home deceased Swedish citizens. Hederstedt served as chairman of the Modern Pentathlon Federation of Sweden from 2006 to 2011. He was elected as a member of the board of the Swedish Childhood Cancer Fund (Barncancerfonden) in May 2005 and served as its chairman from October 2005 until June 2010. Personal life In 1995, Hederstedt married Birgitta Harvyl (born 1953), the daughter of Stig Harvyl and Ulla (née Östlund). His wife is a former planning director of the executive board of the National Board of Health and Welfare and former Regional Director of Halland. Hederstedt has four children from a previous marriage. One of his sons are colonel Peter Hederstedt, commander of the Western Military Region (2018–present). Dates of rank 1966 – Second lieutenant 1968 – Lieutenant 1972 – Captain 1976 – Major 1983 – Lieutenant colonel 1988 – Colonel 1993 – Senior colonel 1996 – Major general 1998 – Lieutenant general 2000 – General Awards and decorations Swedish H. M. The King's Medal, 12th size gold medal worn around the neck on a chain of gold (2005) For Zealous and Devoted Service of the Realm Swedish Armed Forces Conscript Medal Nobel Peace Prize to United Nations Peacekeeping Forces Commemorative Medal (Medaljen till minne av Nobels pris till FN:s fredsbevarande styrkor, NobelFNSMM) Swedish Veterans Federation (Peace Berets) Medal of Merit in silver (Fredsbaskrarna Sveriges förtjänstmedalj i silver, FredbSvSM) (23 March 2002) Foreign Commander of the Legion of Honour (3 April 2003) 1st Class of the Order of the Cross of the Eagle (5 February 2004) United Nations Medal (UNFICYP) United Nations Medal (UNIFIL) Honours Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1998) President of the Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation President of the Swedish Modern Penthalon Federation References 1943 births Living people Swedish Army generals People from Nässjö Municipality Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences 20th-century Swedish military personnel 21st-century Swedish military personnel Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur