commanded to serve the Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces in 1980. The year after he was appointed Chief of Home Guard, serving from 1 January 1981 to 30 September 1983. As Chief of Home Guard, Holm undertook a reorganization of the National Home Guard Staff's (Rikshemvärnstaben) work, including a planning section to investigate the Home Guard's future organization. In 1982 discussions with the Swedish Navy were also initiated and the issue of setting up a Home Guard with naval tasks was raised. Holm retired from active service in 1983. Holm was chairman of the Swedish Pistol Shooting Association (Svenska pistolskytteförbundet) from 1967 to 1973 and vice chairman of the Swedish Central Federation for Voluntary Military Training (Centralförbundet för befälsutbildning) from 1970 to 1981. He was also vice chairman of the National Association of Volunteer Motor Transport Corps from 1983 to 1985 and 1989 to 1991 as well as chairman of the same from 1985 to 1989. Holm was also on the board of the Swedish Armed Forces School for Secondary Education. Personal life In 1943, Holm married Hedvig Wadstein (1920–2013), the daughter of tax collector J. Wadstein and Tekla Pierre. He was the father of Karin (born 1948) and Gunilla (born 1952). Dates of rank 1941 – Second Lieutenant 19?? – Lieutenant 1949 – Captain 1959 – Major 1963 – Lieutenant colonel 1964 – Colonel 1966 – Major general 1972 – Lieutenant general Awards and decorations Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword (6 June 1973) Commander of the Order of the Sword (6 June 1967) Finnish War Commemorative Medal (Finsk krigsminnesmedalj) Finnish Commemorative Cross due to the Finnish War 1939-45 (Finskt minneskors med anledning av Finlands krig 1939-45) Honours Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1963) Honorary member of the Swedish Pistol Shooting Association (Svenska pistolskytteförbundet) Bibliography References 1919 births 2016 deaths Swedish Army lieutenant generals Volunteers in the Winter War People from Falköping Municipality Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences Commanders Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword