Background
Diesen, Sverre was born in 1949 in Oslo.
Diesen, Sverre was born in 1949 in Oslo.
Graduate, Officer Candidate School, Cavalry, 1970. Master of Science in Civil Engineering, Norwegian University of Technology and Science, Trondheim, 1976. Graduate, Norwegian Military Academy, 1979.
Student, Norwegian Army Staff College I and II, 1986—1988. Graduate, Staff College Camberley, United Kingdom, 1990.
Sergeant Norwegian Armed Forces, 1970—1971, anti-tank detachment Commander Recce Sqn, Bde North Norway, 1970—1971, 2nd lieutenant, 1971—1979, lieutenant, 1979—1983, platoon Commander His Majesty the King's Guards, 1979—1980, with Company 2iC, 1st Battalion Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters British Army of the Rhine, 1980—1981, platoon Commander Recce platoon 2nd Infantry Battalion Bde North Norway, 1982, company Commander 2nd Infantry Battalion Bde North Norway, 1982—1984, captain, 1983—1987, instructor tactics wing School Infantry and Winter Warfare, 1984—1986, major, 1987—1991, project officer Systems Analysis Division Norwegian Defense Research Establishment, 1987, staff officer Army Staff Headquarters Defense Command Norway, 1988—1989, lieutenant colonel, 1991—1996, project officer Systems Analysis Division Norwegian Defense Research Establishment, 1991—1992, staff officer plans & operations staff Headquarters Defense Command Norway, 1992—1993, with OC Tactics Wing Military Academy, 1993—1994, commanding officer His Majesty the King's Guards, 1994—1996, colonel, 1996—1998, chief of staff 6 division, 1996—1998, brigadier, 1998—2001, assistant chief of staff strategy and long term planning Headquarters Defense Command Norway, 1998—2001, acting major general, 2001—2002, Commander Land Forces North Norway, 2001—2002, substantive major general, 2002—2003, Commander Land Forces Norway, 2002, lieutenant general, 2003—2005, deputy secretary general military Ministry Defense, 2003, general, since 2005, chief defense, 2005—2009.