309:. His first five years as Master-General of the Ordnance 1949–54 were characterized by difficult investigations of an organizational nature. During these years, the 1946 military administrative investigation was underway, the work of which did not lead to the abolition of the Royal Swedish War Material Administration until 1954 and the reorganization of the military administrations. During the last five years of Hedqvist's time as Master-General of the Ordnance, the army's ordnance equipment plan was implemented. Through this plan, opportunities were created to plan the army's equipment with modern equipment with foresight. When the Ordnance Department of the Royal Swedish Army Materiel Administration on 1 July 1954 was transformed into the independent authority
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