Major General Mikael Frisell is as of July 2022 Chief of Staff at the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration, FMV, and Swedish Deputy National Armaments Director. He has been at FMV since 2018, initially as Director Land Systems and Senior National Representative of the Army.

MG Frisell has held several positions of authority within the Swedish Armed Forces, including as Commanding Officer of the Norrbotten Regiment, Regional Command North and the Nordic Battlegroup Force Headquarters, Dep. Commanding Officer and Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Logistics and Military Advisor to the two previous Supreme Commanders.

As of 2021, he is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences