Do you have a link to the story? That sounds both hilarious and disappointing.
Under the first bullet in the screendump in the article it says:
* Experience from personnel management positions and documented good leadership qualities (Here Henric lacks the clear experience why I think it should be moved to meritorious)
https://www.gp.se/nyheter/västsverige/militär-blunder-när-ny...
Sounds like they could save a lot of money getting rid of the training requirement.