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55-462: The museum's collections consists of about 400,000 objects, which are stored in three depositories. The largest of these is the Magasin Visborg outside Visby and since 2014, this storehouse is open to the public. The collections are divided into these sections: The objects in the collections have in most cases been donated to the museum by individuals, single items or entire estates. While some of

110-577: A unitary authority . During a trial period some of the authority normally held by the Gotland County Administrative Board , an agency of the national government, has also been devolved to the Gotland Municipality, as well as to two mainland councils. The municipality of Gotland is therefore in this respect also a region. It has responsibility for the public healthcare system and public transport . The municipality coordinates

165-542: A full-fledged member of the 75 year old Western / Central European and North America democratic and military alliance of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ). The regiment forms training organizations that train the various battalions of the army and home guard. The Swedish Armed Forces recently underwent a transformation from conscription -based recruitment to a professional defence organisation increasing to an all-volunteer force. This

220-544: A year of conscription, after which the unit the soldier trained with was put in reserve. Upon completion of conscript service with sufficient service marks, conscripts are eligible to apply for commissioned officer training, NCO/Warrant Officer or from 2007 stay in the Army as a professional private , mainly to be employed in the Nordic Battle Group . The army has employed soldiers for UN service on short time contracts since

275-421: Is named after the first known owner, Botulf Kattlund a judge from Eke thing . In 1922, the farm was bought by Gotlands Fornvänner . The acquisition was made possible by a donation from Wilhelmina von Hallwyl . Adjacent to the farm is a 12th-century citadel . It was still three stories high in the 18th century. As archeological examination of it was made in 1950. As of 2015, the farm is an open-air museum during

330-861: Is part of a larger goal to abandon the mass army from the Cold War era and develop an army better suited to modern maneuver warfare and at the same time retain a higher readiness. Since 2014, the Swedish Army has had around 50,000 soldiers in either full-time or part-time duty, with eight mechanized infantry battalions instantly available at any time and the full force of 71 battalions ready to be deployed within one week. The regular army consists of 8 mechanised maneuver battalions, 19 support battalions of different kinds including artillery battalions, anti-aircraft battalions, combat engineer battalions, rangers , logistics battalions and 4 reserve heavy armoured battalions and 40 territorial defence battalions. The battalion

385-608: Is responsible for supporting Home Guard units in Dalarna County , Gävleborg County , Södermanland County , Stockholm County , Uppsala County , and Västmanland County with training and administrative resources. The Southern Military Region is responsible for supporting Home Guard units in Blekinge County , Jönköping County , Kalmar County , Kronoberg County , Skåne County , and Östergötland County with training and administrative resources. The Western Military Region

440-562: Is responsible for supporting Home Guard units in Halland County , Värmland County , Västra Götaland County , and Örebro County with training and administrative resources. The Home Guard battalion on the island of Gotland falls under the Gotland Regiment , which also commands the active 181st Armored Battalion. The army on active service during most of the 20th century only consisted of conscript receiving their basic training (at

495-460: Is the core unit but all units are completely modular and can be arranged in combat teams from company to brigade level with different units depending on the task. There are a total of 6 permanent staffs under the central command capable of handling large battlegroups, 4 regional staffs, 3 brigade staffs and 1 divisional staff. Until 1937 the King was the formal Head of the Army, and until 1974 of

550-400: Is the only regiment that also trains Home Guard troops. The currently active regiments and their main peacetime subordinate units are: The Swedish Army distinguishes an administrative from an operational structure. The administrative structure includes the peacetime depot units ( depåförband ), which are responsible for the training, equipment and combat readiness of the forces. Depot units are

605-732: The Armed Forces at large. In 1937, the Chief of the Army position and headquarters staff ( Swedish : Chefen för armén , CA ) was created to lead the Army in peacetime. Following a larger reorganisation of the Swedish Armed Forces in 1994, CA ceased to exist as an independent agency, and all of the Armed Forces was centralized under the Supreme Commander ( ÖB ). Instead, the post Chief of Army Staff ( Swedish : Chefen för arméledningen )

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660-507: The Battle of Mästerby and the Battle of Visby . The museum was founded in 1875, by the Friends of Gotland's Antiquity society ( Gotlands fornvänner ) at the initiative of Pehr Arvid Säve . The purpose was to collect historic artifacts and everyday objects connected to Gotland as well as documenting immaterial aspects of life on the island. Through the years, the function of the museum has remained

715-563: The Jämtland Ranger Regiment re-raised as a battalion of Västernorrland Regiment. From the 17th century until 1901, Swedish Army recruitment was based upon the allotment system . In 1812, conscription was introduced for all males between age 20 and 25 to serve in the armed forces twelve days a year, increased in 1858 to four weeks per two years. The allotment system was abolished in 1901 and replaced with universal conscription for all males. All personnel were drafted as conscripts for

770-448: The SCB between 1988 and 1998 due to the party's small size at the time. The respective coalitions are based on which prime minister the party backed at the back end of each governance period. Election results: 2018 election When Gotland was made into a single municipality in the 1970s, the county council was abolished and its responsibilities transferred to the municipality, making it

825-572: The Swedish War of Liberation in 1521. Svea Life Guards dates back to the year 1521, when the men of Dalarna chose 16 young able men as body guards for the insurgent nobleman Gustav Vasa in the Swedish War of Liberation against the Danish-dominated Union of Kalmar , thus making the present-day Life Guards one of the world's oldest regiments still on active duty. In 1901, Sweden introduced conscription . The conscription system

880-526: The "Inspector General of the Swedish Air Force " ( Swedish : Generalinspektören för flygvapnet ), later renamed to "Inspector of the Army" ( Swedish : Arméinspektören ). In 2014, the Chief of Army ( Swedish : Arméchefen , AC ) position was reinstated. Swedish Army regiments are tasked with training conscripts for the operational battalions of the army's rapid reaction organisation. The Gotland Regiment

935-476: The 20th century was implemented on 1 January 1952. From that date on, the rural municipalities on the island were regrouped into twelve new enlarged municipalities, which together with Visby, Slite and the Gotland County Council formed the new administrative pattern. After ten years it was clear that this reform had not been radical enough and the work began preparing for the next one. On 1 January 1971

990-701: The Army's units of the Operational Organisation are: The following Armed Forces' establishments provide additional units for the Rapid Reaction Organisation: The Home Guard consists of 40 battalions with a total of 22,000 men. Many of the soldiers have served abroad with regular army units. The Northern Military Region is responsible for supporting Home Guard units in, Jämtland County , Norrbotten County , Västerbotten County , and Västernorrland County with training and administrative resources. The Central Military Region

1045-493: The Gotland Museum. The buildings are now linked with each other to accommodate the exhibitions and administration of the museum. During the 20th century, additional stairwells and elevators have been installed. The court yard was renovated and the main entrance to the museum was moved from Standgatan to the yard during the conversion in 2007. The building at Sankt Hansgatan 21, was built in 1847–58 by architect C Bergman to house

1100-460: The afternoon the society had a meeting where it was decided to rent some kind of premises for the collections. A "Hall of Antiquities" (a Fornsal ) was to be created and opened to the public. The society first rented a hall in the old school for girls close to the Visby Cathedral , and in the beginning of July 1880, the old brännvin distillery at Strandgatan was bought by the society to serve as

1155-845: The annual Almedalen Week ( Almedalsveckan ), an important meetingplace for everyone involved in Swedish politics . During the week, representatives from the political parties in the Riksdag take turns to hold speeches in the Almedalen park in Visby . Swedish Army The Swedish Army ( Swedish : Svenska Armén ) is the land force of the Swedish Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Sweden in Northern Europe / Scandinavia . The army's history dates back to

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1210-496: The army regiments, the air force flotillas, the naval flotillas or the armed forces centers. The depot units generate wartime units ( krigsförband ), which are transferred to their respective wartime formations, so normally the Swedish army regiments are composed of administrative and training companies during peacetime and their battalions are only formed for exercises and during wartime. The operational units in their entirety are known as

1265-702: The art has been bought by the museum, the art collection also comprises art from the Brucebo Foundation, the Heritage Society and the Gotland Municipality , held in trust by the museum. The most prominent permanent exhibitions in the museum are the Picture Stone Hall, Spillings Hoard and 1361 - Battle for Gotland , about the Danish invasion of Gotland in 1361, led by Valdemar Atterdag resulting in

1320-541: The art museum is part of the Gotland Museum. The museum collection consists mainly of paintings and arts and craft with a connection to Gotland, starting from the early 19th century up to the present time. The Kapitelhusgården (the Chapter House Manor) was the residence of the bishop of Linköping on his visits to Visby during the Middle Ages , and is mentioned as such for the first time in 1432. The ground floor of

1375-453: The block was sold to a merchant and starting from 1830, the rest of the houses were used as storage for weapons and ammunition by the Swedish army . After having bought the first house, Fornsalen, for their exhibition in 1880, the Gotlands fornvänner society continued to buy and add buildings within the block and extend the museum. In 1930, they had bought and incorporated the entire block into

1430-473: The buildings have been reused or incorporated into the newer ones. In the Middle Ages, the block was in the part of the town which was the center of commerce and trade. At that time the square-shaped block had numerous smaller buildings divided into three block by two narrow alleys running in an east-westerly direction. A number of the foundations for these old houses are still intact under ground. This structure

1485-638: The farm and used it as summer residence. It is used by the museum to illustrate what life in the country on the island could be like during the 1800s. As of 2015 the Norrbys farm in Väte is the first and only Cultural Reserve in Gotland. It is kept in the state of a typical, working farm during the first half of the 1900s. The farm has been in the same family since 1728, and when the last owner, Martha Johansson died in 1995, she left it to Gotlands Fornvänner . The distribution of

1540-481: The first volksschule in Visby. It later became school for first and second graders in Visby, and from the 1950s it was used by the Visby läroverk , a school for the town's teenage students. With the completion of a new large school outside the wall in 1971, the building was used for various other forms of education. The house was completely renovated in 1987–88, to accommodate the newly established art museum. As of 2015,

1595-787: The first museum. The first house is now known as the Picture stone Hall ( Bildstenshallen ). As of 2015, the Friends of Gotland's Antiquity owns the entire block surrounding the Picture stone Hall which is the modern museum. The society owns several farms and houses that are also part of the museum. Membership in the society is open to anyone for a fee. The museum consists of the main building Fornsalen at Standgatan in Visby, Gotlands Konstmuseum (the Art Museum), Kapitelhusgården (Chapter House Manor), Kajsartornet fängelsemuseum (Kajsar Tower Prison Museum), Kattlunds, Petes and Norrbys. The main building of

1650-553: The house can be in any relevant language, and collaborations with museums and institutions from other countries are common. Gotland Municipality Region Gotland , officially Gotlands kommun (English: Gotland Municipality ), is a municipality that covers the entire island of Gotland in Sweden . The city of Visby is the municipality's seat. Gotland Municipality is the 39th most populous municipality in Sweden. The flag of

1705-516: The house is a courtyard surrounded by smaller buildings and sheds. During the summer, this is turned into a herb garden, a medieval tavern and workshops for medieval handicraft. The museum also have an exhibition in the main house. The Kajsartornet or Kajsarn (the Kajsar Tower) is a part of, and was built at the same time as, the Visby City Wall , making it the oldest tower in the east part of

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1760-572: The land belonging to the farm has been left unaltered since the 1930s. The buildings and the land are now listed . The Fornsalen Publishing (the Fornsalens Förlag ) is owned by the museum and specializes in literature with connections to Gotland. The company publishes three series of scientific journals, the Gotländskt Arkiv (Gotlandic Archive), Russi and Småskrifter från Gotlands Museum (Booklets from Gotland Museum). The publications from

1815-525: The left coalition and 39.3 % for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income. These are the results of the elections to the Riksdag held in Gotland since 1973. The results only include parties that have won representation in the Riksdag assembly at least once during this timeframe. The results of the Sweden Democrats were not listed at a municipal level by

1870-428: The localities are listed according to the size of the population. The municipal seat is in bold characters. This is a demographic table based on Gotland Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT 's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics. In total there were 60,941 residents, including 48,274 Swedish citizens of voting age. 59.2 % voted for

1925-466: The main house or Chapter House ( Kapitelhuset ), was built during the first half of the 13th century, with the grand hall on the second floor added about half a century later. The building has no cellar. The house functioned as the town's firewood depot, well into the 19th century and was hence nicknamed "the bishop's woodshed". As of 2015 the house is owned by the Gotlands Fornvänner . Adjacent to

1980-432: The most one year for privates), and conscripts called up for refreshers (at the most one month for privates) with intervals of at least 4–6 years. During WWII smaller or larger parts of the wartime establishment were also called up for periodical stand-by duty (up to 6 months). The figures for total strength below refer to the total force which could be mobilised. Between the introduction of universal conscription in 1902 until

2035-440: The municipality is a red ram on a white background. On 31 December 1951 there were 93 local government units on the island of Gotland, among them one city ( Visby ), one market town ( Slite ), one county council and a lot of rural municipalities, many of them with fewer than 100 inhabitants. Twenty years later the situation was totally different. The first of the two nationwide local government reforms in Sweden during

2090-490: The museum is as of 2015, the entire block of buildings surrounded by Strandgatan , Mellangatan , Brännerigränd and Dubbens gränd . The buildings are placed around a central court yard, from which the different parts of the museum are accessed. The block is divided into two sections, the Museet 1 and Museet 2 . These sections are made up of six houses, some of which are made from two or more older houses, where walls or parts of

2145-503: The new unitary municipality. As the municipality has both local and regional functions, normally provided by the Municipalities of Sweden and the County councils of Sweden respectively, Gotland has a special status as a municipality and is officially called Region Gotland as of 2011. There are 16 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Gotland Municipality. In the table

2200-472: The operational organisation of the armed forces ( Försvarsmaktens Insatsorganisation ( FM IO or just IO , followed by the year it has been introduced in, as IO 2018 or just IO 18 for example) in Swedish). The operational organisation of the army plans for the training regiments to form two combat brigades (2nd and 3rd Brigades) and a number of independent combat battalions within a few days. This plan, however,

2255-400: The ranks were raised, until it was the same period for all conscripts shortly before conscription was suspended in 2009. This combined with propaganda about conscription being a part of social duty and defending the Swedish principle of folkhemmet , led to an army a size of about 700,000 active duty soldiers that could be mobilised in late 1945. Since the late winter of 1945 the size of the army

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2310-465: The same. The museum has grown steadily as the collections increased. Houses, farms and other buildings have been left to the museum in wills and through donations, and the number of members in the society have increased from a handful to over 2,400 in 2015. In 2011, the museum initiated a networking project with other museums in countries around the Baltic Sea . The Friends of Gotland's Antiquity society

2365-470: The second and last local government reform was implemented in Sweden. All administrative and judicial differences between rural and urban areas were abolished. Only one type of municipality ( kommun ) existed from that date on. In the case of Gotland all the former entities were united into one single unit. As there was only one municipality in the county, also the County Council was abolished and merged into

2420-475: The size of the Swedish Army was down to 60,000 soldiers, and in 2013, three years after the end of conscription, the size was at an all-time low of just 16,000 soldiers, though the army plans to reach a level of 50,000 professional soldiers by 2020, mostly through a large media campaigns. A number of previously disbanded regiments will also be re-raised ( Dalarna Regiment , Västernorrland Regiment , Norrland Dragoon Regiment , and Bergslagen Artillery Regiment ) with

2475-592: The start of World War II, the army was usually maintained at a consistent strength of 100,000 men, with two-thirds of the force being conscripts for two years. From 1942 onwards, the Swedish government embarked upon a massive and ambitious militarisation program in which conscription was strictly enforced and compulsory service was extended. The basic training for privates was set at 12 months, for future conscript sergeants intended to become platoon leaders (mainly sixth form graduates) 18 months, and for future conscript officers 24 months. These periods were gradually reduced, and

2530-476: The start of the Cold War, led to a return to the militaristic policy by the Swedish government. From 1950 until around 1976 the size of the army was at an average of 250,000 soldiers with a peak of 400,000 mobilisable soldiers during the late 1950s and early 1960s. The rules were badly enforced, but dodging the draft was punishable with imprisonment. During the 1980s the size of the army was around 180,000 soldiers and

2585-531: The summers, hosting markets, jousting tournaments and private events. Petes is a seaside farm in Hablingbo in the south part of Gotland. It is next to the Pete Cove on the western coast. The buildings on the farm are from the late 18th and 19th century. The year 1797, is carved on the stove in the main building. The farm was donated to Gotlands Fornvänner in 1965, by apothecary Ada Block in Visby, who had restored

2640-518: The wall. The tower was used as the town's prison from 1681 to 1859. As of 2015, it is used as a prison museum under the direction of the Gotland Museum. The main building on the Kattlunds farm in Grötlingbo is partially medieval . The oldest part of the house is from the 13th century. The first house was expanded upon during the late 1700s and early 1800s, and it has been preserved in that state. The farm

2695-508: Was abolished in 2010 but reinstated in 2017. The peace-time organisation of the Swedish Army is divided into a number of regiments for the different branches. The number of active regiments has been reduced since the end of the Cold War in the late 1980s . However the Swedish Army has begun to expand once again, due to an increasing threat from the east with a resurgent Russian Federation and its attack on neighboring Ukraine in 2014 / 2022. Thus resulting in longtime neutral Sweden to become

2750-664: Was considered by the Supreme Commander to be impossible due to the economic situation at the time. In 2013, the Armed Forces issued a statement saying that the reorganisation would only suffice for a reasonable defence of Swedish territory for one week. The force was to include the following units: As of 2022 the 1st Division was reintroduced as an operational unit. The Division currently contains four brigades; The Norbotten Brigade ( Norbottensbrigaden NMekB 19 ), The South Scanian Brigade ( Södra Skånska Brigaden MekB 7 , The Life Guards Brigade ( Livgardesbrigaden IB 1 ) and The Skaraborg Brigade ( Skaraborgsbrigaden MekB 4 ) As of 2024

2805-507: Was created at the then newly instituted Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters ( HKV ). In 1998, the Swedish Armed Forces was yet again reorganized. Most of the duties of the Chief of Army Staff were transferred to the newly instituted post of " Inspector General of the Army" ( Swedish : Generalinspektören för armén ). The post is similar to that of the "Inspector General of the Swedish Navy " ( Swedish : Generalinspektören för marinen ) and

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2860-475: Was founded on 16   October 1874. The initiator was P A Säve and the purpose of the society was to collect all kind of objects that had been used in everyday life in the past on Gotland and preserve them for future generations. Folktales, songs, traditions, craft skills and other aspects of life on the island, past and present, were to be written down in books, journals and notes, and collected in an archive. The following year, on 22   May at five o'clock in

2915-515: Was slowly decreased as entire reserve battalions and brigades were gradually demobilised, and by late 1947 the size of the army was around 170,000 soldiers who could be mobilised and was planned to stabilise at such a quantity of personnel. However, due to the rise in tensions between the East and West over the political landscape of Europe, the threat from the Soviet Union in 1949 and 1950, coinciding with

2970-503: Was slowly increased as time progressed until around 1988. The end of the Cold War led to a massive restructuring of the Swedish Army. Every year after 1988, the Army discharged around 40,000 conscripts and recruited only 20,000, so that by 1995 the size was down to 80,000 soldiers. Around this time the compulsory service obligation was further reduced to 10 months, reserve service became more flexible, and changes made in enforcement so that forceful enforcement became withdrawn as policy. By 2004

3025-464: Was used until 1697, when the southern alley disappeared and the building plots were redistributed. In 1777, the Swedish government bought the whole block to use as one of its brännvin distilleries ( Kronobränneri ). At that time the block consisted of 18 buildings of varying size. These were partly demolished, rebuilt, added to or converted, giving the block its present layout. The system with these types of distilleries did not last long and in 1813, part of

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