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33-527: 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

66-500: A Swedish Navy along the coastline through ledungen . This involved combined rowing and sailing ships (without artillery). This system became obsolete with the development of society and changes in military technology. No later than in the 14th century, the duty to serve in ledungen was replaced by a tax. In 1427, when Sweden was still part of the Kalmar Union (with Denmark and Norway), Swedish warships did however participate in

99-541: 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

132-544: 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

165-861: 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

198-606: 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

231-560: 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

264-460: 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

297-400: 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

330-732: 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 )

363-613: The Fleet ( Flottan ), formally sometimes referred to as the Royal Navy ( Kungliga Flottan ) – as well as marine units, the Amphibious Corps ( Amfibiekåren ). Founded under King Gustav I in 1522, the Swedish navy is one of the oldest continuously serving navies in the world , celebrating its 500th anniversary in 2022. Early Swedish kings ( c. 9th–14th centuries) organised

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396-562: 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

429-526: 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

462-623: The 1950s for service abroad. From July 2010 until 2017, the Swedish Army was an all-professional fighting force. The government announced on 2 March 2017 that conscription was going to be reinstated. Of a pool of around 13,000 men and women born 1999, 4,000 were going to be selected for conscription starting January 2018. The government stated that the number of conscripts may increase in response to foreign events. The rank insignia of commissioned officers . The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel . Svea Life Guards Too Many Requests If you report this error to

495-699: 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

528-641: The EU-led EUNAVFOR operation (2008– ) off the coast of the Horn of Africa . In 2010, HSwMS  Carlskrona was the EUNAVFOR flagship, housing the fleet headquarters led by RAdm (LH) Jan Thörnqvist . Until recently, the Navy was led by the Chief of the Navy , who was typically a vice admiral . This office has been eliminated, and the highest officer of the Navy is now the Chief of Navy , Rear Admiral Johan Norlén , who

561-581: The Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.150 via cp1114 cp1114, Varnish XID 466100044 Upstream caches: cp1114 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 08:42:48 GMT Swedish Navy The Swedish Navy ( Swedish : Svenska marinen ) is the maritime service branch of the Swedish Armed Forces . It is composed of surface and submarine naval units –

594-446: 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

627-789: The decommissioning of all the navy's destroyers and frigates, though the non-military measures the government intended to use to protect shipping have never been specified. The navy first participated in a UN-led peacekeeping mission in October 2006 when the corvette HSwMS  Gävle began performing coastal surveillance duties for the United Nations Mission in Lebanon . HSwMS Gävle was relieved by HSwMS  Sundsvall , which returned to Sweden in September 2007. HSwMS  Malmö , HSwMS  Stockholm , and HSwMS  Trossö took part in

660-432: 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

693-666: The naval battle of Öresund against the Hanseatic League . It is unclear how this force was organised and exactly on what basis. On 7 June 1522, one year after the separation of Sweden from the Kalmar Union, Gustav Vasa purchased a number of ships from the Hanseatic town of Lübeck . Official Swedish histories since the 19th century have often recorded this day as the birth of the current Swedish Navy. The museum ship Vasa in Stockholm

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726-472: 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,

759-400: 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

792-475: 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

825-592: 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

858-476: 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

891-652: The twentieth century, the Swedish Navy focused on the threat of a full-scale invasion of Sweden via the Baltic Sea and on protecting commercial shipping. Sweden's location on the Scandinavian peninsula makes it highly dependent of maritime trade: 90% imports and exports enter or leave Sweden through the Baltic. In 1972, the government decreed that non-military measures should be used to protect merchant shipping. The resolution led to

924-541: Was a 17th-century ship of the Royal Swedish Navy ( Kungliga flottan ). The Amphibious Corps dates back to 1 January 1902, when a separate " Coastal Artillery " ( Kustartilleriet ) was established, and Marinen came into use as the name of the service as a whole. The last decade of the 20th century saw the abandonment of the coastal fortifications and the force became a more regular marine corps, renamed Amphibious Corps ( Amfibiekåren ) in 2000. For most of

957-507: 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

990-660: 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

1023-507: 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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1056-515: 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

1089-503: 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

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