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Swedish soldiers during a training exercise. Swedish Army regiments are tasked with training conscripts for the operational battalions of the army's rapid reaction organisation. The Gotland Regiment is the only regiment that also trains Home Guard troops. The currently active regiments and their main peacetime subordinate units are:
The Swedish Armed Forces (Swedish: Försvarsmakten ⓘ, lit. 'the Defence Force') are the armed forces of the Kingdom of Sweden, tasked with the defence of the country as well as with promoting Sweden's wider interests, supporting international peacekeeping, and providing humanitarian aid. It consists of four service branches: the Swedish Army ...
The Swedish Defence University has existed in its present form since 1997. The University was established as a national university college on 1 January 2008, allowing it to issue academic degrees. Formerly known in English as the Swedish National Defence College, the University adopted its current name on 1 February 2015. [1]
The Swedish Armed Forces planned to call 4,000 recruits annually for basic military training in 2018 and 2019. [3] As the relevant age cohort was about 100,000, this meant that roughly 4% were to be enlisted. [4] Beginning in 2018, over 4,000 conscripts were indeed called up.
Special Operations Group (Sweden) The Swedish Special Operations Task Group (Swedish: Särskilda operationsgruppen (SOG), lit. 'Special Operations Group'), [4] is a special forces unit within the Swedish Armed Forces which has been active since 2011. The unit is headquartered at Karlsborg Fortress in Karlsborg, Västra Götaland County.
Plaque in bronze for the Army Ranger School. The Army Ranger School has its origins in the Ski Battalion which in 1910 was established in Boden as Norrbotten Regiment's 4th battalion. 372 conscripts from Sweden's then 25 enrollment areas enrolled in Boden for training in winter conditions. [3]
Formerly called. Swedish Central Federation for Voluntary Military Training. The Swedish Federation for Voluntary Defence Education and Training (Swedish: Svenska Försvarsutbildningsförbundet, commonly known as Försvarsutbildarna) is a nationwide voluntary defence organization with the aim of strengthening the Swedish Total Defence. The ...
The coat of the arms of the Military Academy Karlberg (KS) 1977–1983, the Swedish Army Staff College (Arméns krigshögskola, AKHS) 1983–1994, the Military Academy Karlberg (KS) 1994–1999 and the Military Academy Karlberg (MHS K) from 1999. Blazon: "Azure, an erect rapier argent inside an open chaplet of laurels or. In field III and IV ...