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Military district (Swedish: Militärdistrikt, MD) is part of Sweden's military-territorial division. The military districts were established in 1833 and were, after several reorganizations (1847, 1867 and 1889), replaced by army divisions in 1893. [7]
Attacks on military installations in Sweden (1 C, 5 P) F. Forts in Sweden (3 C, 31 P) Pages in category "Military installations of Sweden"
Sweden is part of the multinational Kosovo Force and has a naval force deployed to the gulf of Aden as a part of Operation Atalanta. Military observers from Sweden have been sent to a large number of countries, including Georgia, Lebanon, Israel and Sri Lanka and Sweden also participates with staff officers to missions in Sudan and Chad.
Although, the "new" garrison was just the latest in a long line of Swedish military forces protecting the island, and consequently the rest of Sweden, continuously since the 1640s. The exception being the 23 days when Russia occupied the island during the Finnish War (1808–1809), after Gotland had been left undefended due to errors in overall ...
In November 2024 the Swedish Air Force announced that it had selected the Embraer C-390 Millennium as its future military transport aircraft. [44] As part of the Heavy Airlift Wing cooperation, Sweden also operates three Boeing C-17 which are located at Pápa Air Base in Hungary .
Pages in category "Bases of the Swedish Air Force" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The technological developments in the military sphere after World War II and during the Cold War era led to new threats in the form of nuclear warfare with radioactivity and thermal radiation. Well into the 1960s, Sweden also assumed that a hostile attack would be preceded by the use of small tactical nuclear weapons. [11]
Boden Garrison (Swedish: Bodens garnison) is a major garrison in Sweden, located in and around Boden in Norrbotten County.The garrison has during the 20th century been, and still is, the largest garrison in Sweden, [1] consisting of several units of the Swedish Armed Forces as well as Boden Fortress.