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The Swedish Armed Forces consists of three service branches; the Army, the Air Force and the Navy, with addition of the military reserve force Home Guard. Since 1994, the first three service branches are organized within a single unified government agency, headed by the Supreme Commander , while the Home Guard reports directly to the Supreme ...
A militia, home guard, state guard or state military may constitute part of a military reserve force, such as the United States National Guard and the Norwegian, Swedish and Danish Home Guard. In some countries (including Colombia, Israel, Norway, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan), reserve service is compulsory for a number of years ...
The Home Guard – National Security Forces (Swedish: Hemvärnet – Nationella skyddsstyrkorna) is a military reserve force of the Swedish Armed Forces.It was formally established on May 29, 1940, during World War II upon popular demand. [3]
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.
A military reserve is different from a military reserve force, which is a military organization composed of military personnel who maintain their military skills and readiness in a long-term part-time commitment to support their country if needed. Military reserve refers to specific trained pre-organized forces operating on an on-call basis ...
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 the Swedish War of Liberation in 1521.
Swedish Armed Forces Conscript Medal (2002–2010) Swedish Armed Forces Reserve Officer Medal (2003/2008–) gold; silver; Swedish Armed Forces Service Medal for National Defense (2015-) gold with Three Crowns ribbon device; gold; silver; bronze; Swedish Armed Forces International Service Medal (1991/1994/2012–) bronze; with medal clasp (Name ...
The commander of a military district, the Militärområdesbefälhavare (also called Militärbefälhavare [b]), commanded the Swedish Army divisions stationed in the region, the regional naval command, the regional air defence sector as well as the lower regional subdivision defence districts that made up the military district.