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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: Life Guards (LG), in Stockholm. Life Guards Battalion
This is a list of Swedish regiments. Most formations have changed names several times during their existence. Listed here are commonly used names. Regiments were the highest organized organic units in the Swedish Army from the time of Gustavus Adolphus on to the Second World War. In 1949, the Swedish Army was reorganised, with the regiments ...
Swedish air and ground forces saw combat during the Congo Crisis, as part of the United Nations Operation in the Congo force. 9 army battalions were sent in all, and their mission lasted 1960–1964. A battalion and other units were deployed with the NATO-led peacekeeping SFOR in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1996–2000), following the Bosnian War.
Later raised Swedish infantry regiments: Andra livgrenadjärregementet (2nd Life Grenadier Regiment) Bergsregementet (The Mine Regiment) Blekinge bataljon (Blekinge Battalion) Drottningens livregemente till fot (Queen's Life Regiment of Foot) Första livgrenadjärregementet (1st Life Grenadier Regiment)
N. Norrland Anti-Aircraft Battalion. Norrbotten Armoured Battalion. Norrland Artillery Battalion. Norrland Logistic Battalion. Norrland Signal Battalion.
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.
Norrbotten Regiment. The Norrbotten Regiment (Swedish: Norrbottens regemente), designation I 19, is a Swedish Army arctic armoured, light infantry and commando regiment that traces its origins back to the 19th century. The regiment's soldiers were originally recruited from the province of Norrbotten, and it is currently garrisoned in Boden ...
The Swedish Army Paratroop School was created in 1952 by captain Nils-Ivar Carlborg and modelled after the German and British post–World War II airborne commando forces such as the Parachute Regiment and the Special Air Service (SAS), with the objective of creating a highly mobile force which had the flexibility to operate behind enemy lines and carry out long range reconnaissance missions ...