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The Swedish Army (Swedish: Svenska Armén) is the land force of the Swedish Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Sweden in Northern Europe / Scandinavia.
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 being used as training units for conscripts during peacetime. The new main fighting unit was the brigade, only organised in wartime (with a few ...
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 Chief of Defence , while the Home Guard reports directly to the chief.
On 1 October 2019 a new rank system was introduced in the Swedish Armed Forces. The system is unique and does not follow the conventional system used by most of the World's armed forces. The ranks are grouped as officers (OF1 - OF9), specialist officers (OR6 - OR9), and as section commanders, soldiers and sailors (GSS in Swedish) (OR1 - OR5).
This is a list of Swedish Army brigades. Brigades were introduced to the Swedish Army in 1948. Brigade size formations were phased out in 2000 and then reintroduced ...
The Russo-Swedish War of 1788–90, known as Gustav III's Russian War in Sweden and as Catherine II's Swedish War in Russia, was fought between Sweden and Russia from June 1788 to August 1790. The conflict was initiated by King Gustav III of Sweden for domestic political reasons, as he believed that a short war would leave the opposition no ...
The Swedish government announced on 16 March 2023 that among the 48 received, 24 were in service, 24 were in storage, 14 Archer would be sold to the British Army in March 2023, and 8 transferred to the Ukrainian Ground Forces. [46] Rheinmetall HX2 8x8: 0 (+48)
Military district (Swedish: Militärdistrikt, MD) replaced through the Defence Act of 2000 the old organisation on 1 July 2000. It was active until 31 December 2005. The new military districts geographically corresponded to the old military districts, but did not have territorial and operational tasks. [13]