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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.
In mid-1995, with the national service system based on universal military training, the Swedish Army consisted of 15 maneuver brigades and, in addition, 100 battalions of various sorts (artillery, engineers, rangers, air defence, amphibious, security, surveillance etc.) with a mobilization-time of between one and two days.
Military installations of Sweden by branch (2 C) F. Forts in Sweden (3 C, 32 P) Pages in category "Military installations of Sweden" The following 8 pages are in this ...
In the late 1950s the Swedish Air Force introduced the Bas 60 air base system, which revolved around force dispersal of air squadrons across many wartime air bases in case of war in order to make it complicated for an opponent to destroy the air force on the ground. Road runways were also introduced as backup runways.
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.
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 Swedish Navy (Swedish: Svenska marinen) is the maritime service branch of the Swedish Armed Forces. [3] It is composed of surface and submarine naval units – the Fleet ( Flottan ), formally sometimes referred to as the Royal Navy ( Kungliga Flottan ) – as well as marine units, the Amphibious Corps ( Amfibiekåren ).
The Northern Military Region (Swedish: Norra militärregionen, MR N) is a Swedish military region within the Swedish Armed Forces. Established in 2013, the military region staff in based in Boden Garrison. The military region includes Norrbotten County, Västerbotten County, Jämtland County and Västernorrland County.