| The Swedish Army | |
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 Coat of arms of The Swedish Army |
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| Active | 1521- |
| Country | Sweden |
| Part of | Swedish Armed Forces |
| Commanders | |
| Generalmajor | Berndt Grundevik |
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The Swedish Army (Swedish: Armén) is the army branch of the Swedish Armed Forces, the military of Sweden.
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History
Organization
The peace time organization of the Swedish Army is divided into a number of regiments for the different branches. The number of active regiments has been reduced since the end of the Cold War:
Leadership
Until 1975 the Swedish monarch was the formal head of the army. In 1937, the staff agency "Chief of the Army" (Swedish: chefen för armén, CA) was created to lead the army in peace time. Following a larger reorganization of the Swedish Armed Forces in 1994, CA ceased to exist as an independent agency. Instead, the post Chief of Army Staff (Swedish: chefen för arméledningen) was created at the then newly instituted Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters (Swedish: Högkvarteret, HKV).
In 1998, the Swedish Armed Forces was again reorganized. Most of the duties of the Army Chief of Staff were transferred to the newly instituted post of "Inspector General of the Army" (Swedish: generalinspektören för armén). The post is similar to that of the "Inspector General of the Swedish Navy" (Swedish: generalinspektören för marinen) and the "Inspector General of the Swedish Air Force" (Swedish: generalinspektören för flygvapnet).
Chiefs of the Army
- Per Sylvan, 1937–1940
- Ivar Holmquist, 1940–1944
- Archibald Douglas, 1944–1948
- Carl August Ehrenswärd, 1948–1957
- Thord C:son Bonde, 1957–1963
- Curt Göransson, 1963–1969
- Carl Eric Almgren, 1969–1976
- Nils Sköld, 1976–1984
- Erik G. Bengtsson, 1984–1990
- Åke Sagrén, 1990–1994
Chiefs of Army Staff
- Åke Sagrén, 1994–1996
- Mertil Melin, 1996–1998
Inspectors General
- Paul Degerlund, 1998–2000
- Alf Sandqvist, 2000–2005
- Sverker Göranson, 2005–2007
- Berndt Grundevik, 2007–present
The Infantry
One regiment of infantry:
The Cavalry
One regiment and two battalions of cavalry:
- Livregementets husarer (K 3) stationed in Karlsborg (Air Assault and ISTAR)
- Arméns Jägarbataljon (AJB, former K 4) (part of I 19) in Arvidsjaur (Ranger Battalion/ISTAR)
- Livgardet (LG) (one battalion) stationed in Stockholm(King's mounted Lifeguards and Military police)
- Note that the Swedish army's cavalry primarily trains light infantry, ranger units and military police.
CBRN-defence
One company of Chemical, Biological, Radiation, Nuclear defence-trained personnel
The Armoured Corps
(Swedish: Pansartrupperna)
Three regiments of armoured/mechanized troops:
- Skaraborgs regemente (P 4) Skövde
- Södra skånska regementet (P 7) Revingehed
- Norrbottens regemente (I 19) (While designated as infantry, the regiment is responsible for the training of most army branches in the Northern Sweden ) Boden
The Artillery
One regiment of artillery:
- Artilleriregementet (A 9) Boden
The Anti-Aircraft Artillery
One regiment of anti-aircraft troops:
- Luftvärnsregementet (Lv 6) Halmstad
The Engineers
One regiment of engineering troops:
- Göta ingenjörregemente (Ing 2) Eksjö
and one engineer company stationed in Boden for subarctic operations.
The Signal Corps
One regiment of signals:
- Ledningsregementet (LedR) Enköping
The Logistic Corps
One regiment of logistical troops:
- Trängregementet (TrängR) Skövde
The Home Guard
The Home Guard (Hemvärnet) consists of 60 battalions with a total of 42000 men. Many of the soldiers have served abroad in the various missions of the regular army. All Home Guards are former active soldiers who volunteered for the Home Guard.
Recruitment
The Swedish army recruitment based on conscription German style. All personnel are called up as conscripts for a year of national service, after which, the unit he/she trained with is put in the war reserve. Upon completion of conscript service with sufficient service marks, conscripts are eligible to apply for commissioned officer training, NCO/Warrant Officer or from 2007 stay in the Army as a professional private, mainly to be employed in the Nordic Battle Group.
The army has employed soldiers for UN service on short time contracts since the 1950s for service abroad.
See also
- Military ranks of the Swedish armed forces
- Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences
- Royal Swedish Armoury
- Swedish Army Museum
- List of Swedish wars
- List of Swedish Field Marshals
- List of Swedish military areas
- List of Swedish military commanders
- List of Swedish monarchs
- List of Swedish regiments
- List of military aircraft of Sweden
- 91:an (comic strip)
- Swedish allotment system
- Equipment of the Swedish Army
External links
- Swedish Army - Official site
- Soldf.com Unofficial Weapons, vehicles and equipment page of the Swedish Armed forces.
- Nordic military vehicles site
- Scandinavian Armour by Roy Haaland
- Svante Wendel's Unofficial Royal Swedish Army Page
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