Editing Swedish Armed Forces (section)

=== From national service to an all-volunteer force ===
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. When national service was replaced by a selective service system, fewer and fewer young men were drafted due to the reduction in size of the armed forces. By 2010 the Swedish Army had two battalions that could be mobilized within 90 days. When the volunteer system had been fully implemented by 2019, the army consisted of 7 maneuver battalions and 14 battalions of various sorts with a readiness of one week. The Home Guard was reduced in size to 22,000 soldiers.<ref name="hv0702no1Facts">{{cite journal |last=Ivarsson |first=Ulf |title=Pendeln måste slå tillbaka |trans-title=The pendulum must swing back |language=sv |journal=Hemvärnet |page=5 |issue=1 |date=February 2007}}</ref> In 2019 the Swedish Armed Forces, now with a restored national service system combined with volunteer forces, aimed to reach 3 brigades as maneuver units by 2025.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.dn.se/nyheter/politik/forsvarsberedningen-foreslar-fyra-nya-regementen-och-utokad-verksamhet-pa-flera-platser/ |title=Försvarsberedningen föreslår fyra nya regementen och utökad verksamhet på flera platser |trans-title=The Defence Committee proposes four new regiments and expanded operations in several places |language=sv |date=14 May 2019 |newspaper=[[Dagens Nyheter]] |access-date=14 May 2019}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
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! National Service Force 1995 || Selective Service Force 2010 || All-Volunteer Force 2019 || Selective Service Force/Volunteer Force 2025
|- style="text-align:right;"
|align=left| Maneuver units || 15 brigades || 2 battalions || 7 battalions || 3 brigades
|- style="text-align:right;"
|align=left| Auxiliary units || 100 battalions || 4 companies || 14 battalions || ?
|- style="text-align:right;"
|align=left| Readiness || 1 to 2 days || 90 days || 7 days || ?
|}
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