Editing Swedish Armed Forces (section)

=== Criticism and research ===
In 2008, professor [[Mats Alvesson]] of the [[University of Lund]] and Karl Ydén of the [[University of Gothenburg]] claimed in an [[op-ed]], based on Ydén's [[doctoral dissertation]], that a large part of the [[officer corps]] of the Swedish Armed Forces was preoccupied with administrative tasks instead of training soldiers or partaking in international operations. They claimed that Swedish officers were mainly focused on climbing the ranks and thereby increasing their wages and that the main way of doing this is to take more training courses, which decreases the number of officers that are specialized in their field. Therefore, the authors claimed, the Swedish Armed Forces were poorly prepared for their mission.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dn.se/debatt/karriarstyrda-officerare-skapar-inkompetent-forsvar/ |title=Karriärstyrda officerare skapar inkompetent försvar |trans-title=Career-driven officers create an incompetent defence |language=sv |date=6 November 2008 |newspaper=[[Dagens Nyheter]] |access-date=28 March 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114190543/http://www.dn.se/debatt/karriarstyrda-officerare-skapar-inkompetent-forsvar |archive-date=14 November 2012}}</ref> Major changes have been made to the officer system since then.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}

The transformation of the old invasion defence-oriented armed forces to the new smaller and more mobile force has also been criticized. According to the [[Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces]] the present defence budget will not be enough to implement the new defence structure by 2019. And that even when finished the armed forces will only be able to fight for a week at most.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.svd.se/nyheter/inrikes/forsvar-med-tidsgrans_7789308.svd |title=Försvar med tidsgräns |trans-title=Defence with a time limit |language=sv |first=Mikael |last=Holmström |date=2012-12-30 |newspaper=[[Svenska Dagbladet]] |access-date=25 February 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323232126/http://www.svd.se/nyheter/inrikes/forsvar-med-tidsgrans_7789308.svd |archive-date=23 March 2015}}</ref>

During 2013 several [[Russian Air Force]] exercises over the [[Baltic Sea]] aimed at Swedish military targets have made 
the future of the Swedish Armed Forces a hot topic and several political parties now want to increase defence funding.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.svd.se/nyheter/inrikes/ryska-bombflyg-ovade-mot-sverige_8698898.svd |title=Ryska bombflyg övade mot Sverige |trans-title=Russian bombers practiced against Sweden |language=sv |date=2013-11-06 |agency=TT |newspaper=[[Svenska Dagbladet]] |access-date=25 February 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415032441/http://www.svd.se/nyheter/inrikes/ryska-bombflyg-ovade-mot-sverige_8698898.svd |archive-date=15 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.svd.se/nyheter/inrikes/ryskt-flyg-ovade-anfall-mot-sverige_8108894.svd |title=Ryskt flyg övade anfall mot Sverige |trans-title=Russian aircraft practiced attacks on Sweden |language=sv |first=Mikael |last=Holmström |date=2013-04-22 |newspaper=[[Svenska Dagbladet]] |access-date=25 February 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323232149/http://www.svd.se/nyheter/inrikes/ryskt-flyg-ovade-anfall-mot-sverige_8108894.svd |archive-date=23 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article17628436.ab |title=Majoritet vill rusta militärt mot Ryssland |trans-title=Majority wants to equip military against Russia |language=sv |first=Nivette |last=Dawod |date=10 October 2013 |newspaper=[[Aftonbladet]] |access-date=25 February 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225044425/http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article17628436.ab |archive-date=25 February 2015}}</ref> In August 2019, the government announced a bank tax to fund the military spending.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20190901-sweden-tax-banks-finance-military-spendings |title=Sweden announces bank tax to finance military spending |date=1 September 2019 |website=[[France 24]] |access-date=1 September 2019}}</ref>