Editing Colour guard (section)

===Sweden===
[[File:Riksmotet2011 1c568 9303.jpg|thumb|Swedish ceremonial colour guard at the opening of the [[Riksdag]] in 2011.]]
In Sweden the colour guard can be composed in three distinct manners: Greater colour guard, smaller colour guard and an officers guard. Each regiment, or military unit that carries a colour, in Sweden sets up its own colour guard. The Swedish military rank of [[fänrik]] (and the corresponding cavalry rank of ''kornett'') was originally intended for the holder of the company flag. This duty was considered so prestigious that an officer was necessary to carry it out. Today, it is a regular officer rank.

====Composition====
A expanded colour guard composed of two commissioned officers, called ''fanförare'' (ensigns, literally ''carriers of the colour'') and eight enlisted personnel behind the colour or colours. This stems from the time of king [[Gustavus Adolphus]] and the [[Thirty Years' War]] when all Swedish regiments had eight battalions. Each battalion contributed one soldier to the common colour guard. If one colour is carried the second officer serves as the colour officer.

A smaller colour guard is composed of one commissioned officer and four enlisted soldiers. An officers colour guard is composed of three commissioned officers, one ensign and two officer escorts carrying sabres.