Editing Swedish Armed Forces (section)

== Organization ==
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| caption = Swedish Armed Forces main bases 2024<br />[[File:Blue 000080 pog.svg|10px]] Naval Base [[File:Blue 0080ff pog.svg|10px]] Air Base [[File:Green pog.svg|10px]] Infantry Base [[File:Pink pog.svg|10px]] Mechanized Infantry Base<br />[[File:Orange pog.svg|10px]] Cavalry Base [[File:Yellow pog.svg|10px]] Artillery Base [[File:Purple 8000ff pog.svg|10px]] Air Defence Base [[File:Black pog.svg|10px]] Engineer Base
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    | label = <small>{{nowrap|[[Västernorrland Regiment|Västernorrland Rgt.]]}}</small>
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    | label = <small>{{nowrap|[[Dalarna Regiment|Dalarna Rgt.]]}}</small>
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    | label = <small>{{nowrap|[[Norrland Dragoon Regiment|Norrland Dragoon Rgt.]]}}</small>
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    | label = <small>{{nowrap|[[Boden Artillery Regiment|Boden Art. Rgt.]]}}</small>
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    | label = <small>{{nowrap|[[Bergslagen Artillery Regiment|Bergslagen Art. Rgt.]]}}</small>
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    | label = <small>{{nowrap|[[Skaraborg Regiment (armoured)|Skaraborg Rgt.]]<br />[[Göta Logistic Regiment|Göta Logistic Rgt.]]}}</small>
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    | label = <small>{{nowrap|[[South Scanian Regiment|South Scanian Rgt.]]}}</small>
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    | lat_deg = 55 | lat_min = 44 | lat_dir = N
    | lon_deg = 13 | lon_min = 28 | lon_dir = E
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    | label = <small>{{nowrap|[[Air Defence Regiment (Sweden)|Air Defence Rgt.]]}}</small>
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    | label = <small>{{nowrap|[[Life Guards (Sweden)|Life Guards]]}}</small>
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    | label = <small>{{nowrap|[[Göta Engineer Regiment|Göta Engineer Rgt.]]}}</small>
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    | label = <small>{{nowrap|[[Life Regiment Hussars|Life Rgt. Hussars]]}}</small>
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    {{Location map~|Sweden
    | label = <small>{{nowrap|[[1st Marine Regiment (Sweden)|1st Marine Rgt.]]}}</small>
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    | label = <small>{{nowrap|[[Muskö Naval Base]]}}</small>
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    | lon_deg = 18 | lon_min = 11 | lon_dir = E
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    | label = <small>{{nowrap|[[Karlskrona Naval Base]]}}</small>
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    | label = <small>{{nowrap|[[Uppland Wing]]}}</small>
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    | label = <small>{{nowrap|[[Skaraborg Wing]]}}</small>
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    | label = <small>{{nowrap|[[Blekinge Wing]]<br />3 Helicopter}}</small>
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    | label = <small>{{nowrap|[[Norrbotten Wing]]<br />1 Helicopter}}</small>
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    | label = <small>{{nowrap|2 Helicopter}}</small>
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    | label = <small>{{nowrap|[[Command and Control Regiment (Sweden)|Command & Control Rgt.]]}}</small>
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    {{Location map~|Sweden
    | label = <small>{{nowrap|[[National CBRN Defence Centre|CBRN Def. Centre]]}}</small>
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    {{Location map~|Sweden
    | label = <small>{{nowrap|[[Gotland Regiment|Gotland Rgt.]]}}</small>
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[[File:1025448 A Swedish JAS-39 Gripen returns to the play areas of the Arctic Challenge exercise Sept. 24, 2013.jpg|thumb|The Swedish multirole fighter, the [[Saab JAS 39 Gripen]].]]
[[File:NH90.jpg|thumb|[[NHIndustries NH90|NH90]] of the Swedish Armed Forces]]
[[File:K32 HMS Helsingborg Anchored-of-Gotska-Sandoen cropped.jpg|thumb|The Swedish [[Visby class corvette]].]][[File:Swedish CV9040.JPG|thumb|The [[Infantry fighting vehicle]] [[Combat Vehicle 90|CV 90]] produced and used by [[Sweden]].]]The [[Chief of Defence (Sweden)|Chief of Defence]], formerly the Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces ({{langx|sv|Överbefälhavaren}}, ÖB), is a [[four-star rank|four-star]] [[General (Sweden)|general]] or [[flag officer]] who is the agency head of the Swedish Armed Forces and the highest ranking professional officer on active duty. The Chief of Defence reports, normally through the [[Minister of Defence (Sweden)|Minister of Defence]], to the [[Government of Sweden]], which in turn answers to the [[Riksdag]]. The current chief of defence is General [[Michael Claesson]].<ref name= gould2021>{{cite web |url=https://www.defensenews.com/interviews/2021/12/27/swedens-top-general-on-watching-russia-and-responding-to-an-invasion-of-ukraine/ |title=Sweden's top general on watching Russia and responding to an invasion of Ukraine |first=Joe |last=Gould |date=27 December 2021 |website=Defense News}}</ref>

Before the enactment of the [[Instrument of Government (1974)|1974 Instrument of Government]], the [[King of Sweden]] was the [[de jure]] [[Commander in Chief#Sweden|commander in chief]] ({{langx|sv|högste befälhavare}}). Since then, [[King of Sweden|King]] [[Carl XVI Gustaf]] is still considered to hold the [[Title of honor|honorary]] ranks of general and admiral ''[[à la suite]]'', but the role is entirely ceremonial.<ref name="kungahuset.se">{{cite web |url=http://www.kungahuset.se/royalcourt/monarchy/themonarchyinsweden/dutiesofthemonarch.4.396160511584257f2180003302.html |title=Duties of the Monarch |website=[[Royal Court of Sweden]] |access-date=19 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316041821/http://www.kungahuset.se/royalcourt/monarchy/themonarchyinsweden/dutiesofthemonarch.4.396160511584257f2180003302.html |archive-date=16 March 2015}}</ref>

The Swedish Armed Forces consists of three service branches; the [[Swedish Army|Army]], the [[Swedish Air Force|Air Force]] and the [[Swedish Navy|Navy]], with addition of the [[military reserve force]] [[Home Guard (Sweden)|Home Guard]]. Since 1994, the first three service branches are organized within a single unified government agency, headed by the [[Chief of Defence (Sweden)|Chief of Defence]], while the Home Guard reports directly to the chief. However, the services maintain their separate identities through the use of different uniforms, ranks, and other service specific traditions.

=== Armed Forces Headquarters ===
The [[Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters]] is the highest level of command in the Swedish Armed Forces.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mil.se/templates/Mil_UnitStartpage.aspx?id=10130&epslanguage=EN |title=Armed Forces Headquarters (HKV) |date=1 December 2008 |website=Swedish Armed Forces |access-date=5 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728161758/https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/ |archive-date=28 July 2020}}</ref> It is led by the [[Chief of Defence (Sweden)|Chief of Defence]] (formerly the Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces) with a civilian [[Director General of the Swedish Armed Forces|director-general]] as his deputy, with functional directorates having different responsibilities (e.g. the [[Swedish Military Intelligence and Security Service|Military Intelligence and Security Service]]). Overall, the Armed Forces Headquarters has about 2,100 employees, including civilian personnel.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mil.se/templates/Mil_UnitStartpage.aspx?id=7212&epslanguage=SV |title=Högkvarteret (HKV) |trans-title=Headquarters |language=sv |website=Swedish Armed Forces |access-date=3 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202042943/http://www.mil.se/sv/I-Sverige/Hogkvarteret-HKV/ |archive-date=2009-02-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mil.se/upload/Forband/HKV/hkv-org.pdf |title=Högkvarterets organisation |language=sv |website=Swedish Armed Forces |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220141900/http://www.forsvarsmakten.se/upload/Forband/HKV/hkv-org.pdf |archive-date=2012-02-20}}</ref>

=== Schools ===
Some of the schools listed below answer to other units, listed under the various branches of the Armed Forces:

*Artillery Combat School (''ArtSS'') located in [[Boden, Sweden|Boden]]
*Armed Forces Technical School (''FMTS'') located in [[Halmstad]]
*Air Warfare Centre (''LSS'') located in [[Uppsala]]
*Armed Forces Interpreter/Interrogator School (''TolkS'') located in [[Uppsala]]
*[[Swedish Defence University]] (''FHS'') located in [[Stockholm]]
*Field Work School (''FarbS'') located in [[Eksjö]]
*Air Force Air Officer School (''FBS'') located in [[Uppsala]]
*[[Swedish Parachute Ranger School]] (''FJS'') located in [[Karlsborg]]
*Flight School (''FlygS'') located in [[Linköping]]/[[Malmen Airbase|Malmen]]
*Helicopter Combat School (''HkpSS'') located in [[Linköping]]/[[Malmen Airbase|Malmen]]
*[[National Home Guard Combat School]] (''HvSS'') located in [[Södertälje]]
*Command School (''LedS'') located in [[Enköping]]
*Anti-Aircraft Combat School (''LvSS'') located in [[Halmstad]]
*Military Academy Halmstad (''MHS H'') located in [[Halmstad]]
*[[Military Academy Karlberg]] (''MHS K'') located in [[Stockholm]]/[[Karlberg Palace|Karlberg]]
*[[Land Warfare Centre (Sweden)|Land Warfare Centre]] (''MSS'') located in [[Skövde]] also a detachment in [[Borensberg|Kvarn]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www2.mil.se/en/About-the-Armed-Forces/Organisation/Address-list/ |title=Address list |date=1 October 2007 |website=Swedish Armed Forces |access-date=28 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410072412/http://www2.mil.se/en/About-the-Armed-Forces/Organisation/Address-list/ |archive-date=10 April 2008}}</ref>
*[[Swedish Naval Warfare Centre]] (''SSS'') located in [[Karlskrona]] and [[Stockholm]]/[[Berga Naval Base|Berga]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.forsvarsmakten.se/en/about/career-in-the-swedish-armed-forces/training-centres/ |title=Training Centres |website=Swedish Armed Forces |access-date=25 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320003559/http://www.forsvarsmakten.se/en/about/career-in-the-swedish-armed-forces/training-centres/ |archive-date=20 March 2015}}</ref>

=== Centres ===
*[[File:Försvarsmaktens sjukvårdscentrum vapen.svg|20px]] [[Swedish Armed Forces Centre for Defence Medicine]] (''FömedC'') located in [[Gothenburg]], with a section in [[Linköping]]
*[[File:Försvarsmaktens logistik vapen.svg|20px]][[Swedish Armed Forces Logistics]] (''FMLOG'') located in [[Stockholm]], [[Boden, Sweden|Boden]], [[Karlskrona]] and [[Arboga]]
*Armed Forces Intelligence and Security Centre (''FMUndSäkC'') located in [[Uppsala]]
*Armed Forces Musical Centre (''FöMusC'') located in [[Stockholm]]/[[Kungsängen]]
*Recruitment Centre (''RekryC'') located in [[Stockholm]]
*[[File:Totalförsvarets skyddsskola vapen.svg|20px]] [[National CBRN Defence Centre]] (''SkyddC'') located in [[Umeå]]
*Swedish EOD and Demining Centre (''SWEDEC'') located in [[Eksjö]]
*Swedish Armed Forces International Center (''Swedint'') located in [[Stockholm]]/Kungsängen

==== Nordic Battlegroup ====
The [[Nordic Battlegroup]] is a cooperative formation of the Swedish Armed Forces alongside mainly the other [[Nordic countries]] but also some of the Baltic countries as well as [[Ireland]], tasked as one of the [[EU Battlegroup]]s. The headquarter garrison for this group is currently situated in [[Enköping]], [[Sweden]].

=== International deployments ===
Sweden is part of the multinational [[Kosovo Force]] and has a naval force deployed to the gulf of Aden as a part of [[Operation Atalanta]]. Military [[observation|observer]]s from Sweden have been sent to a large number of countries, including [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Lebanon]], [[Israel]] and [[Sri Lanka]] and Sweden also participates with staff officers to missions in [[Sudan]] and [[Chad]]. Sweden has been one of the Peacekeeping nations of the [[Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission]] that is tasked with overseeing the truce in the [[Korean Demilitarized Zone]] since the Korean war ended in 1953.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.forsvarsmakten.se/en/about/our-mission-in-sweden-and-abroad/current-missions/korea-nnsc/ |title=Korea – NNSC |website=Swedish Armed Forces |access-date=25 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406032909/http://www.forsvarsmakten.se/en/about/our-mission-in-sweden-and-abroad/current-missions/korea-nnsc/ |archive-date=6 April 2016}}</ref>

====Past deployments====
Swedish air and ground forces saw combat during the [[Congo Crisis]], as part of the [[United Nations Operation in the Congo]] force. Nine army battalions were sent in all, and their mission lasted from 1960 to 1964.

A battalion and other units were deployed with the NATO-led peacekeeping [[Stabilisation Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina|SFOR]] in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] (1996–2000), following the [[Bosnian War]]. NORDBAT 2 has been studied as an example of [[mission command]] on a chaotic battlefield with conflicting national orders.

Sweden had military forces deployed in [[Afghanistan]] with the [[NATO]]-led [[International Security Assistance Force]] (2002–2014), and the subsequent [[Resolute Support Mission]] (2015–2021), which ended when all NATO troops were withdrawn after 20 years of action.