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Website
Official site
Commanders
Chief of Army
MajGen Jonny Lindfors
Deputy Chief of Army
BGen Anders Svensson [sv]
Chief of the Army Staff
Col Stefan Jansson [sv]
Notable commanders
Gustavus Adolphus Charles X Gustav Charles XI Charles XII Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt Charles XIV John Curt von Stedingk Johan August Sandels
Military unit
The Swedish Army (Swedish: svenska armén) is the land force of the Swedish Armed Forces.
^IISS (2022). The Military Balance 2022. Routledge. p. 151. ISBN 978-1-032-27900-8.
^"Idag fyller Livgardet och armén 500 år" (PDF) (Press release) (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2021 – via Mynewsdesk.
The SwedishArmy (Swedish: svenska armén) is the land force of the Swedish Armed Forces. Svea Life Guards dates back to the year 1521, when the men of...
The SwedishArmy Museum (Swedish: Armémuseum) is a museum of military history located in the district of Östermalm in Stockholm. It reopened in 2002 after...
This is a list of equipment of the SwedishArmy currently in use. It includes current equipment such as small arms, combat vehicles, explosives, missile...
Military ranks of the Swedish Armed Forces shows the rank system used in the Swedish Armed Forces today, as well as changes during the 20th century due...
contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the anti-Swedish alliance were Peter I of Russia...
The Swedish Empire (Swedish: stormaktstiden, "the Era of Great Power") was the period in Swedish history spanning much of the 17th and early 18th centuries...
Holowczyn where the smaller Swedisharmy routed a Russian army twice the size. The campaign ended with disaster when the Swedisharmy suffered heavy losses...
The Swedish Armed Forces (Swedish: Försvarsmakten , lit. 'the Defence Force') are the armed forces of the Kingdom of Sweden, tasked with the defence of...
power. During this period, known as Stormaktstiden (Swedish: "The Great Power Era"), the Swedish Empire held a territory more than twice the size of its...
The SwedishArmy Veterinary Corps (Swedish: Fältveterinärkåren) was an administrative corps for veterinarians of the SwedishArmy from 1887 to 1969. Its...
operations forces as a symbol of their unique capabilities. Afghan National Army Special Forces members were awarded a tan beret after successfully completing...
The Finnish War (Swedish: Finska kriget, Russian: Финляндская война, Finnish: Suomen sota) was fought between the Kingdom of Sweden and the Russian Empire...
developed and manufactured by the Swedish company Hägglund & Söner, and subsequently by BAE Systems Hägglunds, for the SwedishArmy. It consists of two units...
lift Scania T144 (Dragbil 23T) Main article: Swedish Coast Guard ships Even if the Swedish Coast Guard (Swedish: Kustbevakningen) is not officially a part...
in Eskilstuna, Sweden. All Swedish Mausers other than trials rifles were chambered for the 6.5×55mm Swedish cartridge, and all Swedish-made actions were...
the royal cypher of Frederick I of Sweden, 1727. Swedish gorget model 1799 for the officer of the day. SwedishArmy Museum. The same use of the gorget...
Regiment . A maroon beret is worn by Fallskärmsjägarna, a jump qualified SwedishArmy special operations unit. This is an airborne commando unit focused on...
vehicles and the Model 60-30 aircraft variant. After World War II the SwedishArmy, who used two 6.5×55mm versions of the Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR)...
The SwedishArmy Quartermaster Corps (Swedish: Intendenturkåren) was an administrative corps for personnel within the SwedishArmy created in 1880. From...
Swedish-Brandenburgian War (German: Schwedisch-Brandenburgischer Krieg). The war was prompted by Swedish involvement in the Franco-Dutch War. Sweden had...
purposes. There are three versions of full dress uniforms in use in the SwedishArmy as of the present day, all belonging to the Life Guards. The infantry...
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