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Swedish Navy
Svenska marinen
Coat of arms of the Swedish Navy.
Founded
7 June 1522; 501 years ago (1522-06-07)
Country
Sweden
Size
2,100[1]
Part of
Swedish Armed Forces
Garrison/HQ
Muskö
Karlskrona
Gothenburg
Berga
March
"Kungliga Flottans paradmarsch" (Wagner)
Anniversaries
9 July (Battle of Svensksund)
Equipment
7 corvettes
9 mine countermeasure vessel
5 diesel submarines
14 patrol vessels
165 Gunboats
other auxiliary vessels
Engagements
See list
Swedish War of Liberation (1521–23)
Count's Feud (1534–36)
Russo-Swedish War (1554–57)
Northern Seven Years' War (1563–70)
Russo-Swedish War (1590–95)
Polish–Swedish War (1600–29)
Ingrian War (1610–1617)
Kalmar War (1611–13)
Thirty Years' War (1630–1648)
Torstenson War (1643–45)
Second Northern War (1657–60)
Scanian War (1675–79)
Great Northern War (1700–1721)
Russo-Swedish War (1741–43)
Seven Years' War (1756–1763)
Russo-Swedish War (1788–90)
First Barbary War (1801–1802)
War of the Fourth Coalition (1805–1810)
Finnish War (1808–1809)
Dano-Swedish War of 1808–09
Swedish-Norwegian War (1814)
Capture of Manuel Briones (1852)
Invasion of Åland (1918)
Cold War (1970–1991)
War in Afghanistan (2002–2021)
Operation Atalanta (since 2008)
Commanders
Chief of Navy
RAdm Ewa Skoog Haslum
Deputy Chief of Navy
BGen Patrik Gardesten
Chief of the Naval Staff
Capt Håkan Nilsson
Insignia
Naval ensign and jack
Naval ensign 1844–1905
Naval ensign 1815–1844
Military unit
The Swedish Navy (Swedish: Svenska marinen) is the naval branch of the Swedish Armed Forces.[2] It is composed of surface and submarine naval units – the Fleet (Flottan) – as well as marine units, the Amphibious Corps (Amfibiekåren).
Founded under King Gustav I in 1522, the Swedish navy is one of the oldest continuously serving navies in the world, celebrating its 500th anniversary in 2022.
^IISS (2022). The Military Balance 2022. Routledge. p. 151. ISBN 978-1-032-27900-8.
^"The Navy". Swedish Armed Forces. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
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targets as well. The missile was developed by the Swedish company Saab Bofors Dynamics. The SwedishNavy earlier made the RB 08 anti-ship missiles with the...
class — 3 ships Jurua class — 6 ships ordered but requisitioned by the Royal Navy as Havant class Acre class — 6 ships Pará class — 7 ships, ex-Fletcher class...
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plume while troopers wear a horse hair plumes of the same colour. In the SwedishNavy, only one ceremonial uniform is still in use. It is restricted to naval...
possible independent Norway from her Swedish neighbours. In 1900, just five years prior to the separation from Sweden, the navy, which was maintained for coastal...
tons Operators: Pakistan Navy : 3 in service Blekinge class Builder: Sweden, Displacement: 1,800 tons Operators: SwedishNavy: 2 building Dolphin class...
Global Information
Sweden
Swedish Armed Forces
RAdm Ewa Skoog Haslum
BGen Patrik Gardesten
Capt Håkan Nilsson
