page_title: Swedish Air Force
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Swedish Air Force / History
caption_attribution_description: English: De Havilland Mosquito NF.XIX of the Royal Swedish Air Force in October 1949.
context_page_description: The Swedish Royal Air Force is the air force branch of the Swedish Armed Forces.
context_section_description: The Swedish Royal Air Force was created on July 1, 1926 when the aircraft units of the Army and Navy were merged. Because of the escalating international tension during the 1930s the Air Force was reorganized and expanded from four to seven squadrons.
caption: DH.98 Mosquito NF.19 night fighter of the Swedish Royal Air Force in 1949
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