page_title: Swedish Army
section_title: Active regiments
hierarchical_section_title: Swedish Army / Active regiments
caption_attribution_description: Svenska: Svenska soldater vid Regementets Dag på P7 Revingehed
context_page_description: The Swedish Army is the branch of the Swedish Armed Forces with responsibility for land warfare.
context_section_description: Swedish Army regiments are tasked with training conscripts and Home Guard troops. Additionally each regiment can mobilise in times of crisis or war operational battalions for the army's rapid reaction organisation. The currently active regiments and their main peacetime subordinate units are:
  Life Guards (LG), in Stockholm
  Stockholm Command Staff
  Armed Forces International Centre (Swedint)
  Armed Forces Dog Service Unit (FHTE)
  Armed Forces Military Music Center (FöMus)
  Dalregementsgruppen (DRG), trains and supports the Home Guard in Dalarna County
  Dalarna Battalion (17. hvbat), in Falun
  Gävleborgsgruppen (GABG), trains and supports the Home Guard in Gävleborg County
  Gävleborg Battalion (18. hvbat), in Gävle
  Livgardesgruppen (LGAG), trains and supports the Home Guard in Stockholm County
  Attundaland Battalion (23. hvbat), in Kungsängen
  Stockholm Battalion (24. hvbat), in Kungsängen
  Taeliehus Battalion (25. hvbat), in Kungsängen
  Järva Battalion (26. hvbat), in Kungsängen
  Göta Engineer Regiment (Ing 2), in Eksjö
  Engineer Battalion, trains the troops of the 21st and 22nd engineer battalions
  Field Works School
  Norra Smålandsgruppen (NSG), trains and supports the Home Guard in Jönköping County
  North Småland Battalion (33. hvbat), in Eksjö
  Life Regiment Hussars (K 3), in Karlsborg
  Training companies, train the troops of the 31st light and 32nd reconnaissance battalions
  Armed Forces Survival School
  Örebro-Värmlandsgruppen (ÖVG), trains and supports the Home Guard in Örebro and Värmland counties
  Värmland Battalion (19. hvbat), in Karlstad
  Sannahed Battalion (20. hvbat), in Örebro
  Skaraborg Regiment (P 4), in Skövde
  Training unit (KFE), trains the troops of the 41st and 42nd mechanized battalions, 18th battle group, 1st heavy transport company, and 2nd brigade reconnaissance company
  Skaraborgsgruppen (SKG), trains and supports the Home Guard in Västra Götaland County
  Kinne Battalion (38. hvbat), in Skövde
  Kåkind Battalion (39. hvbat), in Skövde
  Bohusdalgruppen (BDG), trains and supports the Home Guard in Bohuslän and Dalsland
  Bohusläns Battalion (40. hvbat), in Skredsvik
  Air Defence Regiment (Lv 6), in Halmstad
  Air Defence Battalion, trains the troops of the 61st and 62nd air defence battalions
  Hallandsgruppen (HAG), trains and supports the Home Guard in Halland County
  Halland Battalion (45. hvbat), in Halmstad
  South Scanian Regiment (P 7), in Revingehed
  Skånska Gruppen (SSK), trains and supports the Home Guard in Skåne County
  Scania Dragoon Battalion (48. hvbat), in Helsingborg
  North Scania Battalion (49. hvbat), in Hässleholm
  South Scanian Battalion (46. hvbat), in Revingehed
  Malmöhus Battalion (47. hvbat), in Malmö
  71st Light Mechanised Battalion (training)
  72nd Light Mechanised Battalion (training)
  Artillery Regiment (A 9), in Boden
  Artillery Battalion, trains the troops of the 91st and 92nd artillery battalions
  Artillery Combat School
  Norrbotten Regiment (I 19), in Boden
  Norrbotten Armoured Battalion (Pbat / I 19), in Boden, trains the troops of the 191st and 192nd mechanized battalions, and 3rd brigade reconnaissance company
  Army Ranger Battalion, in Arvidsjaur, trains the troops of the 193rd Ranger Battalion
  Armed Forces Winter Unit (FMVE), in Boden and Arvidsjaur
  Lapplandsjägargruppen (G 66), trains and supports the Home Guard in the northern and eastern part of Norrbotten County
  Lapland Jäger Battalion (10. hvbat), in Kiruna
  Border Jäger Battalion (11. hvbat), in Kalix
  Norrbottensgruppen (G 63), trains and supports the Home Guard in the southern part of Norrbotten County
  North Bothnia Battalion (12. hvbat), in Boden
  Västerbottensgruppen (G 61), trains and supports the Home Guard in Västerbotten County
  West Bothnia Battalion (13. hvbat), in Umeå
  Fältjägargruppen (G 22), trains and supports the Home Guard in Jämtland County
  Field Jäger Battalion (14. hvbat), in Östersund
  Västernorrlandsgruppen (G 23), trains and supports the Home Guard in Västernorrland County
  Ångermanland Battalion (15. hvbat), in Härnösand
  Medelpad Battalion (16. hvbat), in Härnösand
caption: Swedish soldiers during a training exercise.
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