page_title: 1st Marine Regiment (Sweden)
section_title: Commanding officers
hierarchical_section_title: 1st Marine Regiment (Sweden) / Commanding officers
caption_attribution_description: 160611-N-KP948-018 UTÖ, Sweden (June 11, 2016) Rear Adm. Paddy A. McAlpine, deputy commander, Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO, second from right, speaks with a Marine from the joint Swedish/Finnish Nyland Brigade, an amphibious task unit, during BALTOPS 2016, June 11. BALTOPS is an annual recurring multinational exercise designed to improve interoperability, enhance flexibility and demonstrate the resolve of allied and partner nations to defend the Baltic region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Alyssa Weeks/Released)
context_page_description: 1st Marine Regiment is an amphibian regiment of the Swedish Amphibious Corps based at the Berga Naval Base in Berga, Haninge Municipality. Raised from the Vaxholm Coastal Artillery Regiment in 2000 when the Swedish Amphibious Corps was formed, the 1st Marine Regiment has a large geographical spread where units are trained and grouped at Berga, south of Stockholm, in Gothenburg and in Gotland. Although the unit's natural combat environment is coastal zones, river deltas and other amphibious areas, the unit has the ability to operate in all types of terrain, such as desert. The 1st Marine Regiment has participated in operations in, for example, Kosovo, Gulf of Aden, Chad and Afghanistan.
context_section_description: 2000–2002: Bengt Andersson
  2002–2004: Lars-Olof Corneliusson
  2004–2009: Jonas Olsson
  2010–2013: Ola Truedsson
  2013–2014: Jens Ribestrand (acting)
  2014–2018: Peder Ohlsson
  2018–20xx: Patrik Gardesten
caption: Regimental commander, Colonel Peder Ohlsson (left) during BALTOPS 2016.
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