Sweden

The Flag of Sweden

Sweden is a State in Northern Europe on the Scandinavian penincula.

Unified into Nordic State

## Swedish Armed Forces

Försvarsmakten (The Defense force) Is the military of Sweden. It consists of three branches, Armén (The Army) Flygvapnet (The Airforce) and Marinkåren (The Navy)

### Numbers:

Active Military personnel: 20 000\*

Active Military Reserves:26 000

## Army

The Swedish army consists of 30,000 active troops along with 22,988 military reserves and 38,000 militias. Including storaged equipment still operational, the Swedish army possesses: 280 tanks, 212 tank destroyers, around 1,300 APCs, 860 IFVs, 11,300 utility vehicles, 220 mortars, and currently 4 (24 when all are delivered) 155 mm self-propelled artillery pieces. Sweden lacks conventional multiple rocket launchers, but instead relies on fast-moving vehicles equipped with guided anti-tank missiles. Long-range tactical missiles that could normally be launched from MRLs are instead assigned to the air force and navy. The Swedish military as a whole operates several hundred such missiles.

**Utility vehicles:** 11,308++

**Armored personnel carriers:** 1,267

**Infantry fighting vehicles:** 859

**Tanks:** 120 in active service (240 total including in storage)

**Towed artillery pieces:** 220+ (Mortars, all towed howitzers have been withdrawn from service)

**Self-propelled artillery pieces:** 4 in active service (24 when all delivered)

## Utility Vehicles

### Infantry Fighting Vehicles

Strf 90
CV9040A
CV9040B
CV9040C

### Tanks

Ikv 91
Strv 121
Strv 122
Armoured recovery vehicle
Combat engineering vehicle
Bgbv 120
Pionierpanzer 3 Kodiak
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# Swedish Air Force

### Combat aircraft

The total number of combat aircraft and armed trainers in the Swedish air force is currently 217, and will in time be increased to 317-337.

### Non-combat aircraft

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### Helicopters:

HKP 10

HKP 15

HKP 16

HKP 14

# Swedish Navy

Corvettes

*Stockholm* class

*Göteborg* class
K23 - HMS *Kalmar*
K24 - HMS *Sundsvall*

*Visby* class
K33 - HMS *Härnösand*
K34 - HMS *Nyköping*
K35 - HMS *Karlstad*

### Minesweepers

*Styrsö* class
M13 - HMS *Skaftö*
M14 - HMS *Sturkö*

*Landsort* class

*Koster* class
M75 - HMS *Vinga*
M76 - HMS *Ven*
M77 - HMS *Ulvön*

### Submarines

*Gotland* class
HMS *Uppland*

*Södermanland* class

### School (Training) ships

A503 - HMS *Arcturus*
A504 - HMS *Argo*
A505 - HMS *Astrea*
 M15 class
HSwMS *M22*
Possibly decommissioned
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# Swedish Coast Guard

The **Swedish Coast Guard** (Swedish: *Kustbevakningen*) is a Swedish civilian government agency tasked with:

* maritime surveillance and other control and inspection tasks as well as environmental cleanup after oil spills at sea.
* co-ordinate the civilian needs for maritime surveillance and maritime information.
* follow international development within the field and take part in international efforts to establish border controls, law enforcement at sea, environmental protection at sea and other maritime surveillance tasks.

## Coast Guard vessels

* Ships of the Swedish Coastguard in Karlskrona

### Surveillance Ships

Swedish Coast Guard Multi Purpose Vessel *KBV001 Poseidon*

The Coast Guard currently has 22 surveillance craft which are used mainly for patrolling with some also given oil spill response capacity.

### Environmental Protection Vessels

The Coast Guard currently has 12 environmental protection vessels primarily used for oil spill response, and secondly for patrolling.

### Combination

The Coast Guard currently has nine ships which combine the characteristics of both environmental protection vessels and surveillance craft. KBV 001, KBV 002, KBV 003, KBV 031, KBV 032, KBV 033, KBV 034, KBV 201 and KBV 202.

### Hovercraft

The Coast Guard hoperates five hovercraft mainly in northern Sweden where they can easily travel over both ice, water and land. KBV 593 based in Luleå, KBV 592 based in Umeå, KBV 591 based in Örnsköldsvik, KBV 594 KBV based in Vaxholm, and 595.[2]

### Barges

The Coast Guard maintains one large barge, KBV 866 in Härnösand, used for the storage of the absorbed oil.[3]

### Boats

The Coast Guard currently has over 100 boats. Some boats are used as a complement to larger ships, while others operate as separate entities. The boats are divided into four groups: High Speed/Go Fast, rib-boats, dinghies and work boats.

## Coast Guard Aviation

Swedish Coast Guard

The Coast Guard has replaced its CASA C.212s with three new Bombardier Dash 8 Q-300 aircraft numbered KBV 501, 502 and 503rd. The new DASH 8 Maritime Surveillance Aircraft currently were modified by Field Aviation in Toronto, Canada. Coast Guard Aviation Home base is Skavsta Airport in Nyköping. Surveillance and reconnaissance flights are conducted along the Swedish coast and Vänern and lake year round, day or night. Additional regular international assignments are also flown as needed.