The Swedish Army ( Swede. Svenska armén ) is the structure of the armed forces of Sweden , the main task of which is to prepare the ground forces and air defense forces. The size of the army was significantly reduced after the end of the Cold War. There is a separate part of the royal guard - the Life Guard Regiment .
| Svenska Armén Swedish army | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms of the Swedish Army | |
| A country |  Sweden |
| Subordination | Swedish Ministry of Defense |
| Included in | Swedish Armed Forces |
| Type of | Ground troops |
| Includes | |
| Number | 6 850 ( 2016 ) [1] |
| Participation in | Russian-Swedish Wars |
| Site | |
Command
Until 1975, the king of Sweden was formally the commander of the Swedish army. In 1937, the post and headquarters of the “Army Chief” ( Swedish chefen för armén , CA ) were introduced to command the army in peacetime. After a significant reorganization of the army in 1994, this headquarters ceased to exist as an independent organization, and instead it was introduced the post of "chief of staff of the army" ( Swedish chefen för arméledningen ).
In 1998, a new reorganization was carried out, as a result of which most of the duties of the army chief of staff were transferred to the newly formed post of "Inspector General of the Army" ( Swedish generalinspektören för armén ). Similar positions of inspector general are also available in the navy ( Swedish generalinspektören för marinen ) and in the air force ( Swedish generalinspektören för flygvapnet ).
Army Chiefs
- Per Sulvan ( Swede. Per Sylvan , 1937-1940)
- Ivar Holmquist ( Swede. Ivar Holmquist , 1940-1944)
- Archibald Douglas ( Swede. Archibald Douglas , 1944-1948)
- Carl August Ehrenswärd ( Swede Carl August Ehrenswärd , 1948-1957)
- Thord Bonde ( Swede. Thord Bonde , 1957-1963)
- Kurt Joransson ( Swede Curt Göransson , 1963-1969)
- Carl Eric Almgren ( Swede Carl Eric Almgren , 1969-1976)
- Nils Schöld ( Swede. Nils Sköld , 1976-1984)
- Eric Bengtsson ( Swede. Erik G. Bengtsson , 1984-1990)
- Oke Sagren ( Swedish Åke Sagrén , 1990-1994)
Army Chiefs of Staff
- Oke Sagren ( Swedish Åke Sagrén , 1994-1996)
- Mertil Melin ( Swede. Mertil Melin , 1996-1998)
Inspector Generals
- Paul Degerlund , ( Swede. Paul Degerlund , 1998-2000)
- Alf Sandqvist , ( Swede. Alf Sandqvist , 2000-2003)
Army Inspectors
- Alf Sandqvist , ( Swede. Alf Sandqvist , 2003-2005)
- Sverker Göranson , ( Swedish. Sverker Göranson , 2005-2007)
- Berndt Grundevik , ( Swede. Berndt Grundevik , 2007-2012)
- Anders Brannstrom , ( Swedish. Anders Brännström , 2012-2013)
Army Chiefs
- Anders Brannstrom , ( Swedish. Anders Brännström , 2014-2016)
- Karl Engelbrekson , ( Swedish: Karl Engelbrektson , 2016 — present)
Equipment and weapons
| Equipment and armament of the Swedish Army [1] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Type of | amount available | A country- manufacturer | Years production | Notes | ||
| Armored vehicles | |||||||
| Strv 122 (Leopard 2S) | main battle tank | 120 | |||||
| Strv 121 (Leopard 2A4) | main battle tank | 9 | |||||
| Strf 90 | Infantry fighting vehicle | 354 | |||||
| RG-32M | armored car | 360 | |||||
| Pbv 302 | armored personnel carrier | 281 | |||||
| BvS 10 MkII | armored personnel carrier | 150 | |||||
| XA-180 Sisu (Patgb 180) | armored personnel carrier | 34 | |||||
| XA-202 Sisu (Patgb 202) | armored personnel carrier | 20 | |||||
| XA-203 Sisu (Patgb 203) | armored personnel carrier | 148 | |||||
| XA-360 (Patgb 360) | armored personnel carrier | 113 | |||||
| Artillery | |||||||
| 155 mm self-propelled guns Archer | self-propelled howitzer | five | |||||
| 120 mm mortar | mortar | 84 | |||||
| 80 mm mortar | mortar | 212 | |||||
| Anti-tank weapons | |||||||
| RB 55 | ATGM | ||||||
| Karl-Gustav | recoilless gun | ||||||
| Air defense | |||||||
| RBS 70 | MANPADS | ||||||
| RBS 97 | SAM | ||||||
| Strv 90 LV | ZSU | thirty | |||||
| Engineering technology | |||||||
| Kodiak aev | IMR | 6 | |||||
| Bgbv 120 | ARV | 14 | |||||
| CV90 ARV | ARV | 26 | |||||
| Aardvark mk2 | self-propelled mine trawl | 33 | |||||
| Radar | |||||||
| Arthur | counter battery radar | ||||||
See also
- Ak5
- Carolina Infantry
Insignia
Generals and officers
| Categories | Generals [2] | Senior officers | Junior officers [2] | Cadets (candidates for officers) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish rank | General | Generallöjtnant | Generalmajor | Brigadgeneral | Överste 1. gr ² | Överste | Överstelöjtnant | Major | Kapten | Löjtnant | Fänrik 4 | Kadett 2 året ³ | Kadett 1 året ³ | |
| Russian conformity | Army General | Colonel General | Lieutenant General | Major General | "Colonel 1 stage" | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | captain | Lieutenant | Warrant Officer ( Fenrich ) | "Cadet of the second year" | "Cadet of the first year" | |
| Abbreviation | Gen | Genlt | Genmj | Briggen | Öv 1.gr | Öv | Övlt | Mj | Kn | Lt | Fk | |||
- ¹ Although Sweden is not a member of NATO, the ranks are transferred from the official publication of the Swedish Armed Forces [3] .
- ² Since June 1, 2000 the title of “Colonel of the first stage” ( Swedish Överste av första graden ) has not been awarded.
- ³ Cadets (in Swedish Kadett ) formally are sergeants. Therefore, they are often called chevron sergeants ( Swede. Vinkelsergeanter ) because of the chevrons (squares) on their shoulder straps.
Sergeants and Private
| NATO Code 1 | OR-8 | OR-7 | OR-5 | OR-4 | OR-3 | OR-1 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troop formation | Platoon grade Plutonsbefäl | Squad leaders Gruppbefäl | - | |||||||||
| No insignia ³ | ||||||||||||
| Swedish rank | Fanjunkare ² | Sergeant | Överfurir ² | Furir | Korpral | Menig | ||||||
| British equivalents | Warrant officer 2nd Class | Staff sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance-corporal | Private | ||||||
| Abbreviation | Fj | Sg | ÖFu | Fu | Krp | |||||||
- 1 Sweden is not a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The translations to British Army ranks have been taken taken from an official Swedish Armed Forces publication [3] and NATO rank codes have been extrapolated from those the British Army assigns to the equivalent rank.
- ² No permanent appointments to these ranks are currently made. Officers already appointed retain their rank and temporary appointments are made for international missions.
³ Instead of rank insignia, privates wear the insignia of their branch (armor, infantry etc) on the left collar of the battle dress uniform (BDU). All personnel, regardless of rank wear the branch insignia on the right collar. Lance-Corporal and above wear their respective rank insignia on the left collar. (See picture to the right)
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 The Military Balance 2016. - P. 143.
- ↑ 1 2 []
- ↑ 1 2 The Facts 2005 ( PDF ) (inaccessible link - history ) . Swedish Armed Forces. (inaccessible link)
Links
- Official page of the Swedish Army (Sweden)