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Population
Defence budget 2010
GDP 2009
Land area
Capital
Life expectancy
Population growth rate |
9.2 million
Euros 4.1 billion (US$5 billion)
Euros 314 billion (US$383 billion)
449,964 sq kms (173,732 sq miles)
Stockholm (Population 1.9 million)
80 years
0.3 per cent |
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Forces |
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Army
Navy
Air Force
Home Guard |
Approximately 6,000 available
Approximately 2,500 available including about 500 coastal
defence personnel
Approximately 2,750 available
Reducing to 22,000 |
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In July 2010 the Swedish Armed Forces finally abolished the
system of conscription that had been in place for many years.
Units of all three armed services are reinforced by Home Guard
volunteers should the requirement arise.
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| MINISTRY OF
DEFENCE |
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Contact Details
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Ministry of Defence
Regeringsgatan 1-3
S-01333 Stockholm
Sweden
Tel: +46 8 763 10 00
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Army Strength: Approximately 6,000 available.
Following the abolition of conscription, the current aim is to have
an army that can provide 8 x Mechanised Battalions with support from
another 19 x Battalions composed of engineers, artillery,
communications, logistics, maintenance and so on.
Outline Army Structure:
The Swedish Army currently operates with the
following formations/units:
1 x Divisional Headquarters (activated
only on mobilisation)
2 x Brigade Headquarters
Units Available:
1 x Infantry Battalion (Life
Guards – Ceremonial & training - Stockholm)
1 x Cavalry Battalion (Ceremonial & training - Stockholm)
6 x Armoured/Mechanised Battalions (Boden/Revingehed/Skovde)
1 x Air Assault Battalion (Karlsborg)
1 x ISTAR Battalion (Karlsborg)
1 x Communications Battalion (Enkoping)
1 x Artillery Regiment (Boden)
1 x Air Defence Regiment (Halmstad)
2 x Engineer Battalions (Eksjo)
1 x Arctic Engineer Company (Boden)
1 x CBRN Defence Company (Umea)
4 x Logistic Battalions (Skovde)
Nordic Battlegroup
Sweden is the host country for the Nordic Battlegroup which consists
of around 2,800 soldiers and officers, with manpower/unit
contributions from the following five countries:
Sweden 2,300
Finland 200
Norway 150
Ireland 100
Estonia 50 (approx)
The Nordic Battlegroup was designated as on operational standby
between January 2008 and June 2008.
The Home Guard
The Home Guard (Hemvarnet) currently consists of 60 battalions with
a total of about 42,000 personnel. By 2014 the Home Guard will be
better organised and better trained and consist of approximately
22,000 personnel.
All Home Guards are former active soldiers who volunteered for Home
Guard service and many have served abroad in the various missions of
the regular armed forces.
About 22 Training Detachments support both the Regular Army and the
Home Guard.
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Main Battle Tanks (MBT) |
160 x Leopard
2A4 (Striv-121) |
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120 x
Leopard 2 (Striv-122) |
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Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicle (AIFV) |
360 x CV
9040 (Tracked) |
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Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) |
200 x
Pbv-401 (Tracked) |
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300 x
Pbv-302 (Tracked) |
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50 x Viking
(Tracked) |
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160 x Sisu
(Wheeled) |
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60 x RG32M
(wheeled - mine resistant) |
| Towed Artillery |
50 x 155 mm
FH-70 (Towed) |
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Self
Propelled Artillery (SP) |
24 x 155 mm
Archer (SP-Wheeled) |
| Mortars (Mor) |
180 x 120 mm
M/41-D |
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100 x 81 mm
(Estimate) |
| Anti-Tank (Atk) |
50 x RB-55
(TOW BGM-71) ATGW |
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RB-56 Bill
ATGW ATGW (on tracked vehicles) |
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500 x 84 mm
Garl Gustav (Estimate) |
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500 x 84 mm
M/86 (AT-4) (Estimate) |
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Low Level Air Defence
(AD) |
16 x RBS-70
SAM (SP) |
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100 x RBS-90
SAM (Towed and MANPAD) (Estimate) |
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30 x 40 mm
Strv 90L |
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Unmanned Air
Vehicles (UAV) |
Sperwer |
Navy Strength:
approximately 2,500 available including about 500 coastal defence
personnel.
Principal Units:
4 x Submarines
5 x Corvettes
14 x Patrol Vessels
SWEDISH
NAVY OUTLINE STRUCTURE
There are other port/base detachments at Musko, Berga, Goteborg,
Visby, Malmo and Harnosand.
The Surface Warfare Flotillas are structured for sea space
monitoring and for the engagement of surface and underwater targets
both in coastal areas and on the open sea. A mine clearance
capability is preserved to ensure the security of ports and
approaches.
The 1st Marine Regiment is capable monitoring inshore and coastal
areas and can engage both surface and underwater targets.
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Submarines
Tactical (SSK) |
2 x Gotland |
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2 x
Sodermanland |
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Corvettes
(FS) |
5 x Visby
(first vessels entered service in 2009) |
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Mine
Countermeasures (MCM) |
2 x Landsort |
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5 x Koster |
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3 x Styrso |
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4 x
Minelayers |
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Patrol and
Coastal Combatants (PCC) |
2 x
Stockholm |
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12 x Tapper |
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Miscellaneous |
40 x Landing
Craft (LCM/LCU) |
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130 x Light
Combat Boats/Landing Craft |
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28 x Support
vessels (estimate) |
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Coastal
Defence |
90 x RBS-17
(Hellfire) SSM |
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50 x RBS-70
SAM |
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55 x 120 mm
Mortars |
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Some Piranha
APC (Wheeled) reported |
Air Force Strength: Approximately 3,500 (2,500 regulars and
1000 conscripts)
Future plans
During the past decade the Swedish Defence Budget has been under
extreme pressure and with a JAS-39 Grippen costing around Euros 56
million (US$75 million) many observers find it difficult to see how
a force of around 100 x JAS-39 can be adequately supported.
However in late 2008 the Swedish MoD announced that no further
reductions in the Swedish Armed Forces would be made in the
immediate future. If so it is likely that the Air Force will
continue to keep around 100 x JAS-39 active (75 x JAS-39C and 25 x
JAS-39D).
SWEDISH
AIR FORCE OUTLINE STRUCTURE
Notes:
The Blekinge Wing (F-17) are mainly interceptors on constant standby:
The Norbotten Wing (F21) is configured for international operations
and includes a Base Battalion: The Helicopter Wing has detachments
at – Boden (1 Sqn); Bergen (2 Sqn); Ronneby (3 Sqn); Gotenburg City
Airport (5 Sqn) and a detachment at Malmen.
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MAJOR
AIR FORCE EQUIPMENT |
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Fighters (Ftr) |
98 x JAS-39A
Multirole Fighter |
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15 x JAS-39B
Multirole Fighter/Trainer |
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40 x JAS-39A
Multirole Fighter/Trainer |
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12 x JAS-39D
Multirole Fighter/Trainer |
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Electronic
Intelligence (ELINT) |
2 x S-102B
(Gulfstream IV) |
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Airborne
Early Warning (AEW) |
4 x S-100B
Argus |
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Transport (Tpt) |
8 x Tp-84
(Hercules C-130E) |
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3 x Tp-100
(Saab 340) |
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1 x Tp-100
VIP (Saab 340) |
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Training
(Trg) |
42 x SK60
(Saab 105) |
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Helicopters
(Hel) |
14 x CH-46
Sea Knight (Hkp-4) Transport – being retired |
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16 x Bo 105
(Hkp-9) Utility |
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9 x AS 332
Super Puma (Hkp-10) Support |
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20 x A 109
(Hkp-15) 8 x ship and 12 x land versions being delivered |
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18 x NH 90
(Hkp-14) on order – possibly 6 delivered by mid 2010 (13 x
transport and 5 x ASW) |
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Air Launched
Missiles (ALM) |
AIM-120B
(RB-99) AAM |
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AMRAAM AAM |
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AIM-9L
(RB-74) Sidewinder AAM |
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Sky Flash
(RB-71) AAM |
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AGM-65
Maverick (RB-75) ASM |
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RB-15F ASM |
CURRENT UNIT DEPLOYMENTS
(over platoon strength –
30 personnel. These are approximate figures)
| NATO (ISAF)
Afghanistan
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290 |
| NATO (KFOR) Kosovo |
253 |
| Chad/Central African
Republic |
85 |
