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The Swedish Army (Swedish: Armén) is the army branch of the Swedish Armed Forces, the military of Sweden.
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The peace time organization of the Swedish Army is divided into a number of regiments for the different branches. The number of active regiments has been reduced since the end of the Cold War:
Until 1975 the Swedish monarch was the formal head of the army. In 1937, the staff agency "Chief of the Army" (Swedish: chefen för armén, CA) was created to lead the army in peace time. Following a larger reorganization of the Swedish Armed Forces in 1994, CA ceased to exist as an independent agency. Instead, the post Chief of Army Staff (Swedish: chefen för arméledningen) was created at the then newly instituted Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters (Swedish: Högkvarteret, HKV).
In 1998, the Swedish Armed Forces was again reorganized. Most of the duties of the Army Chief of Staff were transferred to the newly instituted post of "Inspector General of the Army" (Swedish: generalinspektören för armén). The post is similar to that of the "Inspector General of the Swedish Navy" (Swedish: generalinspektören för marinen) and the "Inspector General of the Swedish Air Force" (Swedish: generalinspektören för flygvapnet).
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Menig3 Korpral |
Furir Kadett SO1 |
Sergeant  Kadett OHS2 1st,2nd year |
Fänrik | Löjtnant | Kapten | Major | Överste- löjtnant |
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Menig Korpral |
Furir Kadett OS 1 |
Sergeant   Kadett OHS2 1st,2nd year |
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One regiment of infantry:
One regiment and two battalions of cavalry:
One company of CBRN-trained personel
(Swedish: Pansartrupperna)
Three regiments of armoured/mechanized troops:
One regiment of artillery:
One regiment of anti-aircraft troops:
One regiment of engineering troops:
and one engineer company stationed in Boden for subarctic operations.
One regiment of signals:
One regiment of logistical troops:
The Home Guard (Hemvärnet) consists of 60 battalions with a total of 42000 men. Many of the soldiers have served abroad in the various missions of the regular army. All Home Guards are former active soldiers who volunteered for the Home Guard.
The Swedish army recruitment based on conscription German style. All personnel are called up as conscripts for a year of national service, after which, the unit he/she trained with is put in the war reserve. Upon completion of conscript service with sufficient service marks, you are eligable to apply for commissioned officer training, NCO/Warrant Officer or from 2007 stay in the Army as a professional private, mainly to be employed in the Nordic Battle Group.
The army has employed soldiers for UN-service on short time contracts since the 1950s for service abroad.
The Swedish Army armament for Individual/Squad level include:
The Army uses a wide range of vehicles, mainly made by Swedish contractors. The Combat Vehicle 90 family of Infantry fighting vehicles has been an international success, with exports to countries including The Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland and Finland. Vehicles in the army:
The Swedish army has six Rheinmetall AEV-3 KODIAK advanced armoured engineer vehicles on order during the period 2011-2012. [3]
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