The Swedish Armed Forces is a body subject to the Swedish Parliament and government. It is headed by the Supreme Commander who leads and supervises the Armed Forces through Armed Forces Headquarters.
Preparing for Deployment to Latvia 19 June202513:23 Two officers from the Swedish Army, en route to deployment in Latvia, have completed SWEDINT’s NATO Land Tactical Planning Course (NLTPC). Together with officers from 20 different countries, they were trained in NATO’s planning processes over the course of ten intensive days. “Rewarding,” say both Oscar from the Life Guards and Joel from the Southern Skåne Regiment. The course is valuable both for those preparing to work in a NATO staff environment and for anyone in need of a solid, general military education.
Swedish Submarine under NATO Command in Baltops 25 10 June202511:22 On 3 June, the Baltic Operations (Baltops) exercise began in Rostock. This annually recurring exercise is, this year, the largest multinational naval exercise in the Baltic Sea region. Sweden is participating with a Södermanland-class submarine, operating directly under NATO’s command from NATO maritime headquarters outside London, Allied Maritime Command.
An important milestone in the defense cooperation with the USA 9 June202512:30 The first agreement under the bilateral defense cooperation agreement between Sweden and the US (Defense Cooperation Agreement, DCA) was signed between US European Command (US EUCOM) and the Swedish Armed Forces within the infrastructure function, in Stockholm on June 3rd 2025. The agreement, a so-called Implementing Arrangement, is the first in a series of agreements that concretize the DCA agreement, which entered into force in 2024.
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