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KARLSKRONA 20141204 Röjdykare ur 33. Minröjningsdivisionen på HMS Sturkö. HMS Sturkö HMS Sturkö, M14, är ett minröjningsfartyg av Spåröklass. Bemanningen består av nio officerare, fyra sjömän och fyra röjdykare. 33. Minröjningsdivisionen tillhör Tredje sjöstridsflottiljen som är ett svenskt marint insatsförband inom Försvarsmakten. Förbandets stab är förlagt till Karlskrona i Blekinge.
Casting off for safer seas 25 May 201510:27 AM

Over the course of the world wars, close to 75,000 mines were laid out in the Baltic Sea. An unknown number remain at the bottom of the sea. The Swedish Navy, together with other nations, annually...

Sweden and Finland combine forces in a joint naval training initiative
Sweden and Finland combine forces in a joint naval training initiative 25 May 201510:15 AM

The coming weeks will see the arrival of FINSWEEX-15, where the Swedish and Finnish naval forces train together. The exercise began on Monday, and all Swedish naval units are participating.

UNSOC I 2015, Staffoficers in action
Professional United Nation Staff Officers attending UNSOC I at SWEDINT. 11 May 20156:37 PM

Monday 4 of May 36 students from fifteen different nations began studying at the UNSOC, United Nations Staff Officer Course at SWEDINT. The course is the first out of three courses for this year and...

Precis klockan 18.15.51 på fredagkvällen lyfte för första gången en svensk TUAV under FN-flagg i Afrika.
Eagle takes to the African skies 11 May 201510:25 AM

For the first time ever, a Swedish tactically unmanned aerial vehicle, a TUAV, lifted under the UN flag in Africa. The aerial vehicle, the UAV 03 Örnen (Eagle) of the Swedish Armed Forces, is one part...

Ceremoni i Seul med anledning av överlämning av chefskapet för NNSC.
Change of command in South Korea 11 May 20159:46 AM

On 29 April a change of command was carried out in the Swedish contingent that belongs to NNSC, in South Korea. The transfer of command from Major General Berndt Grundevik to Major General Mats Engman...

Överlämningen av befälet för EU Naval Force tar plats på det nederländska flaggskeppet HNLMS JOHAN DE WITT som ligger för ankar i DJIBOUTI.Den svenske styrkechefen Jonas Haggren lämnar över befälet till sin spanske efterträdare Alfonso Gomez de Cordobá. Därmed är EU NAval Force 19:e rotation formellt avlöst.
Sweden hands over to Spain 7 May 201512:21 PM

On Wednesday 6 May 2015 Rear Admiral Alfonso Gómez from the Spanish Navy, assumed command of Operation Atalanta’s Force Headquarters (FHQ) during a ceremony held in Djibouti. Rear Admiral Gomez...

Den 1 maj 2015. Besättningen på HNLMS Johan de Witt, den svenska styrkan och det multinationella styrkehögkvarteret tar emot EU:s medalj för genomförd insats.
Operation Atalanta Medal Presented to EU Naval Force Crews 6 May 20152:33 PM

On Thursday 30 April the ship’s company and international Force HQ staff based on board the EU Naval Force flagship, HNLMS Johan de Witt, were presented with their Operation Atalanta counter-piracy...

Under övningen sprängdes en skarp sjömina
Anti-submarine and anti-pirate operations at the same time 6 May 20151:50 PM

Anyone who has been in the Stockholm archipelago during the last few days will almost certainly have noticed one or two military vessels and combat ships moving in the area. For more than two weeks...

CJSE 15
Great interest in the Swedish Armed Forces' exercise CJSE 15 6 May 201511:41 AM

There was an important visit to Enköping on Tuesday 21 April. The multi-national exercise, in which the Swedish Armed Forces practised international conflict management together with participants from...

"We are absolutely sure of our conclusion" 15 April 201512:40 PM

What does the photograph taken in Stockholm's inlet on 31 October really show? A submarine? Or something completely different? "It was not a submarine. We are completely sure of that. And we are still...