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The 17th contingent is preparing for Afghanistan 26 March 20092:35 PM

The Staff Officers course for Afghanistan (FS SOC) is conducted twice a year, March and October. This course has been conducted by SWEDINT four times before (FS13, 14, 15 and 16).

Sweden’s first C-17 almost ready 16 March 20093:03 PM

Right now, the wings are being bolted to the gigantic fuselage of the first of three Boeing C-17s on order to the 12-nation Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) project. The aircraft will be stationed...

Sverker Göranson the new Supreme Commander 6 March 20093:31 PM

A 54-year-old army general with roots in the far south of Sweden is to be the new Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces. Lieutenant General Sverker Göranson succeeds Håkan Syrén. “I have...

Swedish training and education promoted in Brussels 5 February 20092:00 PM

This week SWEDINT takes part in the annual marketplace at NATO HQ in Brussels, this together with all Partnership for Peace Training Centres.–It is a positive feeling and we have had a lot of...

NATO/PfP SOC - Course opening at SWEDINT 5 February 200911:30 AM

PfP SOC 1/2009 started Monday 2 February. The course will end 20 February . There are 35 participants from 10 countries.

Police in the snow 5 February 20098:39 AM

The two week generic police training course, United Nations Police Officer Course 2009 have started.

Vision submitted 4 February 20094:23 PM

Last Friday the Swedish Armed Forces submitted to the Government a document setting out their vision for the new mission-oriented organisation 2014. The document will form the basis for the...

Historical agreement with the NATO school 28 January 20097:00 PM

The Swedish Armed Forces have signed a first agreement with the NATO School Oberammergau. The purpose is to create courses according to Swedish and NATO requirements, says Colonel Thomas Karlsson, the...

The Prime Minister visits FS 16 22 January 200910:08 AM

Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt is now in Afghanistan where he is visiting the Swedish force FS 16. The purpose of the visit is to meet Swedish soldiers in the field and to see for himself what they...

We'll tell you all about it 22 December 20081:35 PM

The Armed Forces retain a hold on the imagination of the Swedish public. And that's despite a fall in the number of people with a direct relationship to the Armed Forces and the fact that garrison...