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Den Svenske korvetten K35 Karlstad i Trondheim havn under øvelsen Trident Juncture 2018 i Norge.
The massive exercise is underway 25 October 20183:41 PM

It starts in earnest today in Norway. Trident Juncture 18 is one of NATO’s biggest exercises and Sweden is participating with around 2,200 personnel. A total of more than 50,000 are taking part from...

SWEDINT, Change of command
New Commanding Officer at SWEDINT 12 October 20181:59 PM

On Monday, Colonel Ronnie Nilsson, formally took charge of SWEDINT at a Handover/Takeover ceremony at the centre at the Lifeguards Regiment. The new commanding officer spoke of the challenges that the...

En viktig del av övningen är erfarenhets- och kunskapsutbytet mellan soldater och officerare.
Swedish marines and U.S marines solve a joint operation 31 August 201811:33 AM

Swedish marines and American marines are currently practicing to find common approaches in order to fight in the Swedish archipelago. The exercise Archipelago endeavour 2018 is a part of the letter of...

Hemvärnssoldat släcker brand norr om Kårböle. När som helst kan den pyrande branden flamma upp och soldaterna håller noggrant utkik efter glöd och öppna lågor för att kunna bekämpa dessa omgående. Runt byn Kårböle i norra Hälsingland rasar tre stora skogsbränder. Byn är sedan en vecka tillbaka evakuerad och släckningsarbetet pågår febrilt mot elden med samlade förmågor från olika myndigheter, frivilliga samt tillrest räddningstjänst från flera europeiska grannländer. Brandområdena är indelade i tre olika sektorer där man försöker isolera elden inom så kallade begränsningslinjer. Förutom att hindra vidare spridning så är det särskilt viktigt att hålla elden borta från orten Kårböle samt viktig infrastruktur.
Intensive summer period for the Swedish Armed Forces 28 August 201811:31 AM

More than 90 deployments all over the country, an estimated 220,000 working hours, more than 270 hours of helicopter flying – the Swedish Armed Forces have provided all of these to society throughout...

Senior advisor seminar på SWEDINT, LIVGARDET 20180618.
SWEDINT SEMINAR 10 July 20184:08 PM

In order to discuss topics relevant to contemporary peacekeeping operations, the Swedish Armed Forces International Centre, SWEDINT, arranged a seminar 18-19 June with focus on Pre-deployment and...

KLS, Key leader Seminar, NCGM, SWEDINT, Stockholm
“We cannot discount more than half of the population if we want to succeed” 18 June 20184:07 PM

During two days, 18-19 June, NCGM is holding the recurring Gender Key Leader Seminar (KLS). The KLS focuses on how to implement gender perspectives in military operations and how this will contribute...

Försvarsmakten veterandagen
Major support for Veterans’ Day 4 June 20189:29 AM

Veterans’ Day on 29 May has been declared a general flag day as of 2018, and this year the day began at 8am with the raising of the flags at the Maritime Museum on the island of Djurgården in...

Försvarsmakten Gotland P 18 invigning
Emotional ceremony at the celebration of the establishment of the Gotland Regiment 25 May 20188:50 AM

In front of an audience about 1000-strong that included His Majesty the King, the Prime Minister, the Minister of Defence and the Commander in Chief, the Gotland Regiment took back the flag that was...

OP SEM, Operations Planning Seminar 2018 at SWEDINT
Operations planning seminar 2018 24 May 20184:37 PM

Operations planning seminar 2018 (OPSEM 18) will be conducted on 22-24 May 2018 at the Swedish Armed Forces International Centre. OPSEM is an arena where experienced, long term horizon operations...

SWEDINT, VIKING18, Kungsängen
VIKING 18 UNDERWAY 20 April 20184:13 PM

At SWEDINT, the location for Site Kungsängen, the exercise Viking 18 is going full steam ahead. The aim of the exercise is to train and educate participants – civilian, military and police - to meet...