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Commandant of the NATO school visits SWEDINT 10 May 20101:48 PM

During the first week of May, the Swedish Armed Forces International Centre (SWEDINT) where honoured by the visit of Colonel Mark D. Baines, commandant of the NATO School. He took the opportunity to...

UNCIVSOC 1, 26 April – 7 May, will be conducted 22 April 20104:11 PM

UNCIVSOC 1, 26 April – 7 May The course will be conducted as planned despite the uncertainty concerning flights due to the volcanic eruption.

SWEDINT honored with UN Certificate 21 April 20103:31 PM

The United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) has on the 8th March 2010 issued their “Certificate of Training Recognition” to the SWEDINT Course for UN Staff Officers (UNSOC).

Swedes prepare to join EU NAVFOR in the Gulf of Aden 13 April 20106:17 PM

The designated Swedish Force Commander of the EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) operating off Somalia, Rear Admiral (LH) Jan Thörnqvist, arrived in Djibouti 5 April onboard the Swedish warship Carlskrona to...

United Nations Junior Officer Course 2010 13 April 20109:14 AM

UNJOC 2010 - Training for UN Peace Support Operations

NATO Lessons Learned Staff Officer Course 13 April 20108:59 AM

The first NATO Lessons Learned Staff Officer Course at SWEDINT 2010

Africa in focus 25 March 201012:48 PM

During its standby period the first six months in 2011, the Nordic Battlegroup may be deployed to almost anywhere in the world. One continent with a great many challenges is Africa. For that reason, a...

Approaching NBG 23 March 20103:25 PM

Sweden will set up a battlegroup, known as Nordic Battlegroup 11, as part of the EU’s crisis management capability. The recruitment of soldiers is currently in progress and the selection of who should...

Heading for a mission in Africa 23 March 20103:02 PM

The first Helicopter 15 that will be part of the Nordic Battlegroup, NBG 11, has been modified in Italy. It was recently flown home to Malmen in Linköping by Helicopter Wing personnel. Helicopters...

Estonian interest in NBG 23 March 20102:54 PM

A guard platoon, a so-called HUMINT team, personnel that work with transportation and logistics, staff officers and a military police unit constitute Estonia’s contribution to the Nordic Battlegroup....