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Excellent cooperation 8 May 20095:00 PM

The Swedish International centre is since long an international education and training centre where military; police and civilians from the whole world meet and exchange experience and knowledge.

Swedish Armed Forces 2008 3 April 20098:50 AM

The Swedish Armed Forces faced a large number of challenges in 2008. One of the most important was to continue restructuring and to maintain increasing international ambitions despite financial...

Final exercise for junior officers 26 March 20093:59 PM

The 2009 UNJOC course was held between the 16th and 27th of March with twelve participating countries.

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...