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On Friday 11 November 2022, the Public Prosecutor brought charges against two individuals apprehended by the Swedish Security Service in autumn 2021. The individuals are suspected of espionage. One...

A critical situation has occurred in the Arctic and a number of countries must now come together to face the threat. This is one of the exercise scenarios for the exercise Joint Protector that is...

The Swedish Armed Forces is growing and is now in the process of creating an army division, something that Sweden has not had for a number of years. Colonel Rickard Johansson has been appointed as...

“I´ve got your back!”, the UK ranger shouts, carrying a Swedish wounded ranger. In a unique exercise in northern Norrland, Sweden and the UK have tied closer ties and sharpened their capabilities in...

Operation Baltic Striker 22 was conducted over the southern part of the Baltic Sea and Ravlunda shooting range, within the framework of defence cooperation Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF). The...

The Aurora 23 exercise will be conducted from 24 April to 11 May 2023. With more than 26 000 participating soldiers from the army, navy, air force, national home guard and military units from 14...

The serious security situation that we have become accustomed to has further deteriorated following the blasts of Nord Stream pipelines 1 and 2 last week. The Swedish Armed Forces continues to be...

On 30 September, Brigadier General Laura Swaan Wrede will take up office as new Chief of the National Home Guard and become Major General. Laura Swaan Wrede has had a long career in the Swedish Armed...

With increasing noise, a Hercules aircraft approaches the Vidsel airbase in Norrbotten. It lands and immediately unloads a vehicle-borne fire unit and a command post. In a limited period of time, the...

The Swedish contribution to Nato may consist of ships to the alliance’s permanent naval forces, combat aircraft to the stand-by forces for air policing and land units to the reinforcement units in the...