Swedish Army

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army land warfare branch

The Swedish Army is the land warfare branch of Sweden’s armed forces, responsible for national defense and international peacekeeping operations.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Royal Swedish Army 1
Svenska armén 1
Swedish army 1

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf army ⓘ
land warfare branch ⓘ
allegiance King of Sweden ⓘ
Swedish state ⓘ
commanderTitle Chief of Army ⓘ
country Sweden ⓘ
doctrine total defense ⓘ
employer conscripts ⓘ
professional soldiers ⓘ
foundedBy Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden ⓘ
surface form: Gustav II Adolf of Sweden
garrison Boden ⓘ
Enköping ⓘ
Halmstad ⓘ
Kungsängen ⓘ
Skövde ⓘ
hasPart Army Logistics Regiment ⓘ
Army Staff ⓘ
surface form: Army Staff (Sweden)

Artillery Regiment (Sweden) ⓘ
Home Guard (Sweden) ⓘ
Life Guards (Sweden) ⓘ
Norrbotten Regiment ⓘ
Skaraborg Regiment ⓘ
Swedish Army Ranger Battalion ⓘ
headquartersLocation Stockholm ⓘ
inception 1634 ⓘ
language Swedish ⓘ
militaryRankStructure NATO rank structure compatible ⓘ
motto Försvara Sverige, främja fred ⓘ
nativeName Swedish Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Svenska armén
operatesIn Sweden ⓘ
international missions ⓘ
parentOrganization Ministry of Defence (Sweden) ⓘ
participatedIn Great Northern War ⓘ
International Security Assistance Force ⓘ
surface form: ISAF in Afghanistan

Kosovo Force ⓘ
surface form: KFOR in Kosovo

Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Thirty Years' War ⓘ
United Nations peace operations ⓘ
surface form: United Nations peacekeeping missions
partOf Swedish Armed Forces ⓘ
reintroducedConscription 2017 ⓘ
role international peacekeeping operations ⓘ
land warfare ⓘ
national defense ⓘ
serviceBranchOf Swedish Armed Forces ⓘ
uses G3 battle rifle ⓘ
surface form: AK4 battle rifle

AK5 assault rifle ⓘ
Archer Artillery System ⓘ
Bandvagn 206 ⓘ
Bandvagn 309 ⓘ
CV90 infantry fighting vehicle ⓘ
Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle ⓘ
Granatkastarpansarbandvagn 90 ⓘ
NLAW anti-tank missile ⓘ
Pansarterrängbil 360 ⓘ
Patria AMV armoured modular vehicle ⓘ
surface form: Patria XA-360 AMV

RBS 56 BILL anti-tank missile ⓘ
RBS 70 missile system ⓘ
surface form: RBS 70 air defence system

Stridsvagn 122 ⓘ
website https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/en/organisation/army/ ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Halmstad → combatant → Swedish Army ⓘ
Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden → education → Swedish Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Swedish Army
Swedish Armed Forces → hasBranch → Swedish Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swedish army
Per Albin Hansson → militaryService → Swedish Army ⓘ
Swedish Army → nativeName → Swedish Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Svenska armén
subject surface form: CV90
FH77 howitzer series → usedBy → Swedish Army ⓘ
Leopard 2 main battle tank → usedBy → Swedish Army ⓘ
subject surface form: Leopard 2