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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...

Historical agreement with the NATO school 28 January 20097:00 PM

The Swedish Armed Forces have signed a first agreement with the NATO School Oberammergau. The purpose is to create courses according to Swedish and NATO requirements, says Colonel Thomas Karlsson, the...

The Prime Minister visits FS 16 22 January 200910:08 AM

Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt is now in Afghanistan where he is visiting the Swedish force FS 16. The purpose of the visit is to meet Swedish soldiers in the field and to see for himself what they...

We'll tell you all about it 22 December 20081:35 PM

The Armed Forces retain a hold on the imagination of the Swedish public. And that's despite a fall in the number of people with a direct relationship to the Armed Forces and the fact that garrison...

"Sweden must be prepared to play a larger role in Afghanistan" 22 December 200812:21 PM

A Swedish patrol came under, and returned, fire for two consecutive nights. Only a week previously the Swedish contingent had been the target of a bomb attack.¬ All three incidents had happy endings –...

Challenges and opportunities for the army of the future 22 December 200812:06 PM

During the Spring of 2009 the Swedish parliament is due to pass a new resolution on security and defence policy.  The proposed bill is partly based on the report of the Swedish Defence Commission,...

We need some plain speaking from both politicians and soldiers 22 December 200811:16 AM

Head of development for the Armed Forces, Major General Michael Moore, has had enough of a complicated context being left unexplained.

You have to dare to cross-examine yourself - both as a human being and as a leader 22 December 200811:08 AM

As a soldier's immediate superior the role of the platoon commander is one of the Armed Forces most important in passing on cultural values. If recruitment to the the new mission oriented Armed Forces...

Seminar for platoon commanders breaks down barriers 22 December 200810:57 AM

Peter Norén from F 17 in Såtenäs and Christoffer Lennings from Amf 1, Berga, were two of the platoon commanders at this year's conference in Vellinge, located to the south of Stockholm. They went home...