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Captain Johnny Eriksson, deputy head of P 7’ s contribution to NBG, sees an ambulance bumping away slowly over the exercise field. His friend and boss, Major Tomas Dahlberg, is lying dead on the...

The sun is hidden by a hazy layer of fog. Above Hakimpet Air Force Base in southern India, the sound of rotors can be heard. One kilometre above the ground, four yellow dots can be seen. These are old...

Nordic Resolution is the first exercise in which all units in a battle group in the EU’s battle group concept have exercised together. Nearly 2800 soldiers from five countries will together become the...

Adaptation to what is called asymmetric warfare in which it must be possible to meet unconventional and unexpected threats in a variety of unforeseen situations not only requires a change in thinking...

For a couple of years now we’ve been mustering our forces for the Nordic Battlegroup.

We have carried out a full scale test and moved 2800 persons, including equipment from five nations, to the north of Sweden. There, we have conducted a challenging exercise and I am proud to say that...

Sweden is planning to join a multinational partnership to utilise three Boeing C-17 strategic transport aircraft. A C-17 landed at Luleå on Wednesday for trials.

Since the summer, evaluation has been going on of different parts of the Nordic Battlegroup, NBG. Currently, during the final exercise, the final check is taking place.- We are evaluating all the...

The Nordic Battlegroup’s final exercise has started and the soldiers are on their way into the operational area. In two weeks time the force’s units from Sweden, Norway, Finland, Ireland and Estonia...

David Pazooki, head of the Swedish unit in Afghanistan performing advanced surgery, has been named Professor of the Faculty of Medicine at Balkh University in Mazar-i-Sharif.