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List Of Swedish Defence Districts
This is a list of Swedish defence districts. The Swedish defence district ( sv, Försvarsområde, Fo) was an administrative division of the Swedish Armed Forces, and was a lower regional level subdivision, usually corresponding to a Swedish county. The commander of a defence district was the Defence District Commander, who usually commanded local defence units, including infantry, engineers, air defence and light artillery, as well as any Home Guard units in the district. The commander answered to the larger military district that the defence district was part of. Fo 1– * Fo 11 **Malmö försvarsområde (1942–1997) * Fo 12 **Ystads försvarsområde (1942–1947) * Fo 13 **Helsingborgs försvarsområde (1942–1947) * Fo 14 **Kristianstads försvarsområde (1942–1997) **Skånes försvarsområde (1997–2000) * Fo 15 **Blekinge försvarsområde (1942–1947) **Karlskrona försvarsområde (1947–2000) * Fo 16 **Växjö försvarsområde (1942&n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defence District
A defence district ( sv, Försvarsområde, Fo) was a military subdivision of the Swedish Armed Forces created in 1914. It was a lower regional level subdivision, usually corresponding to a Swedish county. The commander of a defence district was the Defence District Commander, who usually commanded local defence units, including infantry, engineers, air defence and light artillery, as well as any Home Guard units in the district. The commander answered to the larger military district that the defence district was part of. History A defence district was the lowest regional unit in the Swedish Armed Forces. Such were found in particularly important coastal areas during World War I and from 1939 on at a time of mobilization. From 1943 they were included as part of the ordinary peace organization. The district was responsible for defence planning, home defence, supervision of fixed facilities, certain territorial units and the Home Guard equipment and equipment. In 1973-76, the defenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Västra Götaland Defence District
Västra Götaland Defence District ( sv, Västra Götalands försvarsområde, Fo 32) was a Swedish defence district which operated in from 1939 to 2000. Its staff was located in Gothenburg Garrison in Gothenburg, Sweden. History Västra Götaland Defence District was formed on 3 September 1939 as Gothenburg Defence District (''Göteborgs försvarsområde''). It included in the 1943 War Organization the southern part of Älvsborg County along the southern boundary of Flundre-Bjärke police superintendent (''landsfiskal'') districts, City of Kungsbacka (''Kungsbacka stad'') and Viske and Kungsbacka police superintendent district of Halland County as well as City of Gothenburg, City of Mölndal and City of Kungälv as well as Sävedal, Fässberg, Askim, Hising, Kungälv, Stenungsund and Tjörn police superintendent districts of Gothenburg and Bohus County, except in the Gothenburg Archipelago Defence District (''Göteborgs skärgårds försvarsområde'', Fo 33) included parts ( SFS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
