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Högkvarteret Vapen
The Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters (, HKV) is the highest level of command in the Swedish Armed Forces. Established in 1994, its primary task is to command operations, but is also involved in areas such as military strategy, the overall development of the Swedish Armed Forces, and acting as a channel of contact with government. It's located at Lidingövägen 24 at Gärdet in Stockholm. History 1994–1998 On 1 July 1994 a major reorganization of the Swedish Armed Forces was carried out and of the then central staffs. From having consisted of more than a hundred different agencies, the Swedish Armed Forces was now organized into a single agency (Sweden's largest agency). The Defence Staff (Sweden), Defence Staff and the three military branch staffs, the Army Staff (Sweden), Army Staff, Air Staff (Sweden), Air Staff and the Naval Staff (Sweden), Naval Staff, were organized simultaneously into a joint headquarters. The then headquarters consisted of four commands; Joint Operati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supreme Commander Of The Swedish Armed Forces
The Chief of Defence, formerly the Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces (; acronym: ÖB) is the highest ranked professional military officer in the Swedish Armed Forces, and is by NATO terminology the Sweden, Swedish chief of defence, chief of defence equivalent. The Chief of Defence is the agency head of the Swedish Armed Forces and formally reports to the Government of Sweden, though normally through the Minister for Defence (Sweden), Minister for Defence. The primary responsibilities and duties of the Chief of Defence (and the charter for the Armed Forces) are prescribed in an Secondary legislation, ordinance issued by the Government. The Chief of Defence is, apart from the honorary ranks held by the Monarchy of Sweden, King of Sweden and in the past other members of the Swedish royal family, by unwritten convention normally the only professional military officer on active duty to hold the highest rank (a four-star General (Sweden), General or Admiral (Sweden), Admira ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Military Intelligence And Security Service
The Military Intelligence and Security Service (, MUST) is a division of the Swedish Armed Forces Central Command. MUST is both a foreign intelligence and a military security/counterintelligence agency. In its intelligence role, MUST is responsible for providing intelligence on foreign threats to the Government of Sweden and the Swedish Armed Forces. However, signals intelligence is handled by a separate civilian agency operated by the Ministry of Defence, the Swedish National Defence Radio Establishment (FRA), which is not part of MUST. MUST is legally prohibited from gathering intelligence on Swedish domestic affairs, except in its more narrowly defined role a counter-intelligence agency tasked with identifying threats to the armed forces, such as sabotage, espionage, or infiltration. Domestic security and civilian counterintelligence in non-military contexts are handled by the Swedish Security Service (SÄPO), the civilian equivalent agency to MUST. Departments MUST consis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chief Of Home Guard
The Chief of Home Guard, also called the Chief of the National Swedish Home Guard (, RiksHvC) is the Swedish Home Guard chief representative. He or she reports to the Chief of Armed Forces Training & Procurement. The Home Guard function and its development are the responsibility of the Chief of Home Guard. As support in their work at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters the Chief of Home Guard has the staff of the Home Guard Department (''Rikshemvärnsavdelningen''). The Chief of Home Guard with staff (the Home Guard Department, PROD RIKSHV) is part of the Training & Procurement Staff. Tasks The Chief of Home Guard leads the implementation of the National Home Guard Combat School and the training units' mission activities relating to the Home Guard's operations and inspects the Home Guard units. The Chief of Home Guard is also the chairman of the Home Guard Council (''Rikshemvärnsrådet''), the central co-influence body of the Home Guard; a council that is chosen at the Natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joint Forces Command (Sweden)
Joint Forces Command (, OPIL), was a senior command staff within the Swedish Armed Forces which operated from 2000 to 2005. The staff was located in Uppsala Garrison in Uppsala. The Joint Forces Command managed allocated joint capabilities from the three armed services. History In connection with the changed management organization and the restructuring of the Swedish Armed Forces towards an operational defense, the Joint Forces Command was established on 1 July 2000. It thus took over most of the tasks previously served by the three military area staffs, the operational management in the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters, as well as the Army, Navy and Air Force tactical staffs. With the establishment of Joint Forces Command, the staff of leading operational and tactical activities was reduced from nearly two thousand people to about 270. In the summer of 2005, the Joint Forces Command was disbanded, and the Operational Staff (''Operativa staben'', OPS) was divided into two parts; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defence Act Of 2000 (Sweden)
The Defence Act of 2000 (prop. 1999/2000:30) was a defence act passed by the Swedish Riksdag on 30 March 2000, and the largest reorganisation of the Swedish Armed Forces since the Defence Act of 1925. The act was a continuation of the policies set in motion by the Defence Act of 1996: shifting the military's focus from the defence of Swedish territory to a more flexible "operational defence* (Swedish: ''insatsförsvar'') for smaller-scale peacekeeping operations in foreign nations. Many military formations were disbanded as a result. Summary The future organisation decided by the act included, up until 2004, the following military units: * A headquarters, an operational command, and four military district commands. * An army divisional command, formed of an NBC task force and two rifle battalions. * 6 army brigade commands, 16 mechanised battalions, 4 air defence battalions, 4 howitzer battalions, 4 pioneer battalions, 4 maintenance battalions, 6 urban warfare battalions and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Human Resources
Human resources (HR) is the set of people who make up the workforce of an organization, business sector, industry, or economy. A narrower concept is human capital, the knowledge and skills which the individuals command. Similar terms include ''manpower'', ''Labour (human activity), labor'', ''labor-power'', or ''personnel''. In vernacular usage, "human resources" or "human resource" can refer to the human resources department (HR department) of an organization, which performs human resource management, overseeing various aspects of employment, such as compliance with labor law and employment standards, job interview, interviewing and selection, performance management, administration of employee benefits, organizing of employee files with the required documents for future reference, and some aspects of recruitment (also known as talent acquisition), talent management, staff wellbeing, and employee offboarding. They serve as the link between an organization's management and its e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uppsala
Uppsala ( ; ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the capital of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inhabitants in 2019. Located north of the capital Stockholm, it is also the seat of Uppsala Municipality. Since 1164, Uppsala has been the ecclesiology, ecclesiastical centre of Sweden, being the seat of the Archbishop of Uppsala, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden. Uppsala is home to Scandinavia's largest cathedral – Uppsala Cathedral, which was the frequent site of the coronation of the Swedish monarch until the late 19th century. Uppsala Castle, built by King Gustav I of Sweden, Gustav Vasa, served as one of the royal residences of the Swedish monarchs, and was expanded several times over its history, making Uppsala the secondary capital of Sweden during its Swedish Empire, greatest extent. Today, it serves as the residence of the Governor of Uppsala County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air Component Command
The Air Component Command (, FTS) was a part of the Joint Forces Command of the Swedish Armed Forces. The staff was located at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters in Stockholm. The Air Component Command commanded the operations of the Swedish Air Force. History On 30 June 1994, the Air Staff was dissolved and ceased as a staff and authority. In its place, on 1 July 1994, the Air Force Command (''Flygvapenledningen'') was formed in the newly established Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters and the Air Tactical Center (''Flygvapnets taktiska centrum'') in Linköping. The Air Force Command, which was part of the newly established Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters, was a production unit which sorted directly under the authority of the head of the agency, that is, the Supreme Commander. The Air Force Tactical Center was in turn directly subordinate of the military commander of the Middle Military District (Milo M). On 1 July 1998, the Air Force Tactical Center, along with the Air Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berga Naval Base
Berga Naval Base () is a naval base of the Swedish Navy located in the Hårsfjärden fjard near Berga, Haninge Municipality, Berga, Haninge Municipality. Today it is the home of the 4th Naval Warfare Flotilla (Sweden), 4th Naval Warfare Flotilla, the 1st Marine Regiment (Sweden), 1st Marine Regiment and Home Guard (Sweden), Home Guard unit Södertörn Group (''Södertörnsgruppen''). History In the late 1800s, the Swedish Navy began using Hårsfjärden as a Proving ground, training area. Shooting warnings were read in the area's churches and a shooting target workshop was built in a bay on Vitsgarn opposite Märsgarn at Hårsfjärden. From 1904, Hårsfjärden began to be used more permanently as a base for the Coastal Fleet's combat and signal schools and for naval mine training and more. In 1905 it was decided to set up a target depot for a combat school at Vitsgarn. The depot met a great need and grew steadily. From 1911 to 1921, the Swedish state gradually acquired more land for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maritime Component Command
Maritime Component Command (, MTS) was a part of the Joint Forces Command of the Swedish Armed Forces. The staff was located at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters in Stockholm and is headed by the Chief of Navy. The Maritime Component Command commanded the operations of the Swedish Navy forces. History The Maritime Component Command was established in September 1993 under the name of the Naval Tactical Center (''Marinens taktiska centrum'', MTC) which has its origin in the Naval Staff which was disbanded on 30 June 1994 in connection with the Swedish Armed Forces becoming a single government agency on 1 July 1994. The Naval Staff was partly replaced by the Naval Command (''Marinledningen'') on 1 July 1994. The Naval Command, which was part of the newly established Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters, was a production unit which sorted directly under the authority of the head of the agency, that is, the Supreme Commander. The Naval Tactical Center was in turn directly subordi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
