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    The Swedish Army (Swedish: svenska armén) is the land force of the Swedish Armed Forces. Svea Life Guards dates back to the year 1521, when the men of...
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    The Swedish Army Museum (Swedish: Armémuseum) is a museum of military history located in the district of Östermalm in Stockholm. It reopened in 2002 after...
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  • This is a list of equipment of the Swedish Army currently in use. It includes current equipment such as small arms, combat vehicles, explosives, missile...
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  • Military ranks of the Swedish Armed Forces shows the rank system used in the Swedish Armed Forces today, as well as changes during the 20th century due...
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    contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the anti-Swedish alliance were Peter I of Russia...
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    Holowczyn where the smaller Swedish army routed a Russian army twice the size. The campaign ended with disaster when the Swedish army suffered heavy losses...
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    The Swedish Empire (Swedish: stormaktstiden, "the Era of Great Power") was the period in Swedish history spanning much of the 17th and early 18th centuries...
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    from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania under Swedish protection. In July 1655 two Swedish armies, operating from Swedish Pomerania and the Province of Pomerania...
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    The Swedish Armed Forces (Swedish: Försvarsmakten , lit. 'the Defence Force') are the armed forces of the Kingdom of Sweden, tasked with the defence of...
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    The Finnish War (Swedish: Finska kriget, Russian: Финляндская война, Finnish: Suomen sota) was fought between the Kingdom of Sweden and the Russian Empire...
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    Bandvagn 206 (category Military vehicles of Sweden)
    developed and manufactured by the Swedish company Hägglund & Söner, and subsequently by BAE Systems Hägglunds, for the Swedish Army. It consists of two units...
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    invasion threatened the Swedish rule in Finland, but the threat from Denmark–Norway and France was taken seriously. The Swedish western army was divided into...
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    193rd Ranger Battalion (Swedish: 193. jägarbataljonen), also known as the Army Ranger Battalion (Swedish: Arméns jägarbataljon, AJB) is a specialized arctic...
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    Swedish-Brandenburgian War (German: Schwedisch-Brandenburgischer Krieg). The war was prompted by Swedish involvement in the Franco-Dutch War. Sweden had...
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  • power. During this period, known as Stormaktstiden (Swedish: "The Great Power Era"), the Swedish Empire held a territory more than twice the size of its...
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    operations forces as a symbol of their unique capabilities. Afghan National Army Special Forces members were awarded a tan beret after successfully completing...
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    Battle of Breitenfeld (1631) (category Articles containing Swedish-language text)
    his power to the Baltic Sea and threaten Swedish territory. King Gustavus Adolphus landed with a Swedish army in the Duchy of Pomerania in 1630 to intervene...
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  • lift Scania T144 (Dragbil 23T) Main article: Swedish Coast Guard ships Even if the Swedish Coast Guard (Swedish: Kustbevakningen) is not officially a part...
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    Swedish riksdaler. The Swedes initially planned a naval assault on Saint Petersburg. One Swedish army was to advance through Finland; a second army,...
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    in Eskilstuna, Sweden. All Swedish Mausers other than trials rifles were chambered for the 6.5×55mm Swedish cartridge, and all Swedish-made actions were...
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    Gorget (section In Sweden)
    the royal cypher of Frederick I of Sweden, 1727. Swedish gorget model 1799 for the officer of the day. Swedish Army Museum. The same use of the gorget...
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    The Life Guards (Swedish: Livgardet, designation LG) is a combined Swedish Army cavalry/infantry regiment. Its responsibilities include the defence of...
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    FN MAG (category Articles with Swedish-language sources (sv))
    vehicles and the Model 60-30 aircraft variant. After World War II the Swedish Army, who used two 6.5×55mm versions of the Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR)...
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    2 Hvaler 1    The Swedish–Norwegian War, also known as the Campaign against Norway (Swedish: Fälttåget mot Norge), War with Sweden 1814 (Norwegian: Krigen...
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    and the Swedish invasion was the need for their own permanent armies, and Germany as a whole became a far more militarised society. For Sweden, the benefits...
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    purposes. There are three versions of full dress uniforms in use in the Swedish Army as of the present day, all belonging to the Life Guards. The infantry...
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  • The Swedish Army Medical Corps (Swedish: Fältläkarkåren, Flk) was from 1806 to 1969 an administrative corps of the Swedish Army, consisting of military...
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    The Swedish invasion of the Holy Roman Empire or the Swedish Intervention in the Thirty Years' War is a historically accepted division of the Thirty Years'...
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  • specialised in sub-arctic warfare. Military district (Sweden) List of Swedish defence districts List of Swedish regiments Swedish infantry brigades (Swedish)...
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    Battle of Kliszów (category Articles containing Swedish-language text)
    during the Great Northern War. A Swedish army under the command of King Charles XII of Sweden defeated a Polish–Saxon army twice the size that was led by...
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