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Swedish Armed forces

Sweden
Population
10,481,937
Military budget
12 billion $
Active personnel
23,600
Nuclear weapons
☢
0 warheads
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Basic informations

Capital: Stockholm
Area: 450,295 km2
Population: 10,481,937
Etnic groups: Swedes with Finnish and Sami minorities; foreign-born or first-generation immigrants: Finns, Yugoslavs, Danes, Norwegians, Greeks, Turks
Religions: Lutheran 87%, other (includes Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist) 13%

Military branches

(Försvarsmakten) Army , Royal Swedish Navy, Swedish Air Force.

Military service

18-47 years of age for male and female voluntary military service; Swedish citizenship required; service obligation: 7.5 months (Army), 7-15 months (Navy), 8-12 months (Air Force); the Swedish Parliament has abolished compulsory military service, with exclusively voluntary recruitment as of July 2010; conscription remains an option in emergencies; after completing initial service, soldiers have a reserve commitment until age 47.

Military expenditures

Military budget
12 billion $
Percent of GDP
2

Manpower

Active personnel
23,600
Reserve
31,300
Available
2,065,782

Land Forces

Tanks
121
AFV
2,071
Artillery
268
Self-propelled guns
48
Rocket artillery
0
Armoured fighting vehicles includes infantry fighting vehicles, tank destroyers, armoured personnel carriers, mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles(MRAP), amphibious and reconnaissance vehicles.
Total artillery includes towed, self-propelled gun(SPG) and rocket artillery.

Tanks

TypeNameNumber
Stridsvagn 122 121

AFVs

TypeNameNumber
- Bv 410 153
Combat Vehicle 90 509
Patgb 180 55
- Patria AMV 113
- Bandvagn 206 1000
- Bandvagn 309 93
Patgb 203 148

Self-propelled artillery

TypeNameNumber
- Archer Artillery System 48

Rocket artillery

TypeNameNumber
- -

Air Forces

Total aircraft
207
Fighters
0
Multirole
94
Attack
0
Helicopters
53
UCAV (combat drone)
0
Total aircraft - number of all military aircraft and helicopters in country. Includes training and cargo aircraft. Does not include drones.
Attack includes ground-attack and strategic bomber aircraft.

Fighter aircraft

TypeNameNumber
- -

Multirole aircraft

Attack and bomber aircraft

TypeNameNumber
- -

Helicopters

TypeNameNumber
NHI NH90 A/B 18
- Agusta A109A 12
- Agusta A109B 8
Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk 15

UCAV (combat drone)

TypeNameNumber
- -

Navy

Total naval
186
Aircraftcarriers
0
Destroyers
0
Frigates
0
Corvettes
7
Submarines
5
Total naval - number of all military ships in country. Includes auxiliaries.
Aircraft carriers includes helicopter carriers. Destroyers includes Battlecruisers and Cruisers.

Aircraftcarriers

TypeNameNumber
- -

Destroyers

TypeNameNumber
- -

Frigates

TypeNameNumber
- -

Corvettes

TypeNameNumber
- Göteborg class 2
Visby class 5

Submarines

TypeNameNumber
- Gotland class 3
- Södermanland class 2

☢ Nuclear weapons

Does not have nuclear weapons.