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Sweden is a country located in Northern Europe with an area of 450,295 km2 (land boundries: 2,211 km and costline 3,218 km). The capital of Sweden is Stockholm. The number of inhabitants is 10,385,347.

The Swedish military cooperates closely with the military forces of other Nordic countries through the Nordic Defense Cooperation (NORDEFCO), which consists olso of Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Norway. Sweden is a signatory of the EU’s Common Security and Defense Policy and contributes to CSDP missions and operations. In 2022 Sweden applied for NATO membership and was formally invited to join the alliance at the NATO Summit in Madrid. The inventory of the SAF is comprised of domestically-produced and imported Western weapons systems. The United States is the leading supplier of military hardware.

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An artificial alliance showing what NATO would look like without the United States of America which accounting for three quarters of North Atlantic Alliance defence spending. The supported countries included in this alliance: Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, United Kingdom, Greece, Germany, Turkey, Spain, Hungary, Poland and Romania.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 7.6 billion $ 338.41 billion $
Percent of GDP: 1.3% 0%

Military budget

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Highest value in the world: 816 billion $ (USA)
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Manpower

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Active personnel: 23,600 1,760,589
Reserve personnel: 31,300 1,048,632
Available for military: 2,065,782 132,478,132

Active

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Highest value in the world: 2,035,000 (China)
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Land Forces

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Tanks: 121 7,274
Armoured fighting vehicles: 2,071 43,452
Total artillery: 268 7,933
Self-propelled artillery: 48 2,764
Rocket artillery: 0 1,057

Tanks

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Highest value in the world: 12,267 (Russia)
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Air Forces

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Total aircraft: 207 8,016
Fighter aircraft: 0 643
Multirole aircraft: 94 1,114
Attack aircraft: 0 162
Helicopters: 53 3,525
UCAV (combat drone): 0 222

Total aircraft

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Highest value in the world: 12,930 (USA)
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Navy

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Total naval: 186 1,286
Aircraftcarriers: 0 8
Destroyers: 0 25
Frigates: 0 113
Corvettes: 7 30
Submarines: 5 75

Total naval

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Highest value in the world: 967 (North Korea)
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Nuclear weapons

Sweden

Does not have nuclear weapons.

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Military service

Sweden

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.

NATO without USA

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