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4 unusual facts about Swedish Army


IRIS-T

The Swedish Army plans to develop a ground launched version of the IRIS-T to replace the RBS 70 missile system.

John Forsell

Before his singing career, he served in the Swedish Army; becoming a second lieutenant in 1890 and lieutenant in 1896.

Oscar Carl Gustav Ankarcrona

Oscar Carl Gustav Ankarcrona (born 10 June 1857), was a Huntsman-Major of the Court of the King of Sweden, Major of the Swedish Army, etc., son of Conrad Victor Ankarcrona (1823–1912), Grand Master of the Court of the King of Sweden, etc., and wife and cousin (m. 1851) Ebba Charlotta, Grefvinnan Bielke (1828–1911).

War commissar

The war commissar or Kriegskommissar was a Danish Army, Norwegian Army, Prussian Army, Swedish Army and Soviet army military official who was responsible for supplying military arms and provisions, and was in charge of the military budget and conscription.


Bandvagn 202

Bandvagn 202 (Bv 202) is a tracked articulated, all-terrain vehicle developed by Volvo BM, a subsidiary of Volvo, for the Swedish Army.

Edvard Carleson

Edvard Henrik Carleson (16 November 1820 – 1 April 1884) was a Councilor of Justice and a Councilor of State of the Kingdom of Sweden, etc., son of Jacob Edvard Carleson, Lieutenant Colonel of the Swedish Army, and wife Liboria Fredrika Eleonora Harmens.

Lapplands jägarregemente

Lapplands jägarregemente (Lapland Ranger Regiment), designations I 22, I 22/Fo 66 and I 22/GJ 66, was a Swedish Army Ranger regiment, one of the few new formations raised in the 20th century.

Royal Suédois

In December 1813, the regiment was once again raised by a French émigré in Germany, and it fought in the Swedish Army during the Battle of Leipzig in 1813 and during the campaign in Norway in 1814.

Strömsholm

In Strömsholm is Strömsholm Palace, and from 1621 Strömsholm was a center of military horse training to supply the swedish army with horses.


see also

Axel von Fersen

Axel von Fersen the Younger (1755–1810), Swedish Army officer, diplomat and statesman, son of the Elder

Battle of Landskrona

On July 12 the Swedish army of 10,000 men had been reinforced with 4,000 peasants from Småland and left its camp near Klippan to march south.

Battle of Żarnów

Swedish army continued its march southwards, capturing and burning the towns of Inowłódz, Drzewica and Odrzywół.

Catherine Opalińska

In 1709, her spouse was deposed when the Swedish army lost the military upper hand in Poland, and the family was by Charles XII granted refuge in the Swedish city of Kristianstad in Scania.

Count's Feud

The Swedish King Gustav Vasa sent a Swedish army to the aid of Christian III, which invaded Scania at Loshult and plundered, burned, and murdered their way throughout the Gønge area as it advanced toward the town of .

David Leslie, Lord Newark

A son of Patrick Leslie, 1st Lord Lindores, he fought for the Swedish army of Gustavus Adolphus as a professional soldier during the Thirty Years' War.

Ernesto Montecuccoli

On 16 August of the same year, Montecuccoli's forces were defeated in the Battle of Wiesloch by a Swedish army led by Count Gustav Horn.

Frederick V, Margrave of Baden-Durlach

Bernhard Gustav (born: 24 December 1631; died: 26 December 1677), Major General in the Swedish army; later converted to Catholicism in 1665; from 1668 he was prince-abbot at Kempten; from 1671 also abbot of the Fulda monastery; from 1672 Cardinal of Santa Susanna

Gabriel Bucelin

He filled the position of master of novices at Weingarten and professor of humanities at Feldkirch (1635), from which on the approach of the Swedish army he was forced to flee to Vienna, Venice, and finally Admont (1646).

Gustav Horn, Count of Pori

At the battle of Breitenfeld in 1631, Horn prevented the Imperial force, under Tilly, from flanking the main body of the Swedish army after their Saxon allies fled the field.

Gutmanis Cave

The legend states that in the spring of 1601 during the Polish-Swedish war, the Swedish army occupied Turaida Castle.

Remington Rolling Block rifle

In 12.17x42mmRF and 12.18x44mmRF (two cartridges that were interchangeable), and towards the end of its service life also 8x58mmR Danish Krag centerfire, it served as the standard service rifle of the Swedish Army from 1867 to the mid-1890s (when it was replaced by the Swedish Mauser) and in Norway as the standard service rifle from 1867 to the mid-1880s (when it was replaced by the M1884 Jarmann).

Røros

In 1718, during the Great Northern War, the town was once again taken by the Swedish Army, led by General De la Barre, who made up the southern arm of the main Swedish Army under Carl Gustaf Armfeldt.

Scotland and the Thirty Years' War

James Hamilton, Marquis of Hamilton (later Duke of Hamilton), General in the Swedish army in Germany

Stridsvagn L-120

In October 1936 the Swedish Army placed an order with the armoured fighting vehicle manufacturer AB Landsverk in the Scanian city of Landskrona for one L-120 tank and one L-120 tank chassis for testing purposes.