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Swedish Armed Forces

combined military forces of Sweden
Organization Armed Forces Q783911

Facts

26 properties

Identity

Instance of
armed forces, Swedish government agency[3]
Official website
www.forsvarsmakten.se[14]
Legal form
state entity[23]

Location

Headquarters location
Stockholm[5]
Country
Sweden[2]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Stockholm[1]as of 2026-10-21
where from?
Edition
20261021 · as of 2026-10-21
Bronze
7a7bf58d5ac18436… v2.15-2026-10-20-ror-data.zip
Transform
4ort-mint · ror:20261021 · version not recorded
Postal code
10785, 115 57[7][8]
Street address
Lidingövägen 24, 115 57 Stockholm[30]

Financials

Employees
+20529[16]

Relations

Part of
Ministry of Defence of Sweden[9]
Has part(s)
Swedish Army, Swedish Navy, Swedish Air Force[10][11][12]
Owner of
Swedish Armed Forces Computer Network[24]
Parent organization or unit
Ministry of Defence of Sweden[13]
More facts +13
Applies to jurisdiction
Sweden[15]
Classification of the Functions of Government
02.1.0 - Military defense (CS)
Commanded by
Olof Thörnell, Helge Jung, Nils Swedlund, Torsten Rapp, Stig Synnergren, Lennart Ljung, Bengt Gustafsson, Owe Wiktorin, Johan Hederstedt, Håkan Syrén, Sverker Göranson, Micael Bydén, Michael Claesson[28]
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Public register of government agencies in Sweden[18][19][20][21]
Fax number
+46-8-788-77-78[26]
Flag
Naval Ensign of Sweden[6]
IPv4 routing prefix
193.241.0.0/16[27]
Main regulatory text
Förordning (2007:1266) med instruktion för Försvarsmakten[4]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Govdirectory[29]
Phone number
+46-8-788-75-00[17]
Position held by head of the organization
Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces[25]
Social media followers
119k (45k–119k, n=8)[31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38]
Topic has template
Template:Swedish Armed Forces[22]
🏷️ Also known as
en Försvarsmakten en military of Sweden en Swedish Armed Forces ar القوات المسلحة السويدية cs Švédské ozbrojené síly de Schwedische Streitkräfte en-gb Försvarsmakten es Fuerzas Armadas de Suecia fa نیروهای مسلح سوئد fi Ruotsin puolustusvoimat fr forces armées suédoises he הכוחות המזוינים של שוודיה he הצבא השוודי he צבא שוודיה hu Svédország hadereje id Angkatan Bersenjata Swedia it forze armate della Svezia it Sveriges försvarsmakt ja スウェーデン軍 ko 스웨덴군
🔖 Identifiers · 21
ROR ID
04qn5a624
ISNI
0000000105297489
GRID ID
grid.484700.f
Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online
svedijos-ginkluotosios-pajegos
Bluesky handle
forsvarsmakten.se
Dagens Nyheter topic ID
forsvarsmakten
Email address
mailto:exp-hkv@mil.se
Facebook username
forsvarsmakten
Freebase ID
/m/06p2h
Instagram username
forsvarsmakten
LinkedIn company or organization ID
forsvarsmakten
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
1289187217
Show all 21 identifiers +9
Museum-digital person/organization ID
198029
NE.se ID
försvarsmakten
Omni topic ID
ac3efc7fe6c73042aae7c3e54cc906f05087cfa8, 2ca1d32b-cde4-4069-8db6-c1ef6de28453
Open Funder Registry funder ID
501100009238
Quora topic ID
Swedish-Armed-Forces, Försvarsmakten
Scilit organization ID
74798
Swedish Organization Number
202100-4615
X (Twitter) username
Forsvarsmakten
YouTube channel ID
UC9013JWZWntBD6Zy9mVJQpA
📚 Sources · 3

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I1289187217 2026-09-27 OpenAlex (CC0 1.0) as of 2026-09-27
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Source
OpenAlex
Edition
20260927 · as of 2026-09-27
Licence
CC0 1.0
Credit
CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex snapshot, openalex.org). Values as shipped.
Bronze
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1521 2026-09-26 ROR (cc0-1.0+geonames-cc-by-4.0) as of 2026-09-26
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Source
ROR
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26 · newer edition 20261021 landed
Credit
ROR data dump: CC0 1.0 (ror.org). locations.* comes from GeoNames under CC BY 4.0 — credit GeoNames (geonames.org) when those columns are used. Organizations only; no personal fields.
Bronze
476988542f1bdd18… v2.13-2026-09-22-ror-data.zip
Transform
4ort-mint · lake · version not recorded
CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex snapshot, openalex.org). Values as shipped.
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🔗 Connections
Commanded by 13
Sverker Göranson, Micael Bydén, Olof Thörnell, Bengt Gustafsson, Torsten Rapp, Håkan Syrén, Helge Jung, Stig Synnergren +5 more
← Military branch 8
National CBRN Defence Centre, Swedish Defence University, Special Operations Task Group, Swedish Women's Voluntary Defence Service, Special Protection Group, Swedish Armed Forces Helicopter Wing, Swedish Armed Forces Logistics, Swedish coastal artillery
Has these parts 6
Swedish Navy, Swedish Air Force, Swedish Army, Royal Guards in Stockholm, Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters, Swedish coastal artillery
← Operator 4
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk, Malmen Airbase, Sisu GTP, M90
Has part(s) 3
Swedish Navy, Swedish Air Force, Swedish Army
Described by source 2
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
Participated in 2
NORDEFCO, Operation Arctic Endurance
Applies to jurisdiction 1
Sweden
Country 1
Sweden
Headquarters location 1
Stockholm
Instance of 1
armed forces
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
WikiProject Govdirectory
Parent organization or unit 1
Ministry of Defence of Sweden
Part of 1
Ministry of Defence of Sweden
Position held by head of the organization 1
Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces
Topic has template 1
Template:Swedish Armed Forces
← Child organization or unit 1
Ministry of Defence of Sweden
← Military unit 1
Michael Claesson
← Organization directed by the office or position 1
Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces
← Template has topic 1
Template:Swedish Armed Forces
← Used by 1
AT4
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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Public register of government agencies in Sweden. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  1. 15w ago · CommonsDelinker bot · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/
    Legal form → state entity
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron +1
    Main regulatory text → Förordning (2007:1266) med instruktion för Försvarsmakten
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Removed claim: Flag image: Naval Ensign of Sweden.svg"
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