Sweden Armén / Swedish Army - ORBAT
The Inspector General of the Army is the most senior representative of the Swedish Army's land forces. Together the Army Staff at Armed Forces Headquarters, the Inspector General leads materiel procurement and other capability-generating activities, that is to say force development and the training of officers and national service conscripts. The Army Tactical Command leads activities utilising these capabilities, for example in actual operations and deployments and in major exercises, both in Sweden and abroad.
The units are divided into training units and task forces. The training units consist of the regiments (army) and flotillas (air force and navy), as well as the amphibious regiment (navy). In addition to these, there are joint forces in the Armed Forces, such as the Command Regiment.
Task Forces are units that are prepared to be deployed in operations abroad or in Sweden. The schools train and further train soldiers, sailors and officers from all parts of the Armed Forces, both theoretically and practically. Some of the larger schools are the Flight School, the Interpreting School, the Swedish Armed Forces Technical School, the Ground Combat School and the officer colleges in Halmstad and Karlberg.
 | Cavalry units, which train rangers and intelligence specialists as well as military police. The soldiers, who include airborne troops, have to be capable of operating behind enemy lines, often for long periods, in all types of terrain and under all weather conditions. Cavalry units also include military police and security units.
|  | Mechanised units, equipped with tanks and other armored vehicles, possess the greatest firepower, and overall strike power, of all the Army's units. Units are trained and equipped for combat against any adversary both in urban areas and in different types of terrain.
|  | Mobility and flexibility characterize the Armed Forces' helicopters. This makes them a valuable resource, whether it is rescue operations, transports or reconnaissance missions. The task of the helicopter flotilla is to provide the Armed Forces with helicopter resources that can be used both for missions at sea or on land, in Sweden and abroad.
|  | The infantryman is the foot soldiers of the army. Infantrymen are, you might say, all those soldiers who fight on foot. The light ground combat unit has a distinct focus on offensive operations andground combat. The light mechanized infantry company’s distinguishing mark is ground combatin the urban environment.
|  | Air defence units which train units in ground-based defence against aerial targets, covering the entire chain from sensors, through command and control systems, to air defence weapons systems themselves. The task of these units is to protect, for example, centres of population, military units and air bases against attack from the air.
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 | Artillery units which provide training in land-based indirect fire operations, covering the entire chain from sensors, through command and control systems to the weapon systems themselves. The systems are capable of achieving precision effects at long range and are unaffected by weather conditions.
|  | Command and Control units which train staff and liaison units primarily for the command and control of combat forces and for higher staff duties, but also special units in the field of electronic warfare.
|  | Engineer units responsible for field work, that is to say alteration of the terrain in various ways that impede an adversary but assist the activities of own forces. Munitions clearance is also an important part of field work.
|  | Logistics units which are responsible for keeping combat forces supplied with, for example, catering, medical and repair facilities.
|  | CBRN units which deal with CBRN threats and incidents. Principal capabilities include detection, identification, surveillance, warning, reporting, physical protection and risk management. (CBRN= Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear).
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