Military defence
Swedens military defence is in the process of becoming a smaller yet more effective and flexible defence. Preparedness, organisation and planning must be designed to allow defence capabilities to adapt to future threats.
The Swedish military defence system must be characterised by continual development and renewal, advanced technology and economic efficiency.
Military defence consists of the activity engaged in by the Armed Forces and parts of the activities of the agencies within the total defence sphere: Swedish Defence Materiel Administration, Swedish Defence Research Agency, Swedish National Defence College, National Service Administration and National Defence Radio Establishment. Finance is also provided for certain activity carried out by voluntary defence organisations in the field.
The tasks of the military defence are to:
- to defend Sweden against armed attack
- to assert our territorial integrity
- to contribute to peace and security in the world around us
- to strengthen Swedish society to meet peacetime emergencies
