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Swedish Armed Forces Staff College

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Swedish Armed Forces Staff College
Militärhögskolan
Militärhögskolan vapen.svg
TypeStaff college
Active1961 (1961)–1996 (1996)
Parent institution
Swedish Armed Forces
AffiliationArmy, Navy, Air Force
Location
Valhallavägen 117, Stockholm
LanguageSwedish
March"Schlippenbachs marsch" (1964–1995)[1]
"Generalfälttygmästaren" (1995–1996)[1]

The [Royal] Swedish Armed Forces Staff College[note 1] (Swedish: Militärhögskolan, MHS) was from 1961 to 1996 the Swedish Armed Forces highest institution for officers training, for staff and senior executive education and was located in Stockholm. In 1997 it was merged with the Swedish National Defence College and formed the "new" Swedish National Defence College.

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Swedish language

Swedish language

Swedish is a North Germanic language spoken predominantly in Sweden and in parts of Finland. It has at least 10 million native speakers, the fourth most spoken Germanic language and the first among any other of its type in the Nordic countries overall.

Swedish Armed Forces

Swedish Armed Forces

The Swedish Armed Forces is the government agency that forms the armed forces of Sweden, tasked with the defense of the country as well as with promoting Sweden's wider interests, supporting international peacekeeping, and providing humanitarian aid. It consists of the Swedish Army, the Swedish Air Force and the Swedish Navy, as well as a military reserve force, the Home Guard. Since 1994, all Swedish military branches are organized within a single unified government agency, headed by the Supreme Commander, even though the individual services maintain their distinct identities.

Stockholm

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and largest city of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 990,000 people live in the municipality, with 1.6 million in the urban area, and 2.5 million in the metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. It is also the county seat of Stockholm County. For several hundred years, Stockholm was the capital of Finland as well, which was then a part of Sweden. The population of the municipality of Stockholm is expected to reach one million people in 2024.

Swedish Defence University

Swedish Defence University

The Swedish Defence University is situated on Drottning Kristinas väg 37 in Östermalm, Stockholm City Centre, next to the campus of the Royal Institute of Technology.

History

Location of the staff college at Valhallavägen 117, Stockholm.
Location of the staff college at Valhallavägen 117, Stockholm.

During the first part of the 20th century, the higher officer education was developed in the three military branches, the Army, Navy and Air Force. During the two world wars a variety of new weapons such as armor, air, gas, submarines and nuclear weapons were introduced.[3] Then came the Cold War, which contributed so that the higher officer training at the Royal Swedish Army Staff College, the Royal Swedish Naval Staff College and the Royal Swedish Air Force Staff College in 1961 were merged into a joint staff college, named the Royal Swedish Armed Forces Staff College.[3][4] The operations began on 1 October 1961 and the first instruction was established on 14 May 1964.[5] It organized compulsory general courses, often military branch targeted and aimed for captain positions, as well as higher volunteer staff courses and technical courses.[5]

In 1992 the military branch programmes were incorporated and then there were the following programmes: Tactical Program (TAKLI), Staff Program (SLI), Technical Program (TEKLI) and Operational Program (OPLI).[5] In 1994, the National School of Administration (Förvaltningshögskolan, FörvHS) was integrated with the Swedish Armed Forces Staff College, which became its own government agency. In 1995, parts of the Swedish National Defence Research Institute were transferred to the new Swedish Armed Forces Staff College. A special research area for security policy, strategy and military history was then established. In 1996, the government found that the link between civil and military defense had become increasingly important and, according to the government, there were strong reasons for the Swedish Armed Forces Staff College to merge with the Swedish National Defence College. The following year, the Swedish National Defence College and the Swedish Armed Forces Staff College were merged and formed the "new" Swedish National Defence College.[6]

The main part of the staff college was located at Valhallavägen 117 in Stockholm,[7] in the chancellery building and barracks of the old Svea Artillery Regiment (A 1).[8] Smaller units of the staff college were located in Östersund and Karlstad.[5]

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Stockholm

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and largest city of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 990,000 people live in the municipality, with 1.6 million in the urban area, and 2.5 million in the metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. It is also the county seat of Stockholm County. For several hundred years, Stockholm was the capital of Finland as well, which was then a part of Sweden. The population of the municipality of Stockholm is expected to reach one million people in 2024.

Swedish Army

Swedish Army

The Swedish Army is the land force of the Swedish Armed Forces.

Swedish Air Force

Swedish Air Force

The Swedish Air Force is the air force branch of the Swedish Armed Forces.

Cold War

Cold War

The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. The term cold war is used because there was no large-scale fighting directly between the two superpowers, but they each supported opposing sides in major regional conflicts known as proxy wars. The conflict was based on the ideological and geopolitical struggle for global influence by these two superpowers, following their temporary alliance and victory against Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan in 1945. Aside from the nuclear arsenal development and conventional military deployment, the struggle for dominance was expressed via indirect means such as psychological warfare, propaganda campaigns, espionage, far-reaching embargoes, rivalry at sports events, and technological competitions such as the Space Race.

Royal Swedish Army Staff College

Royal Swedish Army Staff College

The Royal Swedish Army Staff College was a Swedish Army training establishment between 1866 and 1961, providing courses for army officers. It was the home of the Swedish Army's staff college, which provided advanced training for officers. It was located within the Stockholm Garrison in Stockholm, Sweden.

Royal Swedish Naval Staff College

Royal Swedish Naval Staff College

The Royal Swedish Naval Staff College was a Swedish Navy training establishment between 1898 and 1961, providing courses for naval officers. It was the home of the Swedish Navy's staff college, which provided advanced training for officers. It was located within the Stockholm garrison in Stockholm, Sweden.

Royal Swedish Air Force Staff College

Royal Swedish Air Force Staff College

Royal Swedish Air Force Staff College was established in 1939 and located in Stockholm. It was under the command of the Chief of the Swedish Air Force.

Government agencies in Sweden

Government agencies in Sweden

The government agencies in Sweden are state-controlled organizations that act independently to carry out the policies of the Government of Sweden. The ministries are relatively small and merely policy-making organizations, allowed to monitor the agencies and preparing decision and policy papers for the government as a collective body to decide upon.

Swedish National Defence Research Institute

Swedish National Defence Research Institute

Swedish National Defence Research Institute was a Swedish government agency in defense research existing from 1945 to 31 December 2000. It was amalgamated with the National Aeronautical Research Institute (FFA) into the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) which was established on 1 January 2001.

Swedish Defence University

Swedish Defence University

The Swedish Defence University is situated on Drottning Kristinas väg 37 in Östermalm, Stockholm City Centre, next to the campus of the Royal Institute of Technology.

Svea Artillery Regiment

Svea Artillery Regiment

The Svea Artillery Regiment, designation A 1, was a Swedish Army artillery regiment that traced its origins back to the 17th century. It was disbanded in 1997. The regiment's soldiers were originally recruited from Svealand, and it was also garrisoned there.

Karlstad

Karlstad

Karlstad is the 20th-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Karlstad Municipality, the capital of Värmland County, and the largest city in the province Värmland in Sweden. The city proper had 65,856 inhabitants in 2020 with 95,167 inhabitants in the wider municipality in 2021, and is the 21st biggest municipality in Sweden. Karlstad has a university and a cathedral.

Heads

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Erik Rosengren

Erik Rosengren

Lieutenant General Erik Olof Rosengren was a Swedish Army officer. He served as head of the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 1959 to 1961 and as head of the Swedish Armed Forces Staff College from 1961 to 1973.

Nils-Fredrik Palmstierna

Nils-Fredrik Palmstierna

Friherre Major General Nils-Fredrik Palmstierna was a Swedish Air Force officer. His senior commands include the post of Vice Chief of the Defence Staff, Chief of Staff of the Eastern Military District and head of the Swedish Armed Forces Staff College.

Evert Båge

Evert Båge

Major General Evert Karl Erik Båge was a Swedish Air Force officer. Båge served as Chief of the Air Staff from 1980 to 1984 and as head of the Swedish Armed Forces Staff College from 1984 to 1990.

Claes Tornberg

Claes Tornberg

Rear Admiral Claes Egmont Tornberg is a retired Swedish Navy officer. He served as chief of the Coastal Fleet from 1985 and 1990 and as head of the Swedish Armed Forces Staff College from 1990 to 1996 and the newly created Swedish National Defence College from 1997 to 1998.

Names, designations and locations

Name Translation From To
Kungl. Militärhögskolan Royal Swedish Armed Forces Staff College 1961-10-01 – 1974-12-31
Militärhögskolan Swedish Armed Forces Staff College 1975-01-01 – 1996-12-31
Designation From To
MHS 1961-10-01 – 1996-12-31
Location From To
Stockholm Garrison 1961-10-01 – 1996-12-31

Source: "Swedish Armed Forces Staff College", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2022, October 28th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Armed_Forces_Staff_College.

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Swedish Defence University

Royal Swedish Air Force Staff College

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Lena Hallin

Bo Waldemarsson

Hans Berndtson

Chief of the Defence Staff (Sweden)

Bengt Svensson
Footnotes
  1. ^ or the Royal Staff College of the [Swedish] Armed Forces.[2] The word "Royal" (Kungliga) was later removed.
References
  1. ^ a b Stolt, Lars C. "MARCHE DE SLIPPENBACHE" [SLIPPENBACHE'S MARCH]. www.militarmusiksamfundet.com (in Swedish). Swedish Military Music Society. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  2. ^ Gullberg, Ingvar E. (1977). Svensk-engelsk fackordbok för näringsliv, förvaltning, undervisning och forskning [A Swedish-English dictionary of technical terms used in business, industry, administration, education and research] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 1479. ISBN 91-1-775052-0. SELIBR 8345587.
  3. ^ a b Lindstedt, Anneli (2015-05-28). "Historik" [History] (in Swedish). Swedish Defence University. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  4. ^ Engström, Christer; Marklund, Kari, eds. (1994). "Militärhögskolan". Nationalencyklopedin: ett uppslagsverk på vetenskaplig grund utarbetat på initiativ av Statens kulturråd [Malay-Mönj] (in Swedish). Vol. 13. Höganäs: Bra böcker. p. 315. SELIBR 8211197.
  5. ^ a b c d "Militärhögskolan > Förteckning" [Royal Swedish Armed Forces Staff College > List] (in Swedish). National Archives of Sweden. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Från militär högskola till statlig högskola" [From military staff college to national university college] (in Swedish). Swedish Defence University. 2015-05-22. Archived from the original on 11 February 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  7. ^ Sveriges statskalender. 1963 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1963. p. 434.
  8. ^ "ETT HISTORISKT OMRÅDE" [A HISTORICAL AREA] (PDF) (in Swedish). Vasakronan. p. 3. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
Further reading
  • Kjellander, Bo, ed. (1986). Militärhögskolan och dess förhistoria: utgiven till Militärhögskolans 25-årsjubileum 1986 [Swedish Armed Forces Staff College and its prehistory: published at the 25th anniversary of the Swedish Armed Forces Staff College in 1986] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Probus. ISBN 91-87184-00-1. SELIBR 7762889.
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