The Defence Act of 2000 (prop. 1999/2000:30) was a defence act passed by the Swedish Riksdag on 30 March 2000, and the largest reorganisation of the Swedish Armed Forces since the Defence Act of 1925. The act was a continuation of the policies set in motion by the Defence Act of 1996: shifting the military's focus from the defence of Swedish territory to a more flexible "operational defence* (Swedish: insatsförsvar) for smaller-scale peacekeeping operations in foreign nations. Many military formations were disbanded as a result.[1]
The future organisation decided by the act included, up until 2004, the following military units:
Year |
Percent of GDP |
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2001 | 1,7 |
2002 | 1,6 |
2003 | 1,6 |
2004 | 1,4 |
2005 | 1,4 |
Military districts (Militärområden)
Service Branch Commands (försvarsgrensstaber)
Infantry regiments
Infantry Brigades/Norrland Brigades
Cavalry
Armoured troops
Mechanised brigades
Artillery
Air Defence troops
Combat engineers
Signal troops
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Artillery
Infantry/Cavalry
Fleet
Military district groups
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