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The Northern Military Region (Swedish: Norra militärregionen, MR N) is a Swedish military region within the Swedish Armed Forces. Established in 2013...

The Western Military Region (Swedish: Västra militärregionen, MR N) is a Swedish military region within the Swedish Armed Forces. Established in 2013...

The Southern Military Region (Swedish: Södra militärregionen, MR S) is a Swedish military region within the Swedish Armed Forces. Established in 2013,...

to 1721, Sweden was a European great power, becoming a dominant faction in the quest for control of the Baltic Sea and a formidable military power. During...

Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and...

Great Northern War (1700–1721) was a conflict in which a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire...

tenth military region. Military region commanders in 2003 included Brahim Fodel Chérif (1st Military Region), Kamel Abderrahmane (2nd Military Region, Abcène...

The Swedish Army (Swedish: Svenska Armén) is the land force of the Swedish Armed Forces. The army's history dates back to the Swedish War of Liberation...

Norway, and Sweden. It can sometimes also refer to the Scandinavian Peninsula (which excludes Denmark but includes a part of northern Finland). In English...

centuries during which Sweden became a European great power that exercised territorial control over much of the Baltic region. The beginning of the period...

Stockholm is the cultural, media, political, and economic centre of Sweden. The Stockholm region alone accounts for over a third of the country's GDP, and is...

and Cooperation Sections. Sweden is divided into four military regions: Northern, Central, Western and Southern. Each region has a staff whose task is...

dedicated military build-up after 1942, Sweden kept its official neutrality status throughout the war. At the outbreak of hostilities, Sweden had held...

The history of Sweden can be traced back to the melting of the Northern Polar Ice Caps. From as early as 12000 BC, humans have inhabited this area. Throughout...

by Denmark after the Treaty of Brömsebro) and the northern part of modern Latvia (the Vidzeme region), represented the conquest of the major part of the...

The Northern War of 1655–1660, also known as the Second Northern War, First Northern War or Little Northern War, was fought between Sweden and its adversaries...

The Northern Crusades or Baltic Crusades were Christianization campaigns undertaken by Catholic Christian military orders and kingdoms, primarily against...

the Swedish War of Liberation in 1523, Sweden and Denmark have fought 11 wars from the Northern Seven Years' War to the Napoleonic Wars. Sweden has historically...

have concluded the Northern Wars with the decline of Sweden and establishment of the Russian Empire as the principal power of the region, however there are...

spread to Pińczów in southern Poland, where it was first recorded in a Swedish military hospital in 1702. The plague then followed trade, travel and army routes...