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

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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.

Summary

The future organisation decided by the act included, up until 2004, the following military units: * A headquarters, an operational command, and four military district commands. * An army divisional command, formed of an NBC task force and two rifle battalions. * 6 army brigade commands, 16 mechanised battalions, 4 air defence battalions, 4 howitzer battalions, 4 pioneer battalions, 4 maintenance battalions, 6 urban warfare battalions and 1 battalion of paratroopers. * 2 surface flotillas with a combined total of 12 surface vessels. * 1 submarine flotilla with 5 submarines. * A minesweeper flotilla. * An amphibious brigade command and 3 amphibious battalions. * 8 divisions of JAS 39 Gripen jets. * 2 helicopter battalions, one with a focus on ground operations and another with a focus on naval operations. * National Defence Troops, including among others 12 ground combat battalions and elements of the

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Disbanded units, commands and academies

Armed Forces Commands

Military districts (''Militärområden)'' * Milo N - Northern Military District, Boden. * Milo M - Middle Military District, Strängnäs. * Milo S - Southern Military District,

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. * MKG - Gotland Military Command, Visby.

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* Eastern Army Division, Strängnäs. * Northern Army Division, Boden. * Southern Army Division, Kristianstad Service Branch Commands (''försvarsgrensstaber'') * AC - Army Center, Enköping. * FC - Air Force Center, Uppsala. * MC - Navy Center, Haninge/

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Army

Infantry regiments * I 1 - Svea Life Guards, Upplands-Bro. (Reorganised into the Life Guards) * I 2 - Värmland Regiment, Kristinehamn. * I 3 - Life Regiment Grenadiers,

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. * I 12 - Småland Regiment, Eksjö. * I 13 - Dalarna Regiment,

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. * I 16 - Halland Regiment,

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. * I 20 - Västerbotten Regiment,

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. * I 21 - Västernorrland Regiment,

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. * I 22 - Lapland Ranger Regiment,

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. Infantry Brigades/Norrland Brigades * IB 1 - Life Guard Brigade, Upplands-Bro. * IB 2 - Värmland Brigade, Kristinehamn. * NB 5 - Field Rifle Brigade,

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. (Reorganised into I 5 Field Rifle Regiment) * IB 12 - Småland Brigade, Eksjö. * NB 13 - Dala Brigade,

. * IB 16 - Halland Brigade,

. * NB 21 - Ångermanland Brigade, Sollefteå. Cavalry * K 1 - Life Guard Dragoons,

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. (Today part of LG - Life Guards) Armoured troops * P 2 - Scanian Dragoon Regiment,

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. Mechanised brigades * MekB 7 - Southern Scanian Brigade,

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. * MekB 8 - Scanian Dragoon Brigade,

. * MekB 9 - Skaraborg Brigade, Skövde. * MekB 10 - Södermanland Brigade, Strängnäs. * MekB 18 - Gotland Brigade, Visby. * MekB 19 - Norrbotten Brigade, Boden. Artillery * ArtSS - Artillery Combat School, Kristinehamn. (Today part of the Artillery Regiment) * A 3 - Wendes Artillery Regiment,

. * A 7 - Gotland Artillery Regiment,

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. * A 8 - Norrland Artillery Regiment, Boden. (Today a battalion of the Norrbotten Regiment) * A 9 - Bergslagen Artillery Regiment, Kristinehamn. (Reorganised into the Artillery Regiment) Air Defence troops * LvSS - Air Defence Combat School,

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. (Relocated to Halmstad and part of the Air Defence Regiment). * Lv 2 - Gotland Anti-Aircraft Corps, Visby. * Lv 3 - Roslagen Anti-Aircraft Corps,

. * Lv 6 - Göta Anti-Aircraft Corps,

. (Reorganised into the Air Defence Regiment) * Lv 7 - Norrland Anti-Aircraft Corps,

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. (Today part of the Norrbotten Regiment) Combat engineers * Ing 3 - Boden Engineer Regiment, Boden. (Today a battalion of the Norrbotten Regiment) Signal troops * S 3 - Norrland Signal Regiment, Boden. (Today a battalion of the Norrbotten Regiment) ; Army Service Troops (''trängtrupperna'')
* T 2 - Göta Logistic Corps, Skövde. (Reorganised into Göta Logistic Regiment) * T 3 - Norrland Logistic Corps, Boden. (Today a battalion of the Norrbotten Regiment)

Air Force

* FKN - Northern Air Command,

. * FKM - Middle Air Command, Upplands-Bro. * FKS - Southern Air Command,

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. * F 10 - Scania Wing. (Disbanded by 2002) * F 16 - Uppland Wing. (Disbanded by 2004) * 1. hkpbat - Norrland Helicopter Battalion, Boden. (Reorganised into a squadron) * 3. hkpbat - Göta Helicopter Battalion, Säve. (Reorganised into a squadron)

Navy

* MKN - Norrland Coast Naval Command,

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. * MKO - East Coast Naval Command, Haninge/ Muskö. * MKS - South Coast Naval Command,

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. * MKV - West Coast Naval Command,

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. * KA 1 - Vaxholm Coastal Artillery Regiment. (Reorganised into Amf 1) * KA 2 - Karlskrona Coastal Artillery Regiment. * KA 3 - Gotland Coastal Artillery Regiment. * KA 4 - Älvsborg Coastal Artillery Regiment. (Reorganised into Amf 4)

Defence districts (''försvarsområden'')

A defence district (''Försvarsområde'', shortened ''Fo'') was the command level below military district (''militärområde).'' Every defence district was part of a defence district group (''Fogrupp),'' which was a part of a combined combat group which had the same strength as a brigade, as it was composed of between one and four battalions. A defence district was commanded by the Defence District Commander, who was simultaneously the commander of a Defence District Regiment.

Established units, commands and academies

Armed Forces Commands

* ATK - Army Tactical Command,

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. * FTK - Air Force Tactical Command, Uppsala. * MTK - Naval Tactical Command, Uppsala. * OPIL - Joint Forces Command, Uppsala. * 1. Mekdiv - Mechanised Division, Stockholm.