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a designation for a larger military unit, comprising two or more brigades, an artillery regiment, an engineer battalion, an anti-aircraft battalion, a signal battalion and a transport battalion. An ''arméfördelning'' corresponds to a division in many countries' armies, and it has been common to also use the word "division" in Swedish when referring to foreign rather than Swedish military units.

History

The concept of ''arméfördelning'' ("army division"), originally only ''fördelning'' ("division") began to be used after the beginning of the 19th century, and was introduced in 1889 as a term also in the peace-time organization. Through the 1892 and 1897 changes made in the organization of the army, the artillery was also placed under the commanding officers of the army divisions. An army division then, apart from some exceptions, consisted of four infantry, one cavalry and one artillery regiment, and one

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corps, for which at war,

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troops were added. The army division was intended for independent operations, but lacks complete administrative bodies in peacetime. Sweden was divided into six army division areas in 1904, with command offices in

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(1st),

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(2nd),

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(3rd),

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(4th and 5th) and

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(6th). The army divisions replaced the peacetime subdivision of military districts that was used in the years 1833–1888. In 1889–1892, the territorial territory of the army division was called military district, but this was abolished from 1893 when the territorial territory of an army division was named army division area (''arméfördelningsområde''). Through the Defence Act of 1942, the I-IV Military Districts came to mobilize two divisions each, while the V and VI Military Districts each mobilized one army division. On 1 October 1966, the

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. Through the Defence Act of 1977, the army divisions were reduced by two staffs. Through 1988 Defense Investigation, the army divisions were reduced by two staffs. Through the Defence Act of 1996, the army divisions were reduced by three staffs, since the three military districts would mobilize one army division each. The last three army divisions were disbanded and replaced by the 1st Mechanized Division (''1. mekaniserade divisionen'') through the Defence Act of 2000, and the 1st Mechanized Division disbanded through the Defence Act of 2004.

Divisions

1893–1901

The 1893 subdivision was operational from 1 October of that year. From 1898,

was used.

1902–1927

The 1902 subdivision was operational from 1 January of that year.

1928–1936

The 1928 subdivision was operational from 1 January of that year.

1937–1942

The 1937 subdivision was operational from 1 January of that year.

1943–1966

The 1943 subdivision was operational from 7 February of that year.

1966–1994

1994–2000

References

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