Swedish Navy

Swedish Navy
Swedish Navy
Svenska marinen
	Coat of arms of the Swedish Navy.
Founded	7 June 1522
Country	Sweden
Size	2,100
Part of	Swedish Armed Forces
Garrison/HQ	Muskö; Karlskrona; Gothenburg; Berga;
March	"Kungliga Flottans paradmarsch" (Wagner)
Anniversaries	9 July (Battle of Svensksund)
Equipment	7 corvettes; 9 mine countermeasure vessel; 5 diesel submarines; 14 patrol vessels; 165 Gunboats; other auxiliary vessels;
Engagements	See list Swedish War of Liberation (1521–23); Count's Feud (1534–36); Russo-Swedish War (1554–57); Northern Seven Years' War (1563–70); Russo-Swedish War (1590–95); Polish–Swedish War (1600–29); Ingrian War (1610–1617); Kalmar War (1611–13); Thirty Years' War (1630–1648); Torstenson War (1643–45); Second Northern War (1657–60); Scanian War (1675–79); Great Northern War (1700–1721); Russo-Swedish War (1741–43); Seven Years' War (1756–1763); Russo-Swedish War (1788–90); First Barbary War (1801–1802); War of the Fourth Coalition (1805–1810); Finnish War (1808–1809); Dano-Swedish War of 1808–09; Swedish-Norwegian War (1814); Cold War (1970–1991); War in Afghanistan (2002–2021); Operation Atalanta (since 2008) ;
Commanders
Chief of Navy	RAdm Ewa Skoog Haslum
Deputy Chief of Navy	BGen Patrik Gardesten
Chief of the Naval Staff	Capt Håkan Nilsson
Insignia
Naval ensign and jack
Naval ensign 1844–1905
Naval ensign 1815–1844

The Swedish Navy (Swedish: Svenska marinen) is the naval branch of the Swedish Armed Forces. It is composed of surface and submarine naval units – the Fleet (Flottan) – as well as marine units, the Amphibious Corps (Amfibiekåren).

Founded under King Gustav I in 1522, the Swedish navy is one of the oldest continuously serving navies in the world, celebrating its 500th anniversary in 2022.

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