For the first time ever, Swedish “Gripen” fighter jets have taken part in a real military operation under NATO command. These ...

Swedish Gripen fighter jets, which began patrolling NATO airspace from Poland in April, have been scrambled for the first ...

Sweden, Lithuania, Norway and Finland are considering a coordinated acquisition of hundreds of CV90 infantry combat vehicles ...

Nordic countries are pooling resources to counter Russia amid uncertain security guarantees from Trump’s White House.

Around a third of the 13,000 youngsters born in 1999 were forced to join the Swedish military from January 2017. Sweden, which has a population of 9.5million, ended compulsory national service for ...

Swedish military men were long inclined to underestimate the importance of modern weapons; by tradition, conventional weapons were considered sufficient even though since World War II the defense ...

The Swedish army then approaches some of them for a physical and mental test. Participation is voluntary, but the active approach produces many motivated young recruits. If there are still shortages, ...