Swedish Army

Swedish Army
Swedish Army
Armén
	Coat of arms of the Swedish Army
Founded	1521; 503 years ago
Country	Sweden
Type	Army
Size	6,850
Part of	Swedish Armed Forces
March	"Svenska arméns paradmarsch"
Anniversaries	14 January
Equipment	List of Swedish Army equipment
Engagements	See list Swedish War of Liberation ; Danish Count's Feud ; Great Russian War ; Northern Seven Years' War ; Livonian War ; Russo-Swedish War (1590–1595) ; War against Sigismund ; Polish War ; De la Gardie Campaign ; Ingrian War ; Kalmar War ; Thirty Years' War ; Torstenson War ; First Bremian War ; Second Northern War ; Second Bremian War ; Scanian War ; Great Northern War ; Hats' Russian War ; Seven Years' War ; Gustav III's Russian War ; First Barbary War ; War of the Fourth Coalition ; Finnish War ; War of the Sixth Coalition ; Campaign against Norway ; Congo Crisis ; 1999 East Timorese crisis ; War in Afghanistan ;
Website	Official site
Commanders
Chief of Army	MajGen Jonny Lindfors
Deputy Chief of Army	BGen Anders Svensson [sv]
Chief of the Army Staff	Col Stefan Jansson [sv]
Notable; commanders	Gustavus Adolphus; Charles X Gustav; Charles XI; Charles XII; Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld; Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt; Charles XIV John; Curt von Stedingk; Johan August Sandels

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 in 1521.

^ IISS (2022). The Military Balance 2022. Routledge. p. 151. ISBN 978-1-032-27900-8.
^ "Idag fyller Livgardet och armén 500 år" (PDF) (Press release) (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2021 – via Mynewsdesk.