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{{Short description|Naval branch of the Swedish Armed Forces}}
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{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name                     = Swedish Navy
| native_name                   = {{lang|sv|Svenska marinen}}
| image                         = Marinen vapen bra.svg
| image_size                    = 150px
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| caption                       = [[Coat of arms]] of the Swedish Navy.
| start_date                    = 7 June 1522<br /> ({{Age in years and months|1522|6|7}})
| disbanded                     = 
| country                       = {{Flag|Sweden}}
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| type                          = [[Navy]]
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| size                          = 2,100<ref>{{cite book |last=IISS |title=The Military Balance 2022|year=2022 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-032-27900-8 |page=151}}</ref>

| command_structure             = [[Swedish Armed Forces]]
| garrison                      = [[Muskö Naval Base|Muskö]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Birke |first=Sune |last2=Braunstein |first2=Christian |title=Sveriges marina förband och skolor under 1900-talet |series=Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 13 |year=2011 |publisher=Statens försvarshistoriska museer |location=Stockholm |language=sv |id={{LIBRIS|12638815}} |pages=8–13}}</ref>
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| march                         = "Kungliga Flottans paradmarsch" (Wagner)
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| anniversaries                 = 9 July ([[Battle of Svensksund]])
| equipment                     = [[List of equipment of the Swedish Navy|List of equipment]]
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| battles                       = {{collapsible list
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| website                       = <!-- Commanders -->
| current_commander             = 
| commander1                    = [[Rear admiral (Sweden)|RAdm]] [[Johan Norlén]]
| commander1_label              = [[Chief of Navy (Sweden)|Chief of Navy]]
| commander2                    = [[Brigadgeneral|BGen]] [[Patrik Gardesten]]
| commander2_label              = [[Chief of Navy (Sweden)#List of deputy chiefs|Deputy Chief of Navy]]
| commander3                    = [[Kommendör|Capt]] Håkan Nilsson
| commander3_label              = [[Chief of the Naval Staff (Sweden)|Chief of the Naval Staff]]
| notable_commanders            = <!-- Insignia -->
| identification_symbol         = [[File:Naval Ensign of Sweden.svg|150px]]
| identification_symbol_label   = Naval ensign and jack
}}

The '''Swedish Navy''' ({{langx|sv|Svenska marinen}}) is the [[Naval warfare|maritime]] [[service branch]] of the [[Swedish Armed Forces]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/en/about/organisation/the-navy/ |title=The Navy |website=Swedish Armed Forces |access-date=2 September 2020}}</ref> It is composed of surface and submarine naval units – the [[Naval fleet|Fleet]] ({{lang|sv|Flottan}}), formally sometimes referred to as the Royal Navy ({{lang|sv|Kungliga Flottan}}) – as well as [[Marine (armed services)|marine]] units, the [[Swedish Amphibious Corps|Amphibious Corps]] ({{lang|sv|Amfibiekåren}}).

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

==History==
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Early Swedish kings ({{circa}} 9th–14th centuries) organised a Swedish Navy along the coastline through {{lang|sv|[[Leidang|ledungen]]}}. This involved combined rowing and sailing ships (without artillery). This system became obsolete with the development of society and changes in military technology. No later than in the 14th century, the duty to serve in {{lang|sv|ledungen}} was replaced by a tax. In 1427, when Sweden was part of the [[Kalmar Union]] (with Denmark and Norway), Swedish warships did however participate in the naval battle of Öresund against the [[Hanseatic League]]. It is unclear how this force was organised and exactly on what basis.

On 7 June 1522, one year after the separation of Sweden from the Kalmar Union, [[Gustav Vasa]] purchased a number of ships from the [[Hanseatic League|Hanseatic]] town of [[Lübeck]]. Official Swedish histories since the 19th century have often recorded this day as the birth of the current Swedish Navy. The museum ship {{ship||Vasa|ship|2}} in Stockholm was a 17th-century ship of the Royal Swedish Navy ({{lang|sv|Kungliga flottan}}).
[[File:Plansch med uniform för Majestäts flotta för åren 1779-1833.jpg|thumb|left|Swedish Navy uniforms from the period 1779–1833; [[lithography]] by [[Adolf Ulrik Schützercrantz]]]]
The Amphibious Corps dates back to 1 January 1902, when a separate "[[Swedish Coastal Artillery|Coastal Artillery]]" ({{lang|sv|Kustartilleriet}}) was established, and {{lang|sv|Marinen}} came into use as the name of the service as a whole. The last decade of the 20th century saw the abandonment of the coastal fortifications and the force became a more regular{{citation needed|date=February 2017}} marine corps, renamed Amphibious Corps ({{lang|sv|Amfibiekåren}}) in 2000.

For most of the twentieth century, the Swedish Navy focused on the threat of a full-scale invasion of Sweden via the [[Baltic Sea]] and on protecting commercial shipping. Sweden's location on the Scandinavian peninsula makes it highly dependent of maritime trade: 90% imports and exports enter or leave Sweden through the Baltic. In 1972, the government decreed that non-military measures should be used to protect merchant shipping. The resolution led to the decommissioning of all the navy's destroyers and frigates, though the non-military measures the government intended to use to protect shipping have never been specified.

The navy first participated in a UN-mandate international operation in Kosovo through KFOR, KS04 in 2001 by the amphibious corps. The fleet participated in its first UN operation [[List of United Nations peacekeeping missions|UN-led peacekeeping mission]] in October 2006 when the corvette {{HSwMS|Gävle|K22|6}}{{efn|In Swedish, vessels of the Swedish Navy are given the [[Ship prefix|prefix]] "HMS", short for {{lang|sv|Hans/Hennes majestäts skepp}} (His/Her Majesty's Ship). In English, this is often changed to "HSwMS" ("His/Her Swedish Majesty's Ship") to differentiate Swedish vessels from those of the British [[Royal Navy]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aco.nato.int/a-day-on-board-hswms-kullen.aspx |title=A Day Aboard HSwMS Kullen |author=Allied Command Operations |author-link=Allied Command Operations |website=[[NATO]] |access-date=19 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020013411/http://www.aco.nato.int/a-day-on-board-hswms-kullen.aspx |archive-date=20 October 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>}} began performing coastal surveillance duties for the [[United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon|United Nations Mission in Lebanon]]. HSwMS ''Gävle'' was relieved by {{HSwMS|Sundsvall|K24|6}}, which returned to Sweden in September 2007.

{{HSwMS|Malmö|K12|6}}, {{HSwMS|Stockholm|K11|6}}, and {{HSwMS|Trossö|A264|6}} took part in the EU-led [[Operation Atalanta|EUNAVFOR]] operation (2008– ) off the coast of the [[Horn of Africa]]. In 2010, {{HSwMS|Carlskrona|P04|6}} was the EUNAVFOR flagship, housing the fleet headquarters led by [[Flottiljamiral|RAdm (LH)]] [[Jan Thörnqvist]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/Internationella-insatser/Eunavfor--Somalia/Nyheter/90-000-ton-humanitar-hjalp-sakrades-under-svensk-ledning/ |title=90 000 ton humanitär hjälp säkrades under svensk ledning |trans-title=90,000 tonnes of humanitarian aid was secured under Swedish leadership |date=16 August 2010 |website=[[Swedish Armed Forces]] |language=sv |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100827131214/http://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/Internationella-insatser/Eunavfor--Somalia/Nyheter/90-000-ton-humanitar-hjalp-sakrades-under-svensk-ledning/ |archive-date=27 August 2010}}</ref>

===Ensign and Jack===
<gallery class="center">
File:Naval Ensign of Sweden.svg|Naval ensign and jack since 1905
File:Naval Ensign of Sweden (1844-1905).svg|Naval ensign 1844–1905
File:Jack of Sweden and Norway (1844–1905).svg|Naval jack 1844-1905
File:Swedish and Norwegian naval ensign (1815–1844).svg|Naval ensign 1815–1844
</gallery>

==Organization==
Until recently, the Navy was led by the [[Chief of Navy (Sweden)|Chief of the Navy]], who was typically a [[Vice admiral (Sweden)|vice admiral]]. This office has been eliminated, and the highest officer of the Navy is now the [[Chief of Navy (Sweden)|Chief of Navy]], Rear Admiral [[Johan Norlén]], who is the senior representative of the Swedish Navy's combat forces.

The Marine units use the same system of rank as the [[Swedish Army|Army]].

===Naval units===
* [[1st Submarine Flotilla (Sweden)|1st Submarine Flotilla]] (1. ubflj) located in [[Karlskrona]]
* [[3rd Naval Warfare Flotilla (Sweden)|3rd Naval Warfare Flotilla]] (3. sjöstridsflj) located in [[Karlskrona]]
* [[4th Naval Warfare Flotilla (Sweden)|4th Naval Warfare Flotilla]] (4. sjöstridsflj) located at [[Berga Naval Base|Berga]]

===Amphibious units===
* [[1st Marine Regiment (Sweden)|1st Marine Regiment]] (Amf 1) located in Berga
* [[4th Marine Regiment (Sweden)|4th Marine Regiment]] (Amf 4) located in Gothenburg

===Bases===
* [[Muskö Naval Base]], located at [[Muskö]] island in the [[Stockholm archipelago]]. The base serves as the headquarters of the Swedish Navy since September 2019.
* [[Karlskrona Naval Base]] (MarinB), located at [[Karlskrona]] with detachments at Berga, Gothenburg and Skredsvik.

===Training units===
* [[Swedish Naval Warfare Centre]] (SSS) located in [[Karlskrona]]

== Equipment ==
The equipment of the Swedish Navy can be found on the following pages:

* '''Active''' equipment / fleet and future equipment:
** [[List of active Swedish Navy ships]]
** [[List of equipment of the Swedish Navy]]
* Former equipment / fleet:
** [[List of ships of the Swedish Navy]] 
** [[List of coastal defence ships of the Swedish Navy]]

==Commanders==
{{Main|Chief of Navy (Sweden)}}

==Ranks==
{{main|Military ranks of the Swedish Armed Forces}}
;Commissioned officer ranks
The rank insignia of [[commissioned officer]]s.
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;Other ranks
The rank insignia of [[non-commissioned officer]]s and [[Enlisted rank|enlisted personnel]].
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==See also==
{{Commons}}
* [[Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences]]
* [[Leidang]]
* [[List of Swedish wars]]
* [[List of admirals of Sweden]]

== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/en/about/organisation/the-navy/}} {{in lang|en}}
* {{Official website|https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/var-verksamhet/verksamhetsomraden/marinen/}} {{in lang|sv}}
* [http://www.multi.fi/~goranfri/navalwar.html Göran Frilund – ''The Swedish Navy 1788–1809'']

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