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Northern Military Region
Norra militärregionen
Active2013–present
Country Sweden
AllegianceSwedish Armed Forces
BranchJoint
TypeMilitary region
RoleOperational, territorial and tactical activities
Part ofSwedish Armed Forces Headquarters[a]
Garrison/HQBoden Garrison
Commanders
Current
commander		COL Lars Karlsson

The Northern Military Region (Swedish: Norra militärregionen, MR N) is a Swedish military region within the Swedish Armed Forces. Established in 2013, the military region staff in based in Boden Garrison. The military region includes Norrbotten County, Västerbotten County, Jämtland County and Västernorrland County.

History

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The Northern Military Region was formed on 1 January 2013 as Military Region North, as one of four military regions in Sweden. The military region includes Norrbotten County, Västerbotten County, Jämtland County and Västernorrland County.[1] The region's staff is located in Boden Garrison with the task of leading surveillance and protection tasks, implementing civil-military cooperation and support to society. The Northern Military Region is also responsible for leading the production of the training groups and the Home Guard units in Norrland. The responsibility involves both training personnel for the Home Guard units and leading them in operations. The Northern Military Region's Home Guard battalions are seven in number.[1] On 1 October 2018, a separate command position was appointed for Military Region North. From 2019, the name Northern Military Region was adopted. From 1 January 2020, all military regions are independent units subordinate to the Chief of Home Guard. In doing so, the regions also take over the command in peacetime from the training groups with their Home Guard battalions. Each military region has production management responsibility. This meant that five training groups were transferred to the Northern Military Region. In a government's bill, however, the Swedish government emphasized that the military regional division could be adjusted, depending on the outcome of the investigation Ansvar, ledning och samordning inom civilt försvar ("Responsibility, leadership and coordination in civil defense").[1]

Units

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Current units

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  • Fältjägargruppen (FJG)
    • 14th Home Guard Battalion/Fältjägar Battalion
  • Västernorrlandsgruppen (VNG)
  • Västerbottensgruppen (VBG)
  • Norrbottensgruppen (NBG)
  • Lapplandsjägargruppen (LJG)
    • 11th Home Guard Battalion/Gränsjägar Battalion
    • 10th Home Guard Battalion/Lapplandsjägar Battalion

Heraldry and traditions

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Coat of arms

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The coat of arms of the Northern Military Region was previously used by the Northern Military District (Milo N) from 1994 to 2000 and the Northern Military District (MD N) from 2000 to 2005. Blazon: "Azure, the provincial badge of Västerbotten, a reindeer courant, armed gules, followed by a mullet, both argent. The shield surmounted an erect sword or."[2]

Commanding officers

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From 2013 to 2017, the military region commander was also commander of the Norrbotten Regiment. From 2018 to 2020, military region commander was subordinate to the Chief of Joint Operations in territorial activities as well as in operations. Furthermore, the military region commander has territorial responsibility over his own military region and leads territorial activities as well as regional intelligence and security services.[3][4] From 1 January 2020, all military region commanders are subordinate to the Chief of Home Guard.[5]

  • 2013–2014: Colonel Olof Granander
  • 2014–2017: Colonel Mikael Frisell[b]
  • 2018–2018: Colonel Ulf Siverstedt[c]
  • 2018–2021: Colonel Ulf Siverstedt[d]
  • 2021–20xx: Colonel Lars Karlsson[e]

Names, designations and locations

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Name Translation From To
Militärregion Nord Military Region North 2013-01-01 – 2018-12-31
Norra militärregionen Northern Military Region 2019-01-01 –
Designation From To
MR N 2013-01-01 –
Location From To
Boden Garrison 2013-01-01 –

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ In the years 2013–2019, the military region staff was subordinate to the commander of Norrbotten Regiment, and since 2020 its directly subordinate to the Chief of Home Guard.
  2. ^ Frisell took over as commander on 10 December 2014, with an appointment no later than 30 September 2018.[6]
  3. ^ Siverstedt took over as commander on 1 January 2018, with an appointment no later than 30 September 2018.[7][8]
  4. ^ Siverstedt left I 19 and took over as commander of MR N with a new appointment on 1 October 2018, until no later than 31 March 2021.[8]
  5. ^ Lars Karlsson took over as commander on 29 March 2021 with an appointment no later than 31 January 2025.[9]

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Försvarets traditioner i framtiden med översiktlig historik från 1500-talet (PDF) (in Swedish). Statens försvarshistoriska museer TradN. 2020-09-07 [2015]. pp. 31–32. ISBN 9789197859554. SELIBR 17552963.
  2. ^ Braunstein 2006, p. 17
  3. ^ "Försvarsmaktens interna bestämmelser med arbetsordning för Försvarsmakten" (PDF). FÖRSVARSMAKTENS INTERNA BESTÄMMELSER (FIB 2018:2) (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 20 June 2018. pp. 4, 47. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Försvarsmaktens interna bestämmelser med arbetsordning för Försvarsmakten" (PDF). FÖRSVARSMAKTENS INTERNA BESTÄMMELSER (FIB 2020:5) (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 16 December 2020. pp. 5, 65. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  5. ^ Sandborg, Stefan (2019). "Ett Hemvärn i tillväxt" (PDF). Hemvärnsnytt - Tidskrift för Hemvärnets personal i Livgardesgruppen (in Swedish) (4). Stockholm: Livgardesgruppens hemvärnsråd: 7. SELIBR 18367957.
  6. ^ "PÅ NY POST" (PDF). Försvarets forum: Personaltidning för fast anställda och reservofficerare i svenska försvarsmakten (in Swedish) (5). Stockholm: Försvarets forum: 5. 2014. SELIBR 4109339.
  7. ^ "PÅ NY POST" (PDF). Försvarets forum: Personaltidning för fast anställda och reservofficerare i svenska försvarsmakten (in Swedish) (1). Stockholm: Försvarets forum: 7. 2018. SELIBR 4109339.
  8. ^ a b "PÅ NY POST" (PDF). Försvarets forum: Personaltidning för fast anställda och reservofficerare i svenska försvarsmakten (in Swedish) (3). Stockholm: Försvarets forum: 9. 2018. SELIBR 4109339.
  9. ^ "PÅ NY POST" (PDF). Försvarets forum: Personaltidning för fast anställda och reservofficerare i svenska försvarsmakten (in Swedish) (1). Stockholm: Försvarets forum: 8. 2021. SELIBR 4109339.

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