and Queen of Sweden. Note that while the ship is listed as a battleship in Jane's Fighting Ships, 1938 edition, technically it is a coastal defence ship, a class which was commonly used in Nordic countries. The navies of Finland, Norway, and Denmark made use of similar ships. However, the Swedish Navy used the Sverige-class armored warships as the core of battle groups in the same manner as other navies used battleships. Captains 1917–1918: Fredrik Riben 1926–1927: Gunnar Bjurner 1940–1940: Alarik Wachtmeister 1940–1941: Erik Anderberg 1945–1946: Henning Hammargren Notes Bibliography Sverige-class coastal defence ships Ships built in Gothenburg 1915 ships 1915 establishments in Sweden Sverige