List of Swedish Army brigades
Introduction This is a '''list of Swedish Army brigades'''. Brigades were introduced to the Swedish Army in 1948.Brigade size formations were phased out in 2000 and then reintroduced in 2010.
Infantry brigades  Designation  Name  Type  Part of  Active  Comment IB 1  Yellow Brigade  Infantry brigade  Svea Life Guards  1949-1984  Disbanded in 1984 through the Defence Act of 1982 IB 1  Yellow Brigade  Infantry brigade  Svea Life Guards  1984-1991 Designation and name changed in 1984 from IB 38 Uppland BrigadeDesignation and name changed in 1991 to MekIB 1 Life Guards Brigade (''Livgardesbrigaden'')  IB 2  Värmland Brigade  Infantry brigade  Värmland Regiment  1949-2000  Disbanded in 2000 through the Defence Act of 2000 IB 3  Life Brigade  Infantry brigade  Life Regiment Grenadiers  1949-1992  Disbanded in 1992 through the Defence Act of 1988 IB 4  Grenadier Brigade  Infantry brigade  Life Grenadier Regiment  1949-1994  Name changed in 1994 to Life Grenadier Brigade (''Livgrenadjärbrigaden'') IB 4  Life Grenadier Brigade  Infantry brigade  Life Grenadier Regiment  1994-1997  Name changed in 1994 namnbyte from Grenadier BrigadeDisbanded in 1997 through the Defence Act of 1996 IB 10  Södermanland Brigade  Infantry brigade  Södermanland Regiment  1957-1963 Designation changed in 1957 from PB 10Designation changed in 1963 to PB 10 IB 11  Kronoberg Brigade  Infantry brigade  Kronoberg Regiment  1949-1992  Disbanded in 1992 through the Defence Act of 1988 IB 12  Jönköping Brigade  Infantry brigade  Northern Småland Regiment  1949-1991  Disbanded in 1991 through the Defence Act of 1988 IB 12  Småland Brigade  Infantry brigade  Northern Småland Regiment  1991-2000  Designation and name changed in 1991 from IB 42 Kalmar BrigadeDisbanded in 2000 through the Defence Act of 2000 IB 13  Dala Brigade  Infantry brigade  Dalarna Regiment  1949-1984  Designation changed in 1984 to NB 13 IB 14  Gästrike Brigade   Infantry brigade  Hälsinge Regiment  1949-1994  Disbanded in 1994 through the Defence Act of 1992 IB 15  Västgöta Brigade  Infantry brigade  Älvsborg Regiment  1949-1992  Disbanded in 1992 through the Defence Act of 1988 IB 15  Älvsborg Brigade  Infantry brigade  Älvsborg Regiment  1994-2000  Designation changed in 1994 from IB 45  IB 16  Halland Brigade  Infantry brigade  Halland Regiment  1949-1958  Disbanded in 1958 through the Defence Act of 1958 IB 16  Halland Brigade  Infantry brigade  Halland Regiment  1949-2000  Designation changed in 1994 from IB 46  IB 17  Bohus Brigade  Infantry brigade  Bohuslän Regiment  1949-1991  Disbanded in 1991 through the Defence Act of 1988 IB 18  Gotland Brigade  Infantry brigade type Gotland  Gotland Infantry Regiment  1949-1966  Designation changed in 1966 to PB 18 IB 19  Norrbotten Brigade  Infantry brigade  Norrbotten Regiment  1949-1964  Designation changed in 1964 to NB 19 IB 20  Västerbotten Brigade  Infantry brigade  Västerbotten Regiment  1949-1964  Designation changed in 1964 to NB 20 IB 21  Ådal Brigade  Infantry brigade  Västernorrlands regemente  1949-1990  Disbanded in 1990 through the Defence Act of 1988 IB 25  Jämtland Ranger Brigade  Infantry brigade   Jämtland Ranger Regiment  1949-1958  Reorganized in 1958 through the Defence Act of 1958 into three mountain battalions (''fjällbataljoner'') IB 26  Kristianstad Brigade  Infantry brigade  North Scanian Infantry Regiment  1949-1963  Designation changed in 1963 to PB 26 IB 28  Uppland Brigade  Infantry brigade  Uppland Regiment  1949-1984  Transferred to the Svea Life Guards in 1957, designation changed to IB 38 IB 33  Närke Brigade  Infantry brigade  Life Regiment Grenadiers  1949-1992  Disbanded in 1992 through the Defence Act of 1988 IB 34  Östgöta Brigade  Infantry brigade  Life Grenadier Regiment  1949-1958  Disbanded in 1958 through the Defence Act of 1958 IB 35  Härjedal Brigade  Infantry brigade  Jämtland Ranger Regiment  1949-1963  Designation and name changed in 1963 to NB 35 Jämtland Brigade IB 37  Scania Brigade  Infantry brigade  South Scanian Infantry Regiment (''Södra skånska infanteriregementet'')  1949-1963  Disbanded in 1963 because the regiment was reorganized into armored IB 38  Västmanland Brigade  Infantry brigade  Uppland Regiment  1949-1957  Disbanded in 1958 through the Defence Act of 1958 IB 38  Uppland Brigade  Infantry brigade  Svea Life Guards  1957-1984  Transferred from Uppland Regiment in 1957Designation and name changed in 1984 to IB 1 Yellow Brigade (''Gula brigaden'') IB 41  Blekinge Brigade  Infantry brigade  Kronoberg Regiment  1949-1991  Disbanded in 1991 through the Defence Act of 1988 IB 42  Kalmar Brigade  Infantry brigade  Northern Småland Regiment  1949-1991  Designation and name changed in 1991 to IB 12 Småland Brigade IB 43  Kopparberg Brigade  Infantry brigade  Dalarna Regiment  1949-1992  Phased out in 1992 as a territorial defense brigade IB 44  Hälsinge Brigade  Infantry brigade  Hälsinge Regiment  1949-1992  Disbanded in 1992 through the Defence Act of 1988 IB 45  Älvsborg Brigade  Infantry brigade  Älvsborg Regiment  1969-2000  Designation and name changed in 1951 to till PB 5 Göinge BrigadeDesignation and name changed in 1969 from PB 5 Göinge BrigadeDesignation and name changed in 1994 to IB 15 Älvsborg Brigade. IB 46  Västkust Brigade  Infantry brigade  Halland Regiment  1949-1964  Name changed in 1964 to Halland Brigade  IB 46  Halland Brigade  Infantry brigade  Halland Regiment  1964-2000  Designation changed in 1994 to IB 16IB 47  Gothenburg Brigade  Infantry brigade  Bohuslän Regiment  1949-1992  Disbanded in 1992 through the Defence Act of 1988IB 50  Lappland Brigade  Infantry brigade  Västerbotten Regiment  1949-1965  Designation changed in 1965 to NB 50IB 51  Ångermanland Brigade  Infantry brigade  Västernorrland Regiment  1949-2000  Designation changed in 1972 to NB 51
Norrland brigades '''Norrland Brigades''' were infantry brigades specialised in sub-arctic warfare. Designation  Name  Type  Part of  Active  CommentNB 5  Fältjägarbrigaden  Norrland brigade  Jämtland Ranger Regiment  1994–2000  Designation changed in 1994 from NB 35 Jämtland Ranger Brigade (''Fältjägarbrigaden'')NB 13  Dala Brigade  Norrland brigade  Dalarna Regiment  1984–2000  Designation changed in 1984 from IB 13Disbanded in 2000 through the Defence Act of 2000NB 19  Norrbotten Brigade  Norrland brigade  Norrbotten Regiment  1964–1994  Designation changed in 1964 from IB 19Designation changed in 1994 to MekB 19NB 20  Västerbotten Brigade  Norrland brigade  Västerbotten Regiment  1949–1972  Reorganized in 1972 into three Norrland rifle battalions (''norrlandsskyttebataljoner'') Type FNB 20  Lappland Brigade   Norrland brigade  Västerbotten Regiment  1994–1997  Designation changed in 1994 from NB 51Disbanded in 2000 through the Defence Act of 2000NB 21  Ångermanland Brigade  Norrland brigade  Västernorrland Regiment  1972–2000  Designation changed in 1994 from NB 51Disbanded in 2000 through the Defence Act of 2000NB 35  Jämtland Brigade  Norrland brigade  Jämtland Ranger Regiment  1963–1988  Name changed in 1988 to Jämtland Ranger Brigade (''Fältjägarbrigaden'')Designation changed in 1994 to NB 5NB 35  Jämtland Ranger Brigade  Norrland brigade  Jämtland Ranger Regiment  1988–1994  Designation changed in 1994 to NB 5NB 50  Lappland Brigade  Norrland brigade  Västerbotten Regiment  1965–1994  Designation changed in 1965 from IB 50Designation changed in 1994 to NB 20NB 51  Ångermanland Brigade  Norrland brigade  Västernorrland Regiment  1972–1994  Designation changed in 1972 from IB 51Designation changed in 1994 to NB 21
Armoured brigades  Designation  Name  Type  Part of  Active  CommentPB 5  Älvsborg Brigade  Armoured brigade  Älvsborg Regiment  1949–1969  Designation and name changed in 1951 from IB 45 Älvsborg BrigadeDesignation and name changed in 1969 to IB 45 Älvsborg BrigadePB 6  Blue Brigade  Armoured brigade  Göta Life Guards  1949–1979  Disbanded in 1979 through the Defence Act of 1977PB 7  Malmö Brigade  Armoured brigade  South Scanian Infantry Regiment (''Södra skånska infanteriregementet'')  1949–1994 Designation and name changed in 1994 to MekB 7 South Scania Brigade (''Södra skånska brigaden'')PB 8  Göinge Brigade  Armoured brigade  Scanian Dragoon Regiment  1950–1994  Name changed in 1950 from 8th Armoured Brigade (''8.pansarbrigaden'')Name changed in 1994 to Scanian Dragoon Brigade (''Skånska dragonbrigaden'')PB 8  Scanian Dragoon Brigade  Armoured brigade  Scanian Dragoon Regiment  1994–1997  Name changed in 1994 from Göinge BrigadeDesignation changed in 1998 to MekB 8PB 9  Skaraborg Brigade  Armoured brigade  Skaraborg Regiment  1949–1997  Designation changed in 1998 to MekB 9PB 10  Södermanland Brigade  Armoured brigade  Södermanland Regiment  1949–1974  Designation changed in 1957 to IB 10Designation changed in 1963 from IB 10Disbanded in 1974 through the Defence Act of 1972Re-raised in 1982 as MekB 10PB 18  Gotland Brigade  Armoured brigade type Gotland  Gotland Regiment  1966–1994  Designation changed in 1966 from IB 18Designation changed in 1994 to MekB 18PB 26  Kristianstad Brigade  Armoured brigade  North Scanian Regiment  1963–1994  Designation changed in 1963 from IB 26Disbanded in 1994 through the Defence Act of 1992
Mechanized brigades  Designation  Name  Type  Part of  Active  CommentMekB 7  South Scania Brigade  Mechanized brigade  South Scanian Regiment  1994–2000  Designation and name changed in 1994 from PB 7 Malmö BrigadeDisbanded in 2000 through the Defence Act of 2000MekB 8  Scanian Dragoon Brigade  Mechanized brigade  Scanian Dragoon Regiment  1998–2000  Designation changed in 1998 from PB 8Disbanded in 2000 through the Defence Act of 2000MekB 9  Skaraborg Brigade  Mechanized brigade  Skaraborg Regiment 1998–2000  Designation changed in 1997 from PB 9Disbanded in 2000 through the Defence Act of 2000MekB 10  Södermanland Brigade  Mechanized brigade  Södermanland Regiment 1982–2000  Re-raised in 1982 as MekB 10Disbanded in 2000 through the Defence Act of 2000MekB 18  Gotland Brigade  Mechanized brigade type Gotland  Gotland Regiment 1994–2000  Designation changed in 1994 from PB 18Disbanded in 2000 through the Defence Act of 2000MekB 19  Norrbotten Brigade  Mechanized brigade  Norrbotten Regiment 1994–2000  Designation changed in 1994 from NB 19Disbanded in 2000 through the Defence Act of 2000MekIB 1  Life Guards Brigade (''Livgardesbrigaden'')  Mechanized infantry brigade  Svea Life Guards  1991–2000 Designation and name changed in 1991 from IB 1 Yellow Brigade (''Gula brigaden'')Disbanded in 2000 through the Defence Act of 2000
2000–present  Designation  Name  Type  Part of  Active  Comment 2.brig  2nd Brigade (''Andra brigaden'')  Brigade staff  Skaraborg Regiment  2010–2021  3.brig  3rd Brigade (''Tredje brigaden'')  Brigade staff  Norrbotten Regiment  2010–2021  IB 1  Life Guard Brigade (''Livgardesbrigaden'')  Reduced motorized brigade  Life Guards  2022–  MekB 4  Skaraborg Brigade  Mechanized brigade  Skaraborg Regiment  2022–  MekB 7  South Scania Brigade (''Södra skånska brigaden'' Mechanized brigade  South Scanian Regiment  2022–  NMekB 19  Norrbotten Brigade  Mechanized Norrland brigade  Norrbotten Regiment  2022–
See also * Military district (Sweden)* List of Swedish defence districts* List of Swedish regiments
External links *  Swedish infantry brigades (Swedish)