Naval Base (Sweden)

Military unit

Naval Base

Marinbasen
Active| 1928–present
Country|  Sweden
Allegiance| Swedish Armed Forces
Branch| Swedish Navy
Type| Naval base
Role| Training, maritime surveillance, base support
Part of| CM (1928–1966)
Milo S (1966–2000)
OPIL (2000–2005)
SAFHQ (2005–)
Garrison/HQ| Karlskrona
March| "Chefsmarsch" (Widqvist)[a]
Commanders
Current
commander| Capt (N) Fredrik Edwardson

Military unit

The Naval Base[2] (Swedish: Marinbasen, MarinB) is a naval unit within the Swedish Navy that has operated in various forms since 1928. The unit is mainly based within Karlskrona naval base in Karlskrona and but operations are also conducted at Berga Naval Base and Muskö Naval Base outside Stockholm and in Gothenburg.

## Heraldry and traditions

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### Colour

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The colour was presented to the former Karlskrona Coastal Artillery Regiment (KA 2) at Stockholm Palace by His Majesty the King Gustaf V on 1 June 1945. It was used as regimental colour by KA 2 until 1 July 2001.[3] KA 2 was disbanded in 2000, and during a disbandment ceremony on 31 October 2000, the colour was handed over to the South Coast Naval Base, which was the unit that will carry forward the traditions of the Karlskrona Coastal Artillery Regiment.[4] The colour is drawn by Brita Grep and embroidered by hand in insertion technique by the company Libraria. Blazon: "On red cloth in the centre the badge of the former Coastal Artillery; two gunbarrels of older pattern in saltire between a royal crown proper and a blazing grenade and waves, all in yellow. In the first corner the monogram of His Majesty the King Charles XI surmounting an erect anchor under a royal crown proper, all in yellow".[3]

### Coat of arms

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The coat of the arms of the South Coast Naval Base (ÖrlB S) 1966–1990, South Coast Naval Command (MKS) 1990–2000 and the South Coast Naval Base (MarinB S) 2000–2004. Blazon: "Azure, an anchor erect surmounted two gunbarrels of older pattern in saltire and a chief, all or".[5]

### Flag

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The flag of the unit was a double swallow-tailed Swedish flag. The flag was presented to the then South Coast Naval Command (MKS/Fo 15) in 1976.[3]

### Medals

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In 2007, the Marinbasens förtjänstmedalj ("Naval Base Medal of Merit") in gold and silver (MarinBGM/SM) was established. From 2001 to 2006, this medal was called Sydkustens marinbas förtjänstmedalj ("South Coast Naval Base Medal of Merit") in gold and silver (MarinbSGM/SM) and was of 8th size. Before 2001, it was called Sydkustens marinkommandos förtjänstmedalj (MKSGM/SM) ("South Coast Naval Command Medal of Merit"). The medal ribbon is of dark blue moiré. The navys coat of arms is attached to the ribbon.[6]

### Heritage

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The Naval Base with Blekingegruppen, Kalmargruppen and Kronobergsgruppen has primarily the traditional heritage responsibility of the South Coast Naval Base, the East Coast Naval Base and Muskö Naval Yard (Muskö örlogsvarv) and older ships, which bore the same name as the naval base's current ships. Secondarily the traditional heritage responsibility is for all older naval regional units (commands) such as naval commands (MKS, MKV, MKO, MKN), naval bases (ÖrlB S, ÖrlB V, ÖrlB O including ÖrlBNO/Örlbavd Ro, ÖrlBNN), naval districts (BoMö and BoLu), naval districts MDS, MDÖS, MDV, MDO, MDG and MDN) and naval stations with their staffs as well as naval surveillance and base units.[7]

## Commanding officers

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* 1928–1933: Rear admiral Charles de Champs
* 1933–1936: Rear admiral Claës Lindsström
* 1936–1938: Rear admiral Gunnar Bjurner
* 1938–1942: Rear admiral Hans Simonsson
* 1942–1950: Rear admiral Gösta Ehrensvärd
* 1950–1958: Rear admiral Erik Samuelson
* 1958–1961: Rear admiral Sigurd Lagerman
* 1961–1966: Rear admiral Bertil Berthelsson
* 1963–1966: Rear admiral Stig Bergelin (acting)
* 1966–1974: Senior captain Hans Gottfridsson
* 1974–1980: Senior captain Lennart Ahrén
* 1980–1983: Senior captain Lennart Forsman
* 1983–1987: Senior captain Lennart Jedeur-Palmgren
* 1987–1990: Senior captain Sten Swedlund
* 1990–1994: Senior colonel Stefan Furenius
* 1994–1997: Senior captain Thomas Lundvall
* 1997–2000: Senior colonel Bo Wranker
* 2000–2003: Captain Bengt Jarvid
* 2003–2005: Captain Kenneth Olsson
* 2005–2005: Rear admiral (lower half) Anders Grenstad
* 2005–2007: Captain Lennart Månsson
* 2007–2009: Colonel Ola Truedsson
* 2009–2011: Captain Jan Thörnqvist
* 2011–2014: Captain Håkan Magnusson
* 2014–2019: Captain Erik Andersson
* 2019–2022: Captain Håkan Nilsson
* 2022–20xx: Captain Fredrik Edwardson

## Names, designations and locations

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Name  | Translation  | From  |  | To

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Sydkustens marindistrikt  | South Coast Naval District[8] | 1928-01-01  | –  | 1957-09-30
Marinkommando Syd  | Naval Command South[8] | 1957-10-01  | –  | 1966-09-30
Sydkustens örlogsbas  | South Coast Naval Base[8] | 1966-10-01  | –  | 1990-06-30
Sydkustens marinkommando  | South Coast Naval Command  | 1990-07-01  | –  | 2000-06-30
Sydkustens marinbas  | South Coast Naval Base
Naval Base South[3] | 2000-07-01  | –  | 2004-12-31
Marinbasen  | Naval Base  | 2005-01-01  | –  |
Designation  |  | From  |  | To
MDS  |  | 1928-01-01  | –  | 1957-09-30
MKS  |  | 1957-10-01  | –  | 1966-09-30
ÖrlB S  |  | 1966-10-01  | –  | 1990-06-30
MKS  |  | 1990-07-01  | –  | 2000-06-30
MarinB S  |  | 2000-07-01  | –  | 2004-12-31
MarinB  |  | 2005-01-01  | –  |
Location  |  | From  |  | To
Karlskrona Garrison  |  | 1928-01-01  | –  |

## Footnotes

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1. ^ The marsch was adopted in 1966 and was established for the first time through Naval Order 18/1976.[1]

## References

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### Notes

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1. ^ Sandberg 2007, p. 82
2. ^ The pocket guide to the Swedish Armed Forces 2009 (PDF). Stockholm: Public Relations Office, Swedish Armed Forces. 2009. p. 60\. SELIBR 11880292.
3. ^ a b c d Braunstein 2004, p. 67
4. ^ Melin 2002, p. 519
5. ^ Braunstein 2006, p. 49
6. ^ Braunstein 2007, p. 111
7. ^ Försvarets traditioner i framtiden med översiktlig historik från 1500-talet (PDF) (in Swedish). Statens försvarshistoriska museer TradN. 2015. p. 30\. ISBN 9789197859554. SELIBR 17552963. Archived from the original on 2016-08-17.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
8. ^ a b c Appich 1988, pp. 105, 110, 187

### Print

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* Braunstein, Christian (2004). Svenska försvarsmaktens fälttecken efter millennieskiftet [The flags and standards of the Swedish Armed Forces after the turn of the millennium] (PDF). Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 7 [dvs 8] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. ISBN 91-971584-7-X. SELIBR 9815350. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-05-22. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
* Braunstein, Christian (2006). Heraldiska vapen inom det svenska försvaret [Heraldry of the Swedish Armed Forces] (PDF). Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 9 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. ISBN 91-971584-9-6. SELIBR 10099224. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-11-25. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
* Braunstein, Christian (2007). Utmärkelsetecken på militära uniformer [Decorations on Swedish military uniforms] (PDF). Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 12 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. ISBN 978-91-976220-2-8. SELIBR 10423295. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-08-19. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
* Sandberg, Bo (2007). Försvarets marscher och signaler förr och nu: marscher antagna av svenska militära förband, skolor och staber samt igenkännings-, tjänstgörings- och exercissignaler (in Swedish) (New ed.). Stockholm: Militärmusiksamfundet med Svenskt marscharkiv. ISBN 978-91-631-8699-8. SELIBR 10413065.
* Melin, Olle, ed. (2002). Kungliga Karlskrona kustartilleriregemente KA 2: 1/1 1902 - 31/10 2000 (PDF). Årsbok / Marinmuseum, 1404-0581 ; 2002 (in Swedish). Karlskrona: Marinmuseum. SELIBR 8550763. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-05-21. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
* Försvarets traditioner i framtiden med översiktlig historik från 1500-talet (PDF) (in Swedish). Statens försvarshistoriska museer TradN. 2015. ISBN 9789197859554. SELIBR 17552963. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-09-25. Retrieved 2021-08-06.

### Web

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* Appich, Thomas W. Jr. (22 July 1988). "Reference Aid Swedish–English Glossary of Military and Technical Acronyms and Abbreviations" (PDF). United States Joint Publications Research Service. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 February 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2018.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)

## External links

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* Official website
* Official website (in Swedish)