This is a list of equipment of the Swedish Navy currently in use. It includes current equipment such as classes of ships, the weapons used on board, as well as munitions for the guns.

Small arms

Model Origin Builder Quantity Image Details
Support weapons
Snabbskjutande kulspruta  United States Dillon Aero Used on CB90-class assault crafts.[1]
Kulsprutegevär 88  United States Ksp 88 for short, used on CB90-class assault crafts.[2]
Granatspruta 92  United States General Dynamics Grsp 92 for short, also used on CB90-class assault crafts.[3]

Surface vessels

Class Origin Builder Quantity Image Details
Corvettes
Göteborg class  Sweden Karlskronavarvet AB 2 2 in service and 2 decommissioned.[4]
Visby class  Sweden Karlskronavarvet AB 5 To be upgraded and fitted with air defence by 2030[5]
Mine warfare ships
Koster class  Sweden Karlskronavarvet AB 5 Total of 7 ships completed. 5 in service and 2 decommissioned.[6]
Styrsö class  Sweden Karlskronavarvet AB 3 2 ships converted to diving support vessels, 1 ship to command and support vessel and 1 ship decommissioned.
Patrol boats
Stockholm class  Sweden Karlskronavarvet AB 2 Re-classified from corvettes.[7]
Tapper class  Sweden Djupviks varv 11 Total of 12 ships completed. 11 in service and 1 decommissioned.
Akademik Shuleykin class  Finland Oy Laivateollisuus AB 1
Assault craft
CB90 class  Sweden Dockstavarvet
Gotlandsvarvet		 165 18 additional units commissioned in 2022. [8]
Landing craft
G class  Finland

 Sweden

 100
Auxiliary ships
Lätt Trossbåt  Sweden
Svävare 2000  United Kingdom

 Sweden

 Griffon Hoverwork 3 Used by the Amphibious Corps.[9]
Carlskrona class  Sweden Karlskronavarvet AB 1 Used as command and ocean patrol vessel.

Submarines

Class Origin Builder Quantity Image Details
Submarines
Gotland class  Sweden Karlskronavarvet AB 3 All three units in the class have been upgraded 2020–2022.[10]
Södermanland class  Sweden Karlskronavarvet AB 1[11] Will be replaced from 2027 and forward by two new units of the Blekinge class.[12]
Blekinge class  Sweden Karlskronavarvet AB 0 Under construction to be delivered 2028 and 2029.[13]

Turrets

Model Origin Builder Present on Image Details
Turrets
40 millimeters allmålspjäs  Sweden Koster class
Carlskrona class
57 millimeters allmålspjäs  Sweden BAE Systems AB Stockholm class
Göteborg class
Visby class		 Otherwise known as the Bofors 57 mm L/70, a general purpose cannon.

Munitions

Model Origin Builder Type Image Details
Torpedoes
Torped 47  Sweden Saab AB Anti-submarine torpedo Replaced the much older Torped 45 in 2022.[14]
Torped 62  Sweden Saab AB Heavyweight torpedo In Swedish arsenal since 2001.[15]
Depth charges
Sjunkbomb m33  Sweden Made to be able to be used on all surface vessels the size of an assault craft or larger.[16]
Mines
F 80  Sweden Large bottom mine Used for sea and coast mining by vessels fitted with mine rails.[17]
Anti-ship missiles
Robotsystem 15  Sweden Saab AB Fire-and-forget missile Used by corvettes of classes Stockholm, Göteborg,

and Visby.[18]

References

  1. ↑ "Amfibieförbanden får ny snabbskjutande kulspruta". forsvarsmakten.se (in Swedish). Försvarsmakten. 2023-05-24. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  2. ↑ "Kulspruta 88". forsvarsmakten.se (in Swedish). Försvarsmakten. 2023-08-24. Retrieved 2024-01-06. An example where the Kulspruta 88 is used is on the Combat boat 90 which is equipped with three guns, two in the bow and one in the bow on the middle deck.
  3. ↑ "Granatspruta 92 (Grsp92)". soldf.com (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-01-11. In the Amphibious Corps, the grenade launcher is used as support on Combat Boat 90H when disembarking and can then be dismounted from the boat to be taken ashore to fight armored vehicles and ground troops.
  4. ↑ "Saab får två kontrakt för nästa generations korvetter för svenska marinen". saab.com (in Swedish). Saab AB. 25 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "Det ska marinens nya fartyg heta". forsvarsmakten.se (in Swedish). Försvarsmakten. 2023-06-21.
  6. ↑ "Landsort / Koster Class Minehunter". naval-technology.com. Naval Technology. 2001-05-03. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  7. ↑ "Patrullfartyg Stockholm". forsvarsmakten.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  8. ↑ "Stororder till Dockstavarvet Nya Stridsbåtar till Marinen". Dockstavarvet (in Swedish). July 7, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Svävare 2000". forsvarsmakten.se (in Swedish). Försvarsmakten. 2021-04-27. Retrieved 2024-01-02. The English-built Hovercraft 2000 is actually called the Griffon 8100 TD and is available in three copies at the Swedish Armed Forces.", "The Defense Forces' three hovercrafts are part of the Amphibious Battalion.
  10. ↑ "HTM HMS Gotland". Swedish Defence Material Administration.
  11. ↑ Försvarsmakten. "HMS Södermanland". Försvarsmakten (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  12. ↑ "Ubåt A26". Swedish Defence Material Administration (in Swedish).
  13. ↑ Vavasseur, Xavier (2022-07-01). "Saab Lays Keel of First A26 Blekinge-class Submarine". Naval News. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
  14. ↑ "Torped 45". forsvarsmakten.se (in Swedish). Försvarsmakten. 2023-08-24. Retrieved 2024-01-06. In 2022, Torped 45 was replaced by Torped 47.
  15. ↑ "Tp 61/Tp 62 (Torpedo 2000) (Sweden), Underwater weapons". janes.com. Jane's. 2008-09-08. Archived from the original on 2009-02-28. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  16. ↑ "Sjunkbomb m33". forsvarsmakten.se (in Swedish). Försvarsmakten. 2023-08-24. Retrieved 2024-01-15. It has a payload of 105 kg and can be dropped from most surface ships, from combat boats and larger.
  17. ↑ Wigert, Lars (ed.). "Sjöminan under kalla kriget" (PDF). koms.se (in Swedish). Kungliga Örlogsmannasällskapet. Retrieved 2024-01-15. Large bottom mine for sea and coastal mining. Dropping from submarine equipped with mine belts and from vessels with mine rails.
  18. ↑ "Robotsystem 15". forsvarsmakten.se (in Swedish). Försvarsmakten. 2020-10-06. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
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