List of Swedish Army brigades

This is a list of Swedish Army brigades. Brigades were introduced to the Swedish Army in 1948. The last brigades were phased out in 2000.

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 Brigade Designation 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 Brigade Disbanded in 1997 through the Defence Act of 1996
IB 10	Södermanland Brigade	Infantry brigade	Södermanland Regiment	1957-1963	Designation changed in 1957 from PB 10 Designation 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 Brigade Disbanded 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 1957 Designation 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 Brigade Designation and name changed in 1969 from PB 5 Göinge Brigade Designation 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 16
IB 47	Gothenburg Brigade	Infantry brigade	Bohuslän Regiment	1949-1992	Disbanded in 1992 through the Defence Act of 1988
IB 50	Lappland Brigade	Infantry brigade	Västerbotten Regiment	1949-1965	Designation changed in 1965 to NB 50
IB 51	Ångermanland Brigade	Infantry brigade	Västernorrland Regiment	1949-2000	Designation changed in 1972 to NB 51

Norrland brigades

Norrland Brigades were infantry brigades specialiced in sub-arctic warfare.

Designation	Name	Type	Part of	Active	Comment
NB 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 13 Disbanded in 2000 through the Defence Act of 2000
NB 19	Norrbotten Brigade	Norrland brigade	Norrbotten Regiment	1964–1994	Designation changed in 1964 from IB 19 Designation changed in 1994 to MekB 19
NB 20	Västerbotten Brigade	Norrland brigade	Västerbotten Regiment	1949–1972	Reorganized in 1972 into three Norrland rifle battalions (norrlandsskyttebataljoner) Type F
NB 20	Lappland Brigade	Norrland brigade	Västerbotten Regiment	1994–1997	Designation changed in 1994 from NB 51 Disbanded in 2000 through the Defence Act of 2000
NB 21	Ångermanland Brigade	Norrland brigade	Västernorrland Regiment	1972–2000	Designation changed in 1994 from NB 51 Disbanded in 2000 through the Defence Act of 2000
NB 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 5
NB 35	Jämtland Ranger Brigade	Norrland brigade	Jämtland Ranger Regiment	1988–1994	Designation changed in 1994 to NB 5
NB 50	Lappland Brigade	Norrland brigade	Västerbotten Regiment	1965–1994	Designation changed in 1965 from IB 50 Designation changed in 1994 to NB 20
NB 51	Ångermanland Brigade	Norrland brigade	Västernorrland Regiment	1972–1994	Designation changed in 1972 from IB 51 Designation changed in 1994 to NB 21

Armoured brigades

Designation	Name	Type	Part of	Active	Comment
PB 5	Älvsborg Brigade	Armoured brigade	Älvsborg Regiment	1949–1969	Designation and name changed in 1951 from IB 45 Älvsborg Brigade Designation and name changed in 1969 to IB 45 Älvsborg Brigade
PB 6	Blue Brigade	Armoured brigade	Göta Life Guards	1949–1979	Disbanded in 1979 through the Defence Act of 1977
PB 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 (Skånska dragonregementet)	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 (Skånska dragonregementet)	1994–1997	Name changed in 1994 from Göinge Brigade Designation changed in 1998 to MekB 8
PB 9	Skaraborg Brigade	Armoured brigade	Skaraborg Regiment	1949–1997	Designation changed in 1998 to MekB 9
PB 10	Södermanland Brigade	Armoured brigade	Södermanland Regiment (armoured)	1949–1974	Designation changed in 1957 to IB 10 Designation changed in 1963 from IB 10 Disbanded in 1974 through the Defence Act of 1972 Re-raised in 1982 as MekB 10
PB 18	Gotland Brigade	Armoured brigade type Gotland	Gotland Regiment	1966–1994	Designation changed in 1966 from IB 18 Designation changed in 1994 to MekB 18
PB 26	Kristianstad Brigade	Armoured brigade	North Scanian Regiment	1963–1994	Designation changed in 1963 from IB 26 Disbanded in 1994 through the Defence Act of 1992

Mechanized brigades

Designation	Name	Type	Part of	Active	Comment
MekB 7	South Scania Brigade	Mechanized brigade	South Scanian Regiment	1994–2000	Designation and name changed in 1994 from PB 7 Malmö Brigade Disbanded in 2000 through the Defence Act of 2000
MekB 8	Scanian Dragoon Brigade	Mechanized brigade	Scanian Dragoon Regiment (Skånska dragonregementet)	1998–2000	Designation changed in 1998 bfrom PB 8 Disbanded in 2000 through the Defence Act of 2000
MekB 9	Skaraborg Brigade	Mechanized brigade	Skaraborg Regiment	1998–2000	Designation changed in 1997 from PB 9 Disbanded in 2000 through the Defence Act of 2000
MekB 10	Södermanland Brigade	Mechanized brigade	Södermanland Regiment	1982–2000	Re-raised in 1982 as MekB 10 Disbanded in 2000 through the Defence Act of 2000
MekB 18	Gotland Brigade	Mechanized brigade type Gotland	Gotland Regiment	1994–2000	Designation changed in 1994 from PB 18 Disbanded in 2000 through the Defence Act of 2000
MekB 19	Norrbotten Brigade	Mechanized brigade	Norrbotten Regiment	1994–2000	Designation changed in 1994 from NB 19 Disbanded in 2000 through the Defence Act of 2000
MekIB 1	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

New brigades

Designation	Name	Type	Part of	Active	Comment
2. brig	2nd Brigade (Andra brigaden)	Brigade staff	Skaraborg Regiment	2011–present
3. brig	3rd Brigade (Tredje brigaden)	Brigade staff	Norrbotten Regiment	2012–present

See also

• Military district (Sweden)
• List of Swedish defence districts
• List of Swedish regiments
• List of Swedish army divisions

External links

• Swedish infantry brigades (Swedish)