The Royal Swedish Navy Cadet Band is a military band that was created in 2002 in cooperation with the Swedish Armed Forces Music Centre and the Royal Swedish Navy Band. The RSwNCB is the only young band in Sweden which has been approved for the Changing of the Royal Guards at the Royal Palace in Stockholm.
The band has a close contact with the Royal Swedish Navy Band.
The RSwNCB consists of about 70 young musicians in the ages 14 to 23 years. The band is based in Karlskrona in the south-east of Sweden. The musicians come from all of Sweden, but the south is especially well represented. The band works in project form and rehearses one weekend per month which results in one or several performances.
The primary goal for the RSwNCB is to safeguard and develop the Swedish military music in general and the Swedish naval music in particular. This is achieved by using the Ship-cadet corps uniforms and hence keeping their traditions since 1685. Another goal is to be a base for recruiting for the other military bands in Sweden, the Central Band of the Swedish Army, the Royal Swedish Navy Band and the Swedish Mounted Band of the Royal Lifeguards.
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