Current Organisation
The Home Guard is organised in battalions, covering parts of a county. These battalions are then organised into companies, usually one for every municipality. The main task of the battalions is to guard vital military and civilian installations throughout the country.
Also attached to every battalion is at least one "Rapid Response Company" (Insatskompani). These companies are usually motorized and are ready to be mobilized more often than other Home Guard units. Rapid Response units have more combat tasks compared to the rest of the Home Guard, including escort duties. Some battalions located near the coast also have marine companies equipped with Combat Boat 90.
A few battalions have recently set up 'specialized' companies to evaluate the possibility to add new abilities to the Home Guard. These are at the time of writing eight Reconnaissance/Intelligence companies, four CBRN-platoons, a movcon platoon, an engineer platoon, and a MP-unit. In 2001 there also existed 122 Rapid Response Platoons and 27 Rapid Response Company Commands (Insatskompaniledning).
As of 2012, the Home Guard consists of 22,000 soldiers (down from 42,000 in 2001) organized into 40 light infantry battalions (down from 69 in 2001) of 300-700 personnel.
| Unit (Swedish) | Unit (English) | Training Group | Comments |
| 10. Lapplandsjägarbataljonen | 10. Lapland Rifle Battalion | Lapplandsjägargruppen | Arctic inc. and air section and a logistics section |
| 11. Gränsjägarbataljonen | 11. Border Rifle Battalion | Lapplandsjägargruppen | Arctic inc. and an air, a logistics sections and an amphibious platoon |
| 12. Norrbottenbataljonen | 12. North Bothnia Battalion | Norrbottensgruppen | Arctic inc. an air and a logistics sections and an amphibious platoon |
| 13. Västerbottenbataljonen | 13. West Bothnia Battalion | Västerbottensgruppen | Arctic inc. an air, a logistics sections and an amphibious and CBRN platoons |
| 14. Fältjägarbataljonen | 14. Light Infantry Battalion | Fältjägargruppen | Arctic inc. an air and a logistics sections, an amphibious and a CBRN platoon and a reconnaissance company |
| 15. Ångermanlands Hv bataljonen | 15. Ångermanland Battalion | Västernorrlandsgruppen | Arctic inc. a logistics section and an amphibious platoon |
| 16. Medelpads Hv bataljonen | 16. Medelpad Home Guard Battalion | Västernorrlandsgruppen | Arctic inc. an air and logistics sections and an amphibious platoon |
| 17. Dalarnas Hv bataljonen | 17. Dalarna Home Guard Battalion | Västernorrlandsgruppen | Arctic inc. an air section |
| 18. Gävleborgsbataljonen | 18. Gävleborg Battalion | Gävleborgsgruppen | inc. an air section and an amphibious platoon |
| 19. Värmlands Hv bataljonen | 19. Värmland Home Guard Battalion | Örebro och Värmlandsgruppen | inc. an air section |
| 20. Sannaheds Hv bataljonen | 20. Sannahed Home Guard Battalion | Örebro och Värmlandsgruppen | inc. an air section |
| 21. Upplands Hv bataljonen | 21. Uppland Home Guard Battalion | Uppland/Västmanlandsgruppen | inc. a reconnaissance company |
| 22. Västmanlands Hv bataljonen | 22. Västmanland Home Guard Battalion | Uppland/Västmanlandsgruppen | |
| 23. Attundaland Hv bataljonen | 23. Attundaland Home Guard Battalion | Livgardesgruppen | inc. a reconnaissance company |
| 24. Stockholm Hv bataljonen | 24. Stockholm Home Guard Battalion | Livgardesgruppen | |
| 25. Taehlius Hv bataljonen | 25. Tæljehus Home Guard Battalion | Livgardesgruppen | inc. an air section |
| 26. Järva Hv bataljonen | 26. Järva Home Guard Battalion | Livgardesgruppen | |
| 27. Södermanlands Hv bataljonen | 27. Södermanland Home Guard Battalion | Södermanlandsgruppen | inc. an air section and an amphibious platoon |
| 28. Roslagens Hv bataljonen | 28. Roslagen Home Guard Battalion | Södertörnsgruppen | inc. an air section |
| 29. Södertörns Hv bataljonen | 29. Södertörn Home Guard Battalion | Södertörnsgruppen | inc. an air section, a CBRN platoon and an amphibious company |
| 30. Livgrenadjärbataljonen | 30. Life Grenadier Battalion | Livgrenadjärgruppen | inc. a reconnaissance company |
| 31. Livgrenadjärbataljonen | 31. Life Grenadier Battalion | Livgrenadjärgruppen | inc. 2 amphibious platoons |
| 32. Gotlandsbataljonen | 32. Gotland Battalion | Gotlandsgruppen | inc. an air section and an amphibious platoon |
| 33. Nörra Smålandsbataljonen | 33. North Småland Battalion | Nörra Smålandsgruppen | inc. an air section and an engineer platoon |
| 34. Kalmarbataljonen | 34. Kalmar Battalion | Kalmar och Kronobergsgruppen | |
| 35. Kronobergsbataljonen | 35. Kronoberg Battalion | Kalmar och Kronobergsgruppen | inc. a reconnaissance company |
| 36. Blekingevästra bataljonen | 36. West Blekinge Battalion | Blekingegruppen | inc. an air section |
| 37. Blekingeöstra bataljonen | 37. East Blekinge Battalion | Blekingegruppen | inc. an amphibious |
| 38. Kinne Hv bataljonen | 38. Kinne Home Guard Battalion | Skaraborgsgruppen | inc. a traffic platoon |
| 39. Kåkind Hv bataljonen | 39. Kåkind Home Guard Battalion | Skaraborgsgruppen | inc. an air section |
| 40. Bohusläns Hv bataljonen | 40. Bohusläns Home Guard Battalion | BohusDalgruppen | inc. an air section and an amphibious company |
| 41. Göteborg Södra Hv bataljonen | 41. South Gothenburg Home Guard Battalion | Elfsborgsgruppen | inc. a reconnaissance company |
| 42. Göteborg Norra Hv bataljonen | 42. North Gothenburg Home Guard Battalion | Elfsborgsgruppen | inc. a CBRN platoon |
| 43. Göteborg skärgård Marina | 43. Gothenburg Archipelago Marines | Elfsborgsgruppen | inc. an amphibious company |
| 44. Älvsborg Hv bataljonen | 44. Älvsborg Home Guard Battalion | Elfsborgsgruppen | |
| 45. Hallands Hv bataljonen | 45. Halland Home Guard Battalion | Hallandsgruppen | inc. an air section |
| 46. Södra skånska bataljonen | 46. South Scania Battalion | Skånska gruppen | inc. a CBRN platoon |
| 47. Malmöhus bataljonen | 47. Malmöhus Battalion | Skånska gruppen | inc. a CBRN platoon |
| 48. Skånska Dragoon bataljonen | 48. Scania Dragoon Battalion | Skånska gruppen | inc. a reconnaissance company |
| 49. Norra Skånska bataljonen | 49. North Scania Battalion | Skånska gruppen |
The decrease in number of troops comes with an equal increase in quality and modern equipment. In 2001 the Rapid Response units numbered around 5,000 soldiers of the total of 42,000. After 2014 the majority of the force, 17,000 out of 22,000 soldiers will be in Rapid Response units.
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