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Participating countries
Alert periods
1.1
2008
1.2
2011
The battle group second alert period was between 1 January and 30 June 2011. This had been planned by a core
of sta ocers since January 2009. On the 31st of August 2009 the Key Nucleus of the Force Headquarters
arrived in Enkping in order to establish a functional sta.
During autumn 2009 the main focus has been education
and internal processes. Spring 2010 was used for planning, case study and exercise Combined Joint Sta Exercise CJSE 10. Autumn 2010 is an intense exercise period with Illuminated Summer 10, Initial Eort 10 and
Joint Action 10. 1 January the Nordic Battlegroup is on
standby to be deployed within 10 days. All personnel shall
be at their operating bases within 48 hours after the decision to launch an operation is taken.
3 Coat of arms
The units coat of arms, registered in 2008, is a blue shield
bearing a silver lion with red teeth and claws, holding in
his right forepaw a sword and in his left an olive branch,
both of gold.[3][4] The motto is Ad omnia paratus (Latin:
Prepared for anything).[4] The lion is a national symbol
common to the constituent countries of the Nordic Battle
Group except Ireland, and the sword and olive branch signify the ambition to impose peace - with or without the
use of violence.
The Nordic Battle Groups coat of arms was originally designed to incorporate heraldic elements and colours from
all member nations, including a lion that did not look
Finnish, Norwegian, Estonian or Swedish.[5]
Order of battle
5 EQUIPMENT
4 Force
As of February 2008, the Nordic Battlegroup consisted
of around 2,200 ocers and soldiers:[7]
Sweden: 1600
Finland: 250
Ireland: 150
Estonia: 100
Norway: 100
Starting from 2015[8] Latvia and Lithuania will also delegate their soldiers for Nordic battle group.
5 Equipment
5.1 Vehicles
Coat of arms with motto
5.2 Helicopters
Command sign
5.3 Aircraft
JAS 39 Gripen - (Fighter aircraft)
C-130 Hercules - (Military transport aircraft)
F/A-18 Hornet - (Fighter aircraft)
5.4
Small arms
Ak 5 - assault rie
Rk 95 TP - assault rie
Steyr AUG - assault rie
HK416 - assault rie
Psg 90 - sniper rie
Sako TRG-42 - Multi-purpose sniper rie
Ksp 58 - general purpose machine gun
[3] The ocial blazon (in Swedish) reads: "I bltt flt ett lejon
av silver med rd bevring hllande i hgra framtassen
ett svrd och i en vnstra en olivkvist, allt av guld." (See
Svenska Heraldiska Freningens vapendatabas: Nordic
Battle Group)
[4] Nordic Battle Group. Svenska Heraldiska Freningens
vapendatabas (in Swedish). Retrieved 2013-07-15.
[5] Braunstein, Christian (2007-12-10). Weapons and ags
for the NBG. Swedish Armed Forces. Retrieved 200903-31.
[6] Heraldists want penis reinstated on military badge. The
Local.se. Retrieved 2013-07-15.
[8] https://peaveeb.vm.ee/?q=en/node/15617
Glock 19 - Pistol
MP-5 - Sub-machine gun
MP-7 - Sub-machine gun
Evaluation
On October 29, 2010 the ndings of an ocial audit by the Swedish National Audit Oce was published
which concluded with fundamental weaknesses in the
organizations logistics capabilities, internal cooperation
and personnel supply. According to the National Auditor, Jan Landahl, the Nordic Battle Group also suered
from inadequate control over expenditures and reporting
from the Government to the Riksdag was also unsatisfactory. The audit oces report found that twice as many
Swedish soldiers were assigned to the Battle Group compared to what the 2004 mandate had assigned, and the
costs to the State was in the multiples of what the Riksdag had been told.[9]
Swedish Armed Force chief General Sverker Gransson
has advocated for a Nordic Battalion Force to be more
narrowly focused on local defense.[10]
References
8 External links
Inauguration of the Nordic Battle Group Headquarters HQ NBG
(Swedish) Nordic Battlegroup - svenskledd styrka
till EU:s snabbinsatsfrmga (NBG - Swedish led
force for EU rapid deployment capability)
(Swedish) Karl Engelbrektson blir chef fr Nordic
Battlegroup (Karl Engelbrektson becomes chief of
Nordic Battlegroup)
(Swedish) EU:s insatsstyrka bddar fr svensk yrkesarm (EU deployment force enables possibility for
Swedish professional army)
Swedish Nordic Battlegroup recruitment video
News article on death of NBG member during exercise, TheLocal.se
One for all, all for one? New Nordic Defence Partnership? Publication from the Nordic Council of
Ministers. Free download.
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