Maritime Component Command

Maritime Component Command
Marinens taktiska stab
Active	1994–2018
Country	Sweden
Allegiance	Swedish Armed Forces
Branch	Swedish Navy
Type	Military staff
Role	Operational, territorial and tactical operations
Size	Staff
Part of	Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters
Garrison/HQ	Stockholm
March	"Flottans paradmarsch" (Wagner) [1]

Maritime Component Command ^[2] (Swedish : Marinens taktiska stab, MTS) was a part of the Joint Forces Command of the Swedish Armed Forces. The staff was located at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters in Stockholm and is headed by the Chief of Navy. The Maritime Component Command commanded the operations of the Swedish Navy forces. ^[3]

History

The Maritime Component Command was established in September 1993 under the name of the Naval Tactical Center (Marinens taktiska centrum, MTC) ^[4] which has its origin in the Naval Staff which was disbanded on 30 June 1994 in connection with the Swedish Armed Forces becoming a single government agency on 1 July 1994. The Naval Staff was partly replaced by the Naval Command (Marinledningen) on 1 July 1994. ^[5] The Naval Command, which was part of the newly established Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters, was a production unit which sorted directly under the authority of the head of the agency, that is, the Supreme Commander. ^[6] The Naval Tactical Center was in turn directly subordinate of the military commander of the Middle Military District (Milo M).

On 1 July 1998, the Naval Tactical Center, along with the Naval Command, was reorganized and formed the Naval Center (Marincentrum, MarinC) and the Chief of Navy Staff position was replaced by the Inspector General of the Navy position on 30 June 1998. ^{[7] [8]} The navy's highest command was thus localized to Hårsfjärden. ^[9]

In the Defence Act of 2000, where the four regional Naval Command's (Marinkommando) were disbanded on 30 June 2000, the Naval Center was also disbanded as an independent unit. From 1 July 2000, the Naval Center was amalgamated in the Joint Forces Command (OPIL) under the name Naval Tactical Command (Marintaktiska kommandot, MTK). ^{[10] [11]} In 2003, the Inspector General of the Navy position was changed to Inspector of the Navy. On 1 April 2007, the command was reorganized and received its current name, the Maritime Component Command (Marinens taktiska stab, MTS), and is sorted under the Joint Forces Command.

In February 2018, the Swedish Armed Forces proposed in its budget for 2019 to the Government a reorganization of the command structure. The proposal was, among other things, designed with a new command and new organizational units in new locations. This was to provide better conditions for a robust and sustainable command. The new organizational units that the Swedish Armed Forces wanted to form were proposed to be named the Army Staff, the Air Staff and the Naval Staff. These would be formed by a merger of the Training & Procurement Staff and the Joint Forces Command, as well as other complementary parts from the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters and the Defence Materiel Administration. The staffs were proposed to be formed on 1 January 2019 and commanded by an army chief, a naval chief and an air force chief. ^[12]

Heraldry and traditions

Coat of arms

The coat of the arms of the Naval Tactical Center 1994–1997. Blazon: "Per chevron azure and or, an anchor erect cabled, surmounted two gunbarrels of older pattern in saltire in base proper, all in sable". ^[13]

The coat of the arms of the Maritime Component Command 2007–2018. It was used by Naval Staff 1979–1994, the Naval Command 1994–1997, the Naval Tactical Center 1997–1998, the Naval Center 1998–2000 and the Naval Tactical Command 2000–2007. Blazon: "Azure, an anchor erect cabled, surmounted two gunbarrels old pattern in saltire, all in or". ^[13]

• 
  Coat of the arms of the Naval Tactical Center (MTC) 1994–1997.
• 
  Coat of arms of the Naval Staff 1979–1994, the Naval Command 1994–1997, the Naval Tactical Center 1997–1998, the Naval Center 1998–2000, the Naval Tactical Command 2000–2007 and the Maritime Component Command 2007–2018.

Commanding officers

Marinledningen

Chiefs

• 1994–1998: Vice admiral Peter Nordbeck

Marincentrum

Chiefs

• 1998–2000: Rear admiral Torsten Lindh

Deputy Chiefs

• 1998–2000: Senior colonel Stellan Fagrell

Marintaktiska kommandot

Chiefs

• 2000–2001: Rear admiral Torsten Lindh
• 2001–2003: Rear admiral Jörgen Ericsson
• 2003–2005: Brigadier general Bengt Andersson
• 2006–2007: Rear admiral (lower half) Odd Werin

Deputy Chiefs

• 2000–2001: Senior colonel Stellan Fagrell
• 2002–2004: Vacant ^{[14] [15]}
• 2004–2007: Captain Staffan Palmqvist

Marintaktiska stabsledningen

Chiefs

• 2007–2011: Rear admiral Anders Grenstad

Deputy Chiefs

• 2007–2009: Rear admiral (lower half) Odd Werin

Chiefs of Staff

• 2007–2008: Colonel Hans Granlund
• 2008–????: Captain Bo Gunnar Rask

Names, designations and locations

Name	Translation	From		To
Marinledningen	Naval Command [note 1]	1994-07-01	–	1998-06-30
Marinens taktiska centrum	Naval Tactical Center	1994-07-01	–	1998-06-30
Marincentrum	Naval Center	1998-07-01	–	2000-06-30
Marintaktiska kommandot	Navy Command [14]	2000-07-01	–	2007-03-31
Marinens taktiska stab	Maritime Component Command [2]	2007-04-01	–	2018-12-31
Designation		From		To
ML/MTC		1994-07-01	–	1998-06-30
MarinC		1998-07-01	–	2000-06-30
MTK		2000-07-01	–	2007-03-31
MTS		2007-04-01	–	2018-12-31
Location		From		To
Stockholm Garrison		1994-07-01	–	1997-12-31
Haninge Garrison		1994-07-01	–	2002-12-31
Uppsala Garrison		2003-01-01	–	2007-??-??
Stockholm Garrison		2007-??-??	–	2018-12-31

Footnotes

1. Also translated as the Headquarters of the [Swedish] Naval Forces or the Navy Department. ^[16]

References

Notes

1. Sandberg 2007, p. 205
2. "Försvarsmaktens gemensamma identitet – direktiv för användandet av Försvarsmaktens namn, profil och bild" (PDF). 1.3 (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 2013-09-16. p. 67. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-23. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
3. "Marinen. För säkerhet och fred" [Swedish Navy. For safety and peace](PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 2012. p. 7. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
4. "Marinens taktiska centrum" [Naval Tactical Center] (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. Archived from the original on 21 January 1998. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
5. Försvarets traditioner i framtiden med översiktlig historik från 1500-talet (PDF) (in Swedish). Statens försvarshistoriska museer TradN. 2015. p. 13. ISBN   9789197859554. SELIBR   17552963. Archived from the original on 2016-08-17.
6. "Regeringens proposition 1992/93:100" (in Swedish). Stockholm: Riksdag. 1992. p. 24. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
7. Harrskog 1998 , p. 3
8. Statsliggaren. 1998. Utgiftsområde 6. Totalförsvar (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritze. 1998. p. 23. ISBN   91-38-31325-1. SELIBR   11405918.
9. Birke & Braunstein 2011 , pp. 11–12
10. Persson & von Sydow 2000
11. Jóhannesson 2001
12. "Budgetunderlag 2019" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 2018-02-28. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
13. Braunstein 2006 , p. 49
14. Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2002). Sveriges statskalender 2002 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. p. 224. ISBN   9138319519. SELIBR   8428312.
15. Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2003). Sveriges statskalender 2003 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. p. 218. ISBN   9138320452. SELIBR   8869747.
16. Gullberg 1977, p. 520

Print

• Birke, Sune; Braunstein, Christian (2011). Sveriges marina förband och skolor under 1900-talet. Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 13 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. SELIBR   12638815.
• Braunstein, Christian (2006). Heraldiska vapen inom det svenska försvaret [Heraldry of the Swedish Armed Forces](PDF). Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 9 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. ISBN   91-971584-9-6. SELIBR   10099224. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-11-25. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
• Gullberg, Ingvar E. (1977). Svensk-engelsk fackordbok för näringsliv, förvaltning, undervisning och forskning [A Swedish-English dictionary of technical terms used in business, industry, administration, education and research] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Norstedt. ISBN   91-1-775052-0. SELIBR   8345587.
• Harrskog, Kent (1998). "Den 1 juli - ny framtid" (PDF). Flygvapennytt (in Swedish) (2). Stockholm: Flygstaben. SELIBR   8257600.
• Kjellander, Rune (2007). Svenska marinens högre chefer 1700-2005: chefsbiografier och befattningsöversikter samt Kungl Örlogsmannasällskapets ämbetsmän och ledamöter 1771-2005 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Probus. ISBN   978-91-87184-83-3. SELIBR   10452099.
• Sandberg, Bo (2007). Försvarets marscher och signaler förr och nu: marscher antagna av svenska militära förband, skolor och staber samt igenkännings-, tjänstgörings- och exercissignaler (in Swedish) (New ed.). Stockholm: Militärmusiksamfundet med Svenskt marscharkiv. ISBN   978-91-631-8699-8.

Web

• Persson, Göran; von Sydow, Björn (9 March 2000). "Regeringens proposition 1999/2000:97. Vissa organisatoriska frågor inom Försvarsmakten, m.m." (in Swedish). Stockholm: Riksdag . Retrieved 19 May 2017.
• Jóhannesson, Berit (4 April 2001). "Motion till riksdagen 2000/01:Fö17 med anledning av prop. 2000/01:113 Vissa ledningsfrågor inom det militära försvaret m.m." (in Swedish). Stockholm: Riksdag . Retrieved 19 May 2017.