Swedish Navy

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Swedish Navy
Svenska marinen
Coat of arms of the Swedish Navy.
Founded	7 June 1522 (502 years, 7 months)
Country	Sweden
Type	Navy
Size	2,100[1]
Part of	Swedish Armed Forces
Garrison/HQ	Muskö[2]
March	"Kungliga Flottans paradmarsch" (Wagner)
Anniversaries	9 July (Battle of Svensksund)
Equipment	List of equipment
Engagements	See list Swedish War of Liberation (1521–1523) Count's Feud (1534–1536) Russo-Swedish War (1554–1557) Northern Seven Years' War (1563–1570) Russo-Swedish War (1590–1595) Polish–Swedish War (1600–1629) Ingrian War (1610–1617) Kalmar War (1611–1613) Thirty Years' War (1630–1648) Torstenson War (1643–1645) Northern War of 1655–1660 Scanian War (1675–1679) Great Northern War (1700–1721) Russo-Swedish War (1741–1743) Seven Years' War (1756–1763) Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790) First Barbary War (1801–1802) War of the Fourth Coalition (1805–1810) Finnish War (1808–1809) Dano-Swedish War of 1808–1809 Swedish–Norwegian War (1814) Invasion of Åland (1918) War in Afghanistan (2002–2021) Operation Atalanta (since 2008)
Commanders
Chief of Navy	RAdm Johan Norlén
Deputy Chief of Navy	BGen Patrik Gardesten
Chief of the Naval Staff	Capt Håkan Nilsson
Insignia
Naval ensign and jack
Naval ensign 1844–1905
Naval jack 1844-1905
Naval ensign 1815–1844

The Swedish Navy (Swedish: Svenska marinen) is the maritime service branch of the Swedish Armed Forces.^[3] It is composed of surface and submarine naval units – the Fleet (Flottan), formally sometimes referred to as the Royal Navy (Kungliga Flottan) – as well as marine units, the Amphibious Corps (Amfibiekåren).

Founded under King Gustav Vasa in 1522, the Swedish navy is one of the oldest continuously serving navies in the world, celebrating its 500th anniversary in 2022.