Central Sweden

  • bild : Military Airfield 16

    Military Airfield 16

    BrattforshedenIn June 1939 the Swedish parliament granted funds for the creation of 20 military airfields, one of which was Number 16, located at Brattforsheden.

  • bild : The Air Force Museum

    The Air Force Museum

    LinköpingThe Air Force Museum is a technology and popular-history museum, with exhibitions on the development of military aviation from the early 20th century up to the present day. In the museum you can experience the tragic story of the Swedish DC-3 plane that was shot down by Russian fighter aircraft in 1952.

  • bild : The Army Museum

    The Army Museum

    StockholmSweden has participated during the past 150 years in many peace-keeping missions.The history of the thousands of men and women who have served in these missions, leading in some cases to injury or loss of life, has not received the attention it deserves. This is now to be changed through a new exhibition at the Army Museum in Stockholm.

  • bild : The Arsenal

    The Arsenal

    SträngnäsWelcome to Arsenalen! The Swedish Military Vehicle Museum - Strängnäs. Arsenalen have several sections for example In the main museum hall were the evolution of the Swedish Army is explained.

  • bild : The Brigade Museum

    The Brigade Museum (opens 2013)

    KarlstadThe Swedish Brigade Museum in Värmland display the development of the brigade system and its associated units such as the infantry, the artillery and other support functions.

  • bild : The Home Guard Museum

    The Home Guard Museum

    VällingeThe Home Guard was established in 1940, while the Second World War was in progress, as a voluntary defence organisation for protecting the home front.

  • bild : Vaxholm Fortress Museum

    Vaxholm Fortress Museum

    VaxholmThe Vaxholm Fortress at the northern approach to Stockholm consisted of the Vaxholm Fortress, the Rindö redoubt, and the forts of Fredriksborg and Oskar-Fredriksborg.