Copyright © Hans Högman 2024-12-09
Amphibious Corps
Rank Insignias, Sweden
Introduction
The Swedish Navy (Swe: Marinen) is a
maritime service branch of the armed
forces consisting of the two services:
the Naval Fleet and the Amphibious
Corps.
Branches of the services within the
Swedish Navy:
•
The Naval Fleet — “Flottan” (the surface
warfare flotillas, the mine warfare flotilla, and
the submarine flotilla.)
•
The Amphibious Corps — “Amfibiekåren” (the
former Coast Artillery Corps 1902-2000.)
Under the Navy, the Naval
Fleet and the Amphibious
Corps are two
independent branches. So,
the Navy is composed of
surface and submarine
naval units—the naval
fleet (Flottan), formally
sometimes referred to as the Royal Navy (Kungliga
Flottan) — as well as marine units, the Amphibious
Corps (Amfibiekåren).
On July 1, 2000, the former Swedish Coast Artillery
was disbanded and reorganized as the Swedish
Amphibious Corps.
The Amphibious Corps is the infantry marines arm
of the Swedish Navy, with an emphasis on coastal
defense, and is composed of coastal rangers, as
well as marine infantry units.
The rank insignias used by the Amphibious Corps
today are very similar to the ones of the naval fleet.
The former Coast Artillery used, after 1942, rank
insignias that were similar to the Army's rank
insignias.
However, the Amphibious Corps uses the same
names for the various military ranks as the Army
(Major, Colonel, etc.).
The rank insignia below are the ones used by the
Amphibious Corps from 1 October 2019.
The rank insignias of the Amphibious Corps, as well
as the Navy, are worn on sleeves. That is true for
the jacket/coat.
However, the insignias worn on shirts are worn on
the shoulders.
Generals in the Amphibious Corps wear the
insignias on both sleeves and shoulders. The
shoulder insignias look different from those on the
sleeves.
On all rank insignia from corporal up to second
lieutenant within the Amphibious Corps, there are,
in addition to the rank insignia itself, symbols for
the branch of service, two crossed cannon barrels,
etc.
NATO's standardized rank scale (NATO code) is
used by NATO and its partners to compare military
ranks between the armed forces of member
countries as well as for a number of administrative
tasks. OF-1 to OF-10 are used for officers, and OR-
1 to OR-9 are used for other ranks.
The NATO codes linked to each respective Swedish
rank on this page are the codes used by the Swedish
Armed Forces.
Privates
NATO code for each rank:
1.
Menig = Private, OR 1
2.
Menig 1 & 2 = Private, OR 2
3.
Menig 3 & 4 = Private, OR 2
4.
Vicekorpral = Lance Corporal, OR 3
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Military rank insignia – The Swedish
Amphibious Corps from 2019
Non Commissioned Officers
NATO code for each rank:
1.
Sergeant = Staff Sergeant, OR 6
2.
Översergeant = Senior Staff Sergeant, OR 6
3.
Fanjunkare = Gunnery Sergeant, OR 7
4.
Överfanjunkare = Master Sergeant, OR 7
5.
Förvaltare = First Sergeant, OR 8
6.
Regementsförvaltare = Sergeant Major, OR 9
Officers
NATO code for each rank:
1.
Fänrik = Second Lieutenant, OF 1
2.
Löjtnant = Lieutenant, OF 1
3.
Kapten = Captain, OF 2
4.
Major = Major, OF 3
5.
Överstelöjtnant = Lieutenant Colonel, OF 4
6.
Överste = Colonel, OF 5
Generals
NATO code for each rank:
1.
Brigadgeneral = Brigadier General, OF 6
2.
Generalmajor = Major General, OF 7
3.
Generallöjtnant = Lieutenant General, OF 8
4.
General = General, OF 9
Lower ranks
NATO code for each rank:
1.
Korpral = Corporal, OR 4
2.
Furir = Sergeant, OR 5
3.
Överfurir = Senior Sergeant, OR 5
