List of Swedish brigades

This is a list of Swedish Army brigades. Brigades were introduced to the Swedish Army in 1948. The last brigades were phased out in 2000.

Infantry

 * IB 1: Gula Brigade (decommissioned in 1984)
 * IB 2: Värmland Brigade (decommissioned in 2000)
 * IB 3: Livbrigaden (decommissioned in 1992)
 * IB 4: Grenadjärbrigaden (named in 1994 to Livgrenadjärbrigaden, decommissioned in 1997)
 * IB 10: Södermanland Brigade (armored Brigade 1949-1957, 1963–1972, Infantry Brigade 1957-1963, mechanized brigade 1982-2000)
 * IB 11: Kronoberg Brigade (decommissioned 1992)
 * IB 12: Jönköping Brigade (decommissioned in 1991)
 * IB 13: Dala Brigade (Designation changed in 1984/86 to NB 13. Decommissioned in 2000)
 * IB 14: Gästrike Brigade (decommissioned in 1994)
 * IB 15: Västgöta Brigade (Designation changed in 1994 from IB 45. Decommissioned in 1997)
 * IB 16: : Halland Brigade (Designation changed in 1994 from IB 46. Decommissioned in 2000)
 * IB 17: Bohus Brigade (decommissioned in 1991)
 * IB 18: Gotland Brigade (Designation changed in 1966 to PB 18. Designation changed in 1994 to MekB 18. Decommissioned in 2000)
 * IB 19: Norrbotten Brigade (Designation changed in 1964 to NB 19. Designation changed in 1994 to MekB 19. Decommissioned in 2000)
 * IB 20: Västerbotten Brigade (decommissioned 1960)
 * IB 21: Ådalsbrigaden (decommissioned 1990)
 * IB 25: Fältjägarbrigaden
 * IB 28: Kristianstad Brigade (Designation changed in 1964-66 to PB 26)
 * IB 33: Närke Brigade (decommissioned in 1992)
 * IB 34: Östgöta Brigade
 * IB 35: Härjedalsbrigaden
 * IB 37: Skåne Brigade (decommissioned in 1960)
 * IB 38: Västmanland Brigade
 * IB 41: Blekinge Brigade (decommissioned in 1992)
 * IB 42: Kalmar Brigade (name changed in 1994 to Småland Brigade)
 * IB 43: Kopparberg Brigade (decommissioned in 1992)
 * IB 44: Hälsinge Brigade (decommissioned in 1992)
 * IB 45: Älvsborg Brigade (In 1969 designation changed from PB 5.)
 * IB 46: Västkustbrigaden (Name changed in 1964 to Halland Brigade. Decommissioned in 2000)
 * IB 47: Gothenburg Brigade (decommissioned in 1992)
 * IB 50: Lapplandsbrigaden (decommissioned in 1997)
 * IB 51: Ångermanland Brigade (decommissioned in 2000)

Armoured

 * PB 5 Älvsborg Brigade
 * PB 6 Blåa brigaden
 * PB 7 Malmö Brigade
 * PB 8 Göinge Brigade
 * PB 9 Skaraborg Brigade
 * PB 10 Södermanland Brigade

Mechanized

 * MekB 7 Southern Scanian Brigade (decommissioned in 2000)
 * MekB 8 Scanian Dragoon Brigade (decommissioned in 2000)
 * MekB 9 Skaraborg Brigade (decommissioned in 2000)
 * MekB 10 Södermanland Brigade (decommissioned in 2000)
 * MekB 18 Gotland Brigade (decommissioned in 2000)
 * MekB 19 Norrbotten Brigade (decommissioned in 2000)

Norrland Brigades
Norrland Brigades were infantry brigades specialiced in sub-arctic warfare.


 * NB 5 Fältjägarbrigaden
 * NB 13 Dala Brigade
 * NB 19 Ångermanland Brigade
 * NB 20 Norrbotten Brigade
 * NB 21 Lapplandsbrigaden