Northern Military Area

Northern Military Area
Norra militärområdet
Active	1993–2000
Country	Sweden
Allegiance	Swedish Armed Forces
Branch	Multi (Sea, Air and Land)
Type	Military area
Role	Operational, territorial and tactical operations
Garrison/HQ	Boden
Colors	Blue and white
March	"Norrlandsfärger" (Widkvist)

Northern Military Area (Swedish language: Norra militärområdet , Milo N) was a Swedish military area, a command of the Swedish Armed Forces that had operational control over Northern Sweden, for most time of its existence corresponding to the area covered by the counties of Västernorrland, Jämtland, Västerbotten and Norrbotten. The headquarters of Milo N were located in Boden.

History

Milo N was created in 1993 when the number of military areas of Sweden was decreased to three, and as a consequence of that, the Upper Norrland Military Area (Milo ÖN) was merged with the Lower Norrland Military Area (Milo NN), except Gävleborg County, to create this new military area. In 2000, these last three military areas were disbanded and the command for the whole of Sweden was placed at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters, in accordance with the Defence Act of 2000.

Heraldry and traditions

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of the Northern Military Area Staff 1994–2000. It was also used by the Northern Military District Staff (Norra militärdistriktsstaben, MD N) 2000–2005 and the Northern Military Region (Norra militärregionen, MR N) 2018–present. Blazon: "Azure, the provincial badge of Västerbotten, a reindeer courant, armed gules, followed by a mullet, both argent. The shield surmounted an erect sword or."

Medals

In 2000, the Norra militärområdesstabens (MilostabN) minnesmedalj ("Northern Military Area Staff (MilostabN) Commemorative Medal") in silver (MiloN SMM) of the 8th size was established. The medal is oval in shape and the medal ribbon is of white moiré with blue edges and a blue stripe on each side.

Commanding officers

Military commanders

• 1993–1996: Curt Sjöö
• 1996–1998: Lars G. Persson
• 1998–2000: Mertil Melin

Chiefs of Staff

• 1993–1995: Tomas Warming
• 1995–1996: ???
• 1996–1996: Lars G. Persson
• 1996–1998: Kjell Nilsson
• 1998–2000: Lars Frisk

Names, designations and locations

Name	Translation	From		To
Norra militärområdet	Northern Military Area	1993-07-01	–	2000-06-30
Avvecklingsorganisation	Decommissioning Organisation	2000-07-01	–	2001-03-31
Designation		From		To
Milo N		1993-07-01	–	2000-06-30
Location		From		To
Boden Garrison		1993-07-01	–	2001-03-31

See also

• Swedish military areas

References

Print

• Braunstein, Christian (2006) (in Swedish). Heraldiska vapen inom det svenska försvaret. Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 9. Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. ISBN 91-971584-9-6. 10099224. https://www.sfhm.se/contentassets/84a6e4f1b2ce4e2b96c4ba578a41c503/heraldiska-vapen-inom-det-svenska-forsvaret-sfhm-skrift-9.pdf. 
• Braunstein, Christian (2007) (in Swedish). Utmärkelsetecken på militära uniformer. Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 12. Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. ISBN 978-91-976220-2-8. 10423295. https://www.sfhm.se/contentassets/84a6e4f1b2ce4e2b96c4ba578a41c503/sfhm-skriftserie-utmarkelsetecken-pa-militara-uniformer-christian-braunstein-2007.pdf. 
• Holmberg, Björn (1993) (in Swedish). Arméns regementen, skolor och staber: [en uppslagsbok] : en sammanställning. Arvidsjaur: Svenskt militärhistoriskt bibliotek (SMB). ISBN 91-972209-0-6. 7796532. 
• Sandberg, Bo (2007) (in Swedish). Försvarets marscher och signaler förr och nu: marscher antagna av svenska militära förband, skolor och staber samt igenkännings-, tjänstgörings- och exercissignaler (New ed.). Stockholm: Militärmusiksamfundet med Svenskt marscharkiv. ISBN 978-91-631-8699-8. 10413065. 

Web

• Kjelldorff, Lennart (2001). "Försvarets utveckling från Gustav Wasa till vår tid" (PDF). Försvarets Historiska Telesamlingar. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20110722104405/http://www.fht.nu/docs/forsvaretsutveckling.pdf. Retrieved 2007-01-12.