This is a list of active ships of the Swedish Navy.

Swedish Navy

The Swedish Navy is the naval branch of the Swedish Armed Forces. It is composed of surface and submarine naval units – the Royal Fleet (Kungliga flottan) – as well as marine units, the Amphibious Corps.

In Swedish, vessels of the Swedish Navy are given the prefix "HMS," short for Hans/Hennes Majestäts Skepp (His/Her Majesty's Ship). In English, this is often changed to "HSwMS" ("His/Her Swedish Majesty's Ship") to differentiate Swedish vessels from those of the British Royal Navy.

Swedish Coast Guard

The Swedish Coast Guard Combination Vessel KBV 001 Poseidon

The Swedish Coast Guard is not officially a part of the navy, but operates under the Ministry of Defence and its activities are coordinated with the Swedish Armed Forces.

Out of 20 bases from Luleå to Strömstad, the Coast Guard operate along the entire coastline of Sweden, with the mission to rescue, assist and monitor.

The total number of vessels exceeds 100 of which 25 are patrol and combination vessels dedicated to maritime surveillance, 5 are environmental protection vessels and 4 are hovercraft, two of which are of the same type as operated by the navy.

While the vessels are themselves unarmed, the crews are equipped with light arms equivalent to the ones in use by the Swedish Armed Forces.

In addition, the Coast Guard has 3 Dash 8 Q-300 aircraft for maritime surveillance. The aircraft are based at the Skavsta Airport out of Nyköping.

Maritime helicopters

AgustaWestland AW109 on the helipad of HSwMS Carlskrona (P04)

The Swedish Air Force operates three types of helicopters: NHIndustries NH90, 18 in service (Swedish designation: HKP14), AgustaWestland AW109, 20 in service (Swedish designation: HKP15) and Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk, 15 in service (Swedish designation: HKP16).

8 of the AgustaWestland AW109 helicopters have been modified to be operational from the Visby-class corvettes and HSwMS Carlskrona, designated HKP15B. Thus HSwMS Carlskrona does not have a hangar, it can base and maintain 2 HKP15B during longer operations.

HSwMS Belos has a large helicopter platform for search and rescue purposes.

9 of the NHIndustries NH90 helicopters are equipped for anti-submarine warfare, designated HKP14F.

Submarine service

Class Number
of ships		 Origin Commissioned Displacement
(tonnes)		 Speed
(knots)		 Ships Photo
Södermanland-class1 Sweden1989-1990140020HSwMS Södermanland (Söd)
Gotland-class3 Sweden1996-1998158020HSwMS Gotland (Gtd)
HSwMS Uppland (Upd)
HSwMS Halland (Hnd)
Submarine rescue ship 1  Netherlands 1985 6150 13 HSwMS Belos (A214)

Corvettes

Class Number
of ships		 Origin Commissioned Displacement
(tonnes)		 Speed
(knots)		 Ships Photo
Göteborg-class2  Sweden1990-199338030HSwMS Gävle (K22)
HSwMS Sundsvall (K24)
Visby-class5  Sweden2009-201360040HSwMS Visby (K31)
HSwMS Helsingborg (K32)
HSwMS Härnösand (K33)
HSwMS Nyköping (K34)
HSwMS Karlstad (K35)

Minesweepers

Class Number
of ships		 Origin Commissioned Displacement
(tonnes)		 Speed
(knots)		 Ships Photo
Koster-class5 Sweden1986-199236015HSwMS Koster (M73)
HSwMS Kullen (M74)
HSwMS Vinga (M75)
HSwMS Ven (M76)
HSwMS Ulvön (M77)
Styrsö-class3  Sweden1996-199820513HSwMS Spårö (M12)
HSwMS Skaftö (M13)
HSwMS Sturkö (M14)

Off-shore patrol vessels

Class Number
of ships		 Origin Commissioned Displacement
(tonnes)		 Speed
(knots)		 Ships Photo
Carlskrona-class1 Sweden1982315020HSwMS Carlskrona (P04)

Patrol boats

Class Number
of ships		 Origin Commissioned Displacement
(tonnes)		 Speed
(knots)		 Ships Photo
Stockholm-class 2  Sweden 1985 380 30 HSwMS Stockholm (P11)
HSwMS Malmö (P12)
Tapper-class 11  Sweden 1993-1999 62 25 HSwMS Djärv (82)
HSwMS Dristig (83)
HSwMS Händig (84)
HSwMS Trygg (85)
HSwMS Modig (86)
HSwMS Hurtig (87)
HSwMS Rapp (88)
HSwMS Stolt (89)
HSwMS Ärlig (90)
HSwMS Munter (91)
HSwMS Orädd (92)

Fast attack and landing craft

Class Number
of ships		 Origin Commissioned Displacement
(tonnes)		 Speed
(knots)		 Ships Photo
G-class Landing Craft 100  Finland 1995-1999 2 30 001-100
Griffon 2000TD Hovercraft 3  England n.i. n/a 50 302-304
600-class Fast Supply Vessels 16  Sweden 1995-1999 65 25 662-677
CB90-class165 Sweden1991-1999
2002-2003

2019-2020

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Signal intelligence gathering vessels

Class Number
of ships		 Origin Commissioned Displacement
(tonnes)		 Speed
(knots)		 Ships Photo
Artemis-class1 Sweden2023
 220015HSwMS Artemis (A202)

Auxiliary ships

Command and support ships

Torpedo salvage vessels

  • HSwMS Pelikanen (A247)

Transport vessels

Sub-water support vessels

Coastal tug boats

  • HSwMS Hector (A254)
  • HSwMS Hercules (A255)

Tug boats (examples)

  • HSwMS Tyr (702)
  • HSwMS Ran (753)
  • HSwMS Eir (755)

Training ships

Schooners

Ships for navigation education

  • HSwMS Altair (A501)
  • HSwMS Antares (A502)
  • HSwMS Arcturus (A503)
  • HSwMS Argo (A504)
  • HSwMS Astrea (A505)

Training ships of the Swedish Auxiliary Naval Corps (examples)

  • Gråskär (SVK 06)
  • Östhammar (SVK 11)
  • Hojskär (SVK 70)
  • Bredskär (SVK 74)
  • Huvudskär (SVK 77)
  • Fårö (SVK 603)
  • Lungö (SVK 652)
  • Arn (SVK 655)
  • Elon (SVK 701)
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