Bergslagen Military District

Bergslagens militärområde (Milo B)
Active	1942–1991
Country	Sweden
Allegiance	Swedish Armed Forces
Type	Military area
Role	Multi (Sea, Air and Land)
Size	5 brigades
Part of	Swedish Armed Forces
Garrison/HQ	Karlstad

Milo B (Swedish: Bergslagens militärområde, Bergslagen Military Area) was a Swedish military area, a command of the Swedish Armed Forces that had operational control over the informal Bergslagen region, for most time of its existence corresponding to the area covered by the counties of Värmland, Örebro and Kopparberg (now Dalarna County). The headquarters of Milo B were located in Karlstad.

History

Milo B was created in 1966 along with five other military areas as part of a reorganisation of the administrative divisions of the Swedish Armed Forces. It can be seen as the successor of V. militärområdet (V. Military Area) created in 1942, but that did not have the same tasks as Milo B. The military area consisted of the land covered by the above-mentioned counties. In 1991, the number of military areas of Sweden was decreased to five, and as a consequence of that, Milo B was merged with Milo Ö to create a new military area, Milo M.

Units 1989

In peacetime the Bergslagen Military Area consisted of the following units, which were training recruits for wartime units:

• Bergslagen Military Area (Milo B), in Karlstad
  • I 2/Fo 52 – Värmland Regiment / Värmland Defense Area, in Karlstad
  • I 3/Fo 51 – Life Regiment Grenadiers / Örebro Defense Area, in Örebro
  • I 13/Fo 53 – Dalarna Regiment / Kopparberg Defense Area, in Falun
  • A 9 – Bergslagen Artillery Regiment, in Kristinehamn
  • ArtSS - Artillery School Training Center, in Älvdalen

In wartime the Bergslagen Military Area would have activated the following major land units, as well as a host of smaller units:

• IB 2 - Värmland Brigade, in Karlstad, a Type 77 infantry brigade based on the I 2 - Värmland Regiment
• IB 3 - Life Brigade, in Örebro, a Type 66M infantry brigade based on the I 3 - Life Regiment Grenadiers
• NB 13 - Dalarna Brigade, in Falun, a Type 85 Norrland Brigade (optimized for arctic/winter warfare) based on the I 13 - Dalarna Regiment
• IB 33 - Närke Brigade, in Örebro, a Type 77 infantry brigade based on the I 3 - Life Regiment Grenadiers
• IB 43 - Kopparberg Brigade, in Falun, a Type 66M infantry brigade based on the I 13 - Dalarna Regiment

Commanders

• 1942–1944: Axel Rappe
• 1945–1959: Sven Salander
• 1959–1966: Regner Leuhusen
• 1966–1967: Stig Synnergren
• 1967–1973: Stig Löfgren
• 1973–1979: Sigmund Ahnfelt
• 1979–1983: Gösta Hökmark
• 1983–1991: Bengt Tamfeldt

See also

• List of Swedish military areas

References

• Holmberg, Björn (1993). Arméns regementen, skolor och staber: en sammanställning. Arvidsjaur: Svenskt militärhistoriskt bibliotek. ISBN 91-972209-0-6.
• Kjelldorff, Lennart (2001). "Försvarets utveckling från Gustav Wasa till vår tid" (PDF). Försvarets Historiska Telesamlingar. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2007-01-12. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)