The Defence Act of 2000 (prop.
1999/2000:30)[1] was a defence act passed by the Swedish Riksdag on 30 March 2000, and the largest reorganisation of the Swedish Armed Forces since the Defence Act of 1925.
The act was a continuation of the policies set in motion by the Defence Act of 1996: shifting the military's focus from the defence of Swedish territory to a more flexible "operational defence* (Swedish: insatsförsvar) for smaller-scale peacekeeping operations in foreign nations.
Many military formations were disbanded as a result.
[2] The future organisation decided by the act included, up until 2004, the following military units: Military districts (Militärområden) Divisions Service Branch Commands (försvarsgrensstaber) Infantry regiments Infantry Brigades/Norrland Brigades Cavalry Armoured troops Mechanised brigades Artillery Air Defence troops Combat engineers Signal troops [note 1] Artillery Infantry/Cavalry Fleet Amphibious Corps Military district groups