The unit is based at the Life Regiment Hussars (K 3) in Karlsborg at the Swedish Parachute Ranger School (FJS).

The Swedish Army Paratroop School was created in 1952 by captain Nils-Ivar Carlborg and modelled after the German and British post–World War II airborne commando forces such as the Parachute Regiment and the Special Air Service (SAS), with the objective of creating a highly mobile force which had the flexibility to operate behind enemy lines and carry out long range reconnaissance missions to passively gather military intelligence.

K 3 is also the home of the 31st Ranger Battalion, an airmobile infantry unit similar to the US 101st Airborne Division and the Swedish Armed Forces' special task group, the Särskilda operationsgruppen.

Parachute Ranger Squadron as of 2019 is made up of three platoons: Today the unit is entirely composed of full-time professional personnel.

[5] If selected the candidate starts the basic Parachute Ranger course which is roughly three months long with an attrition rate at over 50%.

Towards the end of the course candidates are put through an 8 day long range reconnaissance test which is pass or fail, it later culminates in the “Eagle March”.

The Parachute Rangers operational field of expertise is intelligence gathering deep inside enemy-controlled territory.

[6] The unit has special training in Arctic warfare and can sustain operations for extended periods (in excess of one month) deep inside enemy territory without resupply or support from other parts of the armed forces.

[8] The unit continuously had personnel deployed in Afghanistan as part of Sweden's contribution to the International Security Assistance Force.