[2] The new Chief of the Fleet Staff was appointed at the same time to be Inspector of the Navy's Practical Exercises (Inspektör för flottans praktiska övningar).
In accordance with the instructions issued to the Inspector of the Navy's Practical Exercises on 10 July 1884, the King in Council wished to appoint to this post an officer of the rank of flag officer or captain, with the task of carrying out inspection partly of the fleet's annual summer exercises at the end of them, partly of each particular navy vessel upon its return from the completed naval expedition and partly in the event of the navy's teaching facilities.
[1] When the staff began its operations, it received premises in the so-called Sparreska palatset at Birger Jarls torg 11 on Riddarholmen in Stockholm, which had previously been available to the Chief of the Navy's Military Personnel.
According to the proclamation issued in 1896 concerning the organization and activities of the staff in peacetime, the staff would have the task of: drawing up plans for the mobilization of the navy and dealing with matters concerning the navy's enabling to fulfill its task; to pay close attention to the training, exercises and serviceability of the navy personnel and to make suggestions for improvements in these respects; to closely monitor the development of the naval warfare both within Sweden and outside the country and to carry out naval history research; to prepare, after receiving the assignment, the necessary statutes, regulations, instructions and guidelines for the service in the navy; to carry out investigations and issue statements on naval matters, which are referred to the staff, and to collect all necessary information concerning both naval personnel and equipment as well as maritime communications as well as such institutions within the country, which are intended for the promotion of general shipping.
When the space within the property on Birger Jarls torg 11 became insufficient, the Fleet Staff was assigned a premises at Långa raden 4 on Skeppsholmen.