Within the West Coast Naval District, the Gothenburg Coastal Artillery Defence was formed by Älvsborg Fortress and the Gothenburg Archipelago Defence District (Göteborgs skärgårds försvarsområde, Fo 33).

As a result, the Gothenburg Coastal Artillery Defence was directly subordinated to the military commander of the Western Military District, from previously being directly subordinate to Naval Command West.

[5] Prior to the Government Bill 1978/79:96, the Swedish government proposed to Parliament that the three authorities of the West Coast Naval Base, Gothenburg Coast Artillery Defence with Gothenburg and Bohus Defence District (GbK/Fo 32) and Älvsborg Coastal Artillery Regiment (KA 4) be amalgamated into one authority in the peace organization.

On 15 February 1979, the Parliament adopted the Government Bill,[6] which resulted in the three units being amalgamated on 1 January 1981, forming the West Coast Military Command.

The defence district was on 1 July 1981 amalgamated into the West Coast Military Command.

On 1 July 1975, the staff returned to Halmstad completely and were simultaneously included in the Halland Regiment.

[11] From 1942 to 1948, a barracks establishment was erected on Västraberget in Västra Frölunda for the coastal artillery.

Since 2005, various detachments from other units and the Swedish Armed Forces Centre for Defence Medicine have been located here.