[clarification needed] The launch took place on 28 May 1980 with 3,000 guests, where the king, Carl XVI Gustaf, christened the ship.

A music corps and ceremonial company was included in ceremony and among the guests were Defense Minister Eric Krönmark, the Chief of the Navy, Vice Admiral Per Rudberg and the Director General of the Defence Materiel Administration Ove Ljung.

[2] She left the naval base at Karlskrona, Sweden on 13 March 2010, and commenced her mission as HQ ship for the EU operation on 15 April.

The ship received minor damage and returned to active duty only ten days later.

[8] On 13 May 2022, Carlskrona took part in a PASSEX training with the Finnish and American navies in the northern Baltic Sea.