After serving during the Second World War on neutrality patrols, the destroyer took part in two tours with other Swedish warships.

[2] Power was provided by three Penhoët oil-fired boilers feeding two de Laval geared steam turbines driving two shafts.

New materials allowed the boilers to be superheated to 125 °C (257 °F), which raised the rated power to e 32,000 shaft horsepower (24,000 kW) to give a design speed of 39 knots (72 km/h; 45 mph).

[3] A total of 150 tonnes (150 long tons) of fuel oil was carried to give a range of 1,200 nautical miles (2,200 km; 1,400 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph).

[5] The guns were of a loose-barrel type, weighed 3 t (3.0 long tons) and fired a 24 kg (53 lb) projectile at 800 m/s (2,600 ft/s).

[10] On 10 May 1948, the destroyer sailed from Gothenburg on the first day of a tour of European cities with sister ship Norrköping under the leadership of the cruiser Fylgia.

On 30 May 1952, the same two destroyers escorted the cruiser Gotland on a visit to a port in another NATO country, this time to Antwerp in Belgium, returning on 2 July.