With the establishment of Joint Forces Command, the staff of leading operational and tactical activities was reduced from nearly two thousand people to about 270.

The main tasks of the Joint Forces Command were to implement national and international operational command, lead training activities and support the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters' operations management, function development and personnel management.

The Joint Forces Command had within the framework of the basic organization been dimensioned for management in peace to low level crisis.

On behalf of the Ministry of Defence, the Swedish Armed Forces investigated further alternative localizations within the Stockholm area, where they proposed a location to Näsbypark in Täby Municipality.

The premises were also considered flexible for future changes in operations, and could be adapted without extensive new buildings construction.

[4] However, in Uppsala, the existing premises were not enough, but temporary leases of removable buildings were made to a considerable extent.

The command flag is drawn by Kristina Holmgård-Åkerberg and embroidered by hand in insertion technique by MajBritt Salander/firma Blå Kusten.