Military Office of the Land Defence

The Military Office of the Land Defence (Swedish: Lantförsvarets kommandoexpedition), from 1840 to 1922 called the Military Office of the Ministry of Land Defence (Swedish: Lantförsvarsdepartementets kommandoexpedition), was an office in the Royal Chancery from 1840 to 1945, where all so-called ‘military command matters’ were handled and from where these accompanying dispatches (including general orders) were issued.

These mainly concerned the army's weapons exercises, schools, training, personnel accounting, service conditions, etc.

[1] According to the 1925 Land Defence Army Order, the personnel at the Military Office of the Land Defence consist of:[2] Command matters, in which they concerned the land defence, were mainly matters concerning the establishment of the exercise and service regulations as well as instructions for the training and exercises of the personnel; selection and distribution of conscripts for service; mobilization regulations; determination of models and testing of new equipment and materiel; drafting and placement of officers for service and extra functions; as well as certain applications for leave of absence and permission to stay abroad, etc.

The mobilization and weapons exercise details are each handled by a company officer from the General Staff as well as other details of retired officers with fees from the ministry's state.

During this time, however, the Military Office was located in the so-called Preisiska huset on Drottninggatan.