The military district included Jönköping, Kalmar, Blekinge, Skåne, Halland and Västra Götaland counties.

[4] Prior to the Defence Act, the Swedish Armed Forces had proposed three alternatives to a changed military district organization.

The third course of action would be to disband the military district organization and transfer responsibility for the territorial operations to the Joint Forces Command (OPIL).

[5] On Friday, 16 December 2005, a ceremony was held on the occasion of the disbandment of the Southern Military District with staff in Gothenburg.

From 21 December 2005, the Chief of Operations at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters took over military territorial responsibility.

Among the invited guests were the Director of Defense (försvarsdirektör) Lennart Olofsson and Krister Jacobsson, the Chief Commissioner (länspolismästare) of Västra Götaland County.

[8] A new organization was adopted on 1 July 2005, when the military district groups in Borås, Hässleholm and Kalmar were disbanded on 30 June 2005.

After the Southern Military District was disbanded, the premises in Gothenburg were taken over by the Swedish Armed Forces Medical Center (FSC).

[10] In 2001, the Södra militärdistriktets (MD S) förtjänstmedalj ("Southern Military District Medal of Merit") in gold (MDSGM) of the 8th size was established.

[11] In 2001, the Södra militärdistriktets (MD S) minnesmedalj ("Southern Military District Commemorative Medal") in silver (MDMSM) of the 8th size was established.