With the new organization, the naval district came to include staff, personnel department, quartermaster administration, health care administration, kameralkontor, and from 1 August 1939 ship depots were added, as well as naval depots and Älvsborg Coastal Artillery Detachment.

[6] Prior to the Government Bill 1978/79:96, the Swedish government proposed to the Riksdag that the three authorities West Coast Naval Base (ÖrlB V), Gothenburg Coastal Artillery Defence with Gothenburg and Bohus Defence District (GbK/Fo 32) and Älvsborg Coastal Artillery Regiment (KA 4) be amalgamated into one authority in the peace organization.

The background to the proposal for a amalgamation was due to savings reasons, where the Swedish Armed Forces and the government considered that the naval activities on the west coast could be coordinated under a joint command.

[7] On 1 January 1981, the new organization came into force, under the name West Coast Naval Command with Älvsborg Coastal Artillery Regiment (MKV/KA 4).

[6] Prior to the Defence Act of 1982, the government proposed to the Riksdag in its Bill 1981/82:102 new savings within the Swedish Armed Forces.

Furthermore, the government proposed that and that Älvsborg Coastal Artillery Regiment should be separated from the West Coast Military Command, and instead form an independent unit.

The government also proposed, for regional policy reasons, that the Swedish Navy Officer College in Gothenburg (Marinens officershögskola i Göteborg, MOHS G) and the main part of the Swedish Navy Medical School (Marinens sjukvårdsskola, MSjukvS) be located in Karlskrona.

The background to the savings and the restructuring in Gothenburg, was due to the fact that the government wanted to keep the basic training at Härnösand Coastal Artillery Regiment (KA 5).

The activities that remained at the West Coast Military Command in Gothenburg were concentrated to Västerberget and Käringberget.

Prior to the Defence District, the Swedish Armed Forces proposed to the government that training activities at the Gothenburg Marine Brigade should cease, however, the government considered in its bill that, given the importance of the Gothenburg area, training of amphibious units would be maintained.

With the expansion of the unit during World War II, large parts of the naval defence on the west coast were demobilized.

[2] From 1 October 1958, the Naval Command's primary mission was to protect maritime import traffic from enemy submarines, aircraft, and mines.

With the new organization, the protection of maritime import traffic was downgraded in favor of strengthening the invasion defense.

The new support to society was noticed in 1999, for example, when a fire occurred on MS Scandinavian Star and in the 2000 floods in Sweden, which affected Dalsland, among other places.

From 1 July 2000, the Southern Military District was formed, which took over the territorial responsibility as well as a large part of the staff from the West Coast Naval Command, which then consisted of about 50% army officers.

The Bohus Group (Bohusgruppen) was formed on 1 July 1958, and had its staff initially located in central Uddevalla.

When the West Coast Naval District was formed as a peace unit, its permanent organization was relocated to Nya Varvet in western Gothenburg.

In 1944, the naval district's chancellery building was completed, however, its war headquarters was blasted into a mountain facility at Nya Varvet.

[2] During the 1950s and 1960s, the unit command and parts of the ship portfolio were relocated to Munkedal and Gullmars Base in Skredsvik.

[4] After the West Coast Naval Base (ÖrlB V), the Gothenburg Coastal Artillery Defence with the Gothenburg and Bohus Defence District (GbK/Fo 32) and Älvsborg Coastal Artillery Regiment (KA 4) amalgamated into one authority, the new authority's war headquarters came to operate from a mountain facility in Mölndal.

On 26 January 1986, the Swedish naval ensign was hoisted for the last time at Nya Varvet, and in October 1986, materiels management was organized at Käringberget.

[20] The West Coast Naval Command celebrated several dates, including 15 April, 6 June, and 14 November.

On 6 June, the victims of the naval war were honored at Sjömanstorget, a tradition taken over by the Seamen's Church in Gothenburg.

On 14 November, a wreath-laying ceremony was held at Kviberg's cemetery where the war victims from the Battle of Jutland were honored.

Blazon: "Per pale azure and or charged with an anchor erect surmounted two gunbarrels of older pattern in saltire counterchanged".

[22] In 2000, the Västra marinkommandots (MKV) minnesmedalj (MKVMM) ("West Coast Naval Command Commemorative Medal") was established.