Swedish Coast Guard

Swedish Coast Guard

The Swedish Coast Guard ( _sv. Kustbevakningen) is a Swedish civilian government agency tasked with:
* maritime surveillance and other control and inspection tasks as well as environmental cleanup after oil spills at sea
* co-ordinate the civilian needs for maritime surveillance and maritime information
* follow international development within the field and take part in international efforts to establish border controls, law enforcement at sea, environmental protection at sea and other maritime surveillance tasks.

The Swedish coast guard carries out some of its surveillance by air (from its base in Skavsta near Stockholm), and some on ice and snow (from its Luleå station). It also has marine duties in Lake Vänern, Europe's third largest lake, operating out of Vänersborg.

Incidents

* On October 26, 2006 a Swedish Coast Guard CASA 212-200 (registration: SE-IVF/serial nr: KBV 585) crashed in the Falsterbo Canal during a surveillance mission, killing all four onboard. [ [http://www.kustbevakningen.se/kbvtemplates/PressReleasePage.aspx?id=949 press release] from the Swedish Coast Guard sv icon] [ [http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20061026-0 Accident description - October 26, 2006] at the Aviation Safety Network Database en icon] [ [http://www.thelocal.se/article.php?ID=5325&date=20061026 Four dead after coastguard plane crash] , The Local, October 26, 2006 en icon]

The Swedish Coast Guard has two remaining C.212s in service, and they will be replaced by three new Bombardier Q series (DASH 8) Maritime Surveillance Aircraft currently being modified by FIELD AVIATION in Toronto, Canada. [http://www.kustbevakningen.se/documents/Flyg/SCG%20MSA%20brochure-rev-1.pdf]

References

See also

External links

* [http://www.kustbevakningen.se/ Swedish Coast Guard] - official website sv icon (some English)


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