Milo S

Södra militärområdet (Milo S)
Coat of Arms (1994–2000)
Active	1942–2000
Country	Sweden
Allegiance	Swedish Armed Forces
Type	Military area
Role	Multi (Sea, Air and Land)
Part of	Swedish Armed Forces
Garrison/HQ	Kristianstad

Milo S (Swedish: Södra militärområdet, Southern Military Area) was a Swedish military area, a command of the Swedish Armed Forces that had operational control over Southern Sweden, for most time of its existence corresponding to the area covered by the counties of Malmöhus, Kristianstad (now joined as Skåne County), Blekinge, Kronoberg, Jönköping and Kalmar. The headquarters of Milo S were located in Kristianstad.

History

Milo S was created in 1966 along with five other military areas as part of a reorganisation of the administrative divisions of the Swedish Armed Forces. It can be seen as the successor of I. militärområdet (I. Military Area) created in 1942, but that did not have the same tasks as Milo S. The military area consisted of the land covered by the above mentioned counties, with the exception of a small part of northern Kalmar County which instead was part of Milo Ö until 1983 when the whole county's area was incorporated into Milo S. In 1993, the number of military areas of Sweden was decreased to three, and as a consequence of that, Milo V was merged with Milo S to form a new southern military area. In 2000, these last three military areas were disbanded and the command for the whole of Sweden was placed at the Armed Forces headquarters.

See also

• List of Swedish military areas

References

• Holmberg, Björn (1993). Arméns regementen, skolor och staber: en sammanställning. Arvidsjaur: Svenskt militärhistoriskt bibliotek. ISBN 91-972209-0-6. 
• Kjelldorff, Lennart (2001). "Försvarets utveckling från Gustav Wasa till vår tid" (PDF). Försvarets Historiska Telesamlingar. http://www.fht.nu/docs/forsvaretsutveckling.pdf. Retrieved 2007-01-12.