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The West Coast Naval Command was a naval command within the Swedish Navy that operated in various forms in from 1928 to 2000. The unit was based in Gothenburg.
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The inlet to the Port of Gothenburg with Nya Varvet to the left where the command was located.
5th Patrol Boat Division moored at West Coast Military Command at Nya Varvet in Gothenburg in the summer of 1982.
Main building at Nya Varvet.
Western Military District, originally III Military District was a Swedish military district, a command of the Swedish Armed Forces that had operational control over Western Sweden, for most time of it
West Coast Naval Command
…Command West adopted the new name West Coast Naval Base. The West Coast Naval Base was in turn directly subordinate to the military commander of the Western Military District, from having previously been directly subordinate to the Chief of the Navy. The West Coast Naval Base in turn consisted of staff and administration…
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Senior colonel Magnus Olson as chief of staff (1984–1988)