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17: 140:'s combat and signal schools and for naval mine training and more. In 1905 it was decided to set up a target depot for a combat school at Vitsgarn. The depot met a great need and grew steadily. From 1911 to 1921, the Swedish state gradually acquired more land for the navy, including at western Vitsgarn. The experience of the navy's preparedness and exercises during the 148:
for the entire mobilized part of the navy. Predecessors to the Artillery School at Berga were schools and training facilities on the islands of Alvsta Långholmar, Vitsgarn and Märsgarn outside Hårsfjärden. During World War I, target depots were developed and bridges and other facilities were built at
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after the late and large landowner Helge Ax:son Johnson. The area included a strip of water that stretched from Vitså harbor to Näringsberg and was 3.5 km long and 800 meters wide. In addition to the strip, there was also a part of the area where Berga Agricultural School was located, with an
216:. On 1 July 1946, operations at Berga Naval Training Schools began with teaching in the Non-Commissioned Officers School's chief mate and machinist programs, while the craftsmanship, economy and coastal artillery programs began on 1 October. On 21 October 1946, His Royal Highness Crown Prince 220:
performed the inauguration of the Swedish Navy Non-Commissioned Officers' School. In the summer of 1949, construction began on a facility for training in torpedo and submarine service. In 1948–1949, the Submarine and ASW School
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area of 1,025 hectares. The purchase price for the acquisition of the property was SEK 2,635,000. The coastal strip was divided into naval port and naval schools. The hunting ground was transformed into a training area. The
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area became the southern center of the archipelago surrounded by minefields and air defenses, as well as an outer and inner defense line of
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Märsgarn. The exercises on Horsfjärden were intensified. Heavy artillery was now used and a few larger decommissioned ships were
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off the inner waterways, but when the war broke out the navy had to settle for improving and expanding the existing
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The Berga Naval Training Schools had the main task of training personnel, both conscripts and regular staff, in
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at Hårsfjärden. From 1904, Hårsfjärden began to be used more permanently as a base for the
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started operating in 1946, then as the Swedish Navy Non-Commissioned Officers' School (
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meant that the depot at Hårsfjärden largely came to serve as an
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a whole block was also built for the families of the navy.
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59°05′N 18°08′E / 59.08°N 18.14°E / 59.08; 18.14
Swedish
naval base
Swedish Navy
Hårsfjärden
fjard
Berga
Haninge Municipality
4th Naval Warfare Flotilla
1st Marine Regiment
Home Guard
Swedish Navy
Hårsfjärden
training area
shooting target
Vitsgarn
Märsgarn
Coastal Fleet
World War I
forward operating base
sunk as targets
World War II
Stockholm
archipelago
Muskö
coastal batteries
Riksdag
Berga Castle
Berga Naval Training Schools

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