Högvakt patrull

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Högvakten i Stockholm

Högvakten vid Stockholms och Drottningholms slott existerar den högvaktsvaktstyrka inom svenska försvarsmakten likt vaktar Stockholms slott samt Drottningholms slott samt utgör statschefens samt kungafamiljenshonnörsvakt. Vakten ingår samtidigt i den militära beredskapen i huvudstaden.

Högvakten inom Stockholm beräknar sin bakgrund tillbaka mot talet, tillsammans med kontinuerlig vakt vid Stockholms slott sedan Högvakten utgörs inte från en fast styrka, utan vakttjänsten delas av Försvarsmaktens olika sårskydd. Livgardet existerar det sårskydd som genomför flest vaktdygn, omfattande cirka årligen. Utöver detta fördelas vakttjänsten mellan Försvarsmaktens olika förband, inklusive hemvärnet samt andra frivilliga försvarsorganisationer.

Mellan april samt september genomförs beridna vaktparader upp mot Stockholms slott, avmarscherande ifrån Livgardets kavallerikasern på Östermalm.

Organisation

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Som främste företrädare för Försvarsmaktens statsceremoniella aktivitet finns överkommendanten i Stockholm.^[1] Överkommendanten orienterar överbefälhavaren inom frågor vilket rör den statsceremoniella verksamheten.

Chefen på grund av Livgardet existerar tillika kommendant i lager

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Royal Guards (Sweden)

King of Sweden's guard of honour, responsible for the protection of the Royal Family

Military unit

The Royal Guards (Swedish: Högvakten) is the King of Sweden's cavalry and infantryguards of honour of the Swedish Armed Forces, tasked with the protection of the Swedish royal family.

History and ceremonies

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The Royal Guard is normally divided in two parts, the main guard stationed at the Stockholm Palace, and a smaller detachment at Drottningholm Palace. The Royal Guards units has continuously guarded the Swedish royal family in Stockholm since

The duty of forming a "Royal Guard" is rotated by all serving regular and reserve armed forces, including the Home Guard. However, these detachments only serve for about 5–7 days in each rotation, so most of the year the duty is carried out by the Life Guards regiment of Stockholm, consisting of four battalions, one light infantry, two security, and one guard battalion. Tracing its history through the Household Brigade and Svea Life Guards and Life Guard Dragoons back to the original Royal Guards, this is what constitutes the regiment's claims to being one of the oldest military units and formation

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The Royal Guards, Stockholm, Sweden

The Royal Guards

The Royal Guards (Swedish Högvakten) was established in the 16th century and has been guarding the Stockholm Royal Palace since An older Swedish term for Högvakten (Royal Guards) is Slottsvakten (Palace Guards).Image: The Life Guards performing Royal Guards duties, Skeppsbron, Stockholm Free image Wikipedia.

Manning of the Royal Guards

Until midth century, the Royal Guards numbered between and soldiers of the Stockholm house-hold division. The Royal Guards also maintained law and order in the city, as well as providing fire-fighting services. There were several guardrooms (Corps de Gardes) in various places in Stockholm such as Gustaf Adolf Torg, Norrmalm Torg, Östermalm Torg and Södermalm : The Second Guards performing Royal Guards duties at the Corps-de-Garde at Arvfursten Palace, Gustaf Adolf Torg in Arvfursten Palace is today the location of the State Department of Sweden. Free image a modern uniformed Police and fire-fighting services was established midth century these two services took over the responsibility for law and order respectively firefighting in Stockholm and the duties f