Ministry of Land Defence

Ministry of Land Defence (Swedish: Lantförsvarsdepartementet) was in a broad sense, one of the eight ministries, in which the Swedish government administration was divided into.^[1] Its head was called Minister of War. The Ministry of Land Defence Department was established on 16 May 1840 and was merged with the Ministry for Naval Affairs into the newly established Ministry of Defence on 30 June 1920.

^ Westrin, Theodor, ed. (1911). Nordisk familjebok: konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi (in Swedish). Vol. 15. Stockholm: Nordisk familjeboks förl. pp. 1099–1100. SELIBR 8072220.

[Westrin_(1911),_pp._1099-1100-1] Westrin, Theodor, ed. (1911). Nordisk familjebok: konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi (in Swedish). Vol. 15. Stockholm: Nordisk familjeboks förl. pp. 1099–1100. SELIBR 8072220.

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