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Admin1: /* Photos of Swedish Camouflage in Use */

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Photos of Swedish Camouflage in Use

Admin1: /* Swedish Camouflage Patterns */

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Swedish Camouflage Patterns

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-* Originally developed by the ''Försvarets forskningsanstalt'' (Swedish Defense Research Institute) or FOA in the 1970s for use on vehicles, aircraft, netting, and tarpaulins, the [[M90]] "[[splinter]]" pattern was introduced in 1989 for printing on a camouflage combat uniform worn by Swedish armed forces personnel. As the original FOA pattern was rather large in scale, being intended to obscure vehicles and installations from aerial identification), the design was reduced in scale to function adequately in heavy Swedish forests and obscure location of troops at distances up to one kilometer. If the M/90 pattern appears to have been influenced by [[Germany (Third Reich)|German WW2]] designs such as ''Splittermuster'' ([[splinter]] pattern), it is because research developers examined many German camouflage patterns in the postwar period, taking the best ideas and incorporating them into their tests. The Swedish pattern has dark green, dark olive green & moss green splinter shapes on a khaki background, and is nicknamed ''Lövhögen'' in Sweden, where it has become a kind of national symbol.
+* Originally developed by the ''Försvarets forskningsanstalt'' (Swedish Defense Research Institute) or FOA in the 1970s for use on vehicles, aircraft, netting, and tarpaulins, the [[M90]] "[[splinter]]" pattern was introduced in 1989 for imprinting on the M90 camouflage combat uniform system worn by Swedish armed forces personnel. As the original FOA pattern was rather large in scale, being intended to obscure vehicles and installations from aerial identification), the design was reduced by a proportion of 1:66 scale to function adequately in heavy Swedish forests and obscure location of troops at distances up to one kilometer. If the M/90 pattern appears to have been influenced by [[Germany (Third Reich)|German WW2]] designs such as ''Splittermuster'' ([[splinter]] pattern), it is because research developers examined many German camouflage patterns in the postwar period, taking the best ideas and incorporating them into their tests. The Swedish pattern has dark green, dark olive green & moss green splinter shapes on a khaki background, and is nicknamed ''Lövhögen'' (leaf pile) in Sweden, where it has become a kind of national symbol. In 2017, the printing of the pattern was altered slightly to include the three crowns (''tre kronor'') national symbol of Sweden embedded into the design.
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-* Illustrated below is the [[Swedish quartershelter|Quartershelter]] four-color camouflage pattern introduced during the 1960s. The design consists of large, non-overlapping patches of blue-green, dark brown, light brown & grey. Although never produced as a combat uniform, the shelter did serve a dual purpose as a camouflage poncho. Information from Swedish sources suggests these shelters saw continued use through the 1970s, with limited employment into the 1980s and possibly 1990s as well.
+* Illustrated below is the [[Swedish quartershelter|Quartershelter]] four-color camouflage pattern introduced during the 1950s. The general term for this type of item in Swedish is ''knäppetält'' (button tent), and an interesting feature of the Swedish version was that an almost unlimited number of shelters could be fastened togehter to create smaller or large sized tents, depending on the needs of soldiers. The design consists of large, non-overlapping patches of blue-green, dark brown, light brown & grey. Although never produced as a combat uniform, the shelter did serve a dual purpose as a camouflage poncho. Information from Swedish sources suggests these shelters saw continued use through the 1970s, with limited employment into the 1980s and possibly 1990s as well.
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-* In the late 1970s or early 1980s, the Swedish firm [[Barracuda]] developed a camouflage that was tested by the Ministry of Defense. A complicated design, it incorporates dark green, light olive green & pale green splinter shapes with an overprinted pattern of circular spots in dark green, light olive green, pale green & orange-tan. Produced as a trial version of the M59 combat uniform as well as on netting for vehicles, the pattern was never adopted. Variations for desert and artic/snow conditions were also produced.
+* Dating to around 1960, the Swedish firm [[Barracuda]] developed a camouflage that was tested by the Ministry of Defense. A complicated design, it incorporates dark green, light olive green & pale green splinter shapes with an overprinted pattern of circular spots in dark green, light olive green, pale green & orange-tan. Produced as a trial version of the M59 combat uniform as well as on netting for vehicles, the pattern was never adopted. Variations for desert and artic/snow conditions were also produced.
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 * Illustrated below is the [[Swedish quartershelter|Quartershelter]] four-color camouflage pattern introduced during the 1960s. The design consists of large, non-overlapping patches of blue-green, dark brown, light brown & grey. Although never produced as a combat uniform, the shelter did serve a dual purpose as a camouflage poncho. Information from Swedish sources suggests these shelters saw continued use through the 1970s, with limited employment into the 1980s and possibly 1990s as well.
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 * Originally developed by the ''Försvarets forskningsanstalt'' (Swedish Defense Research Institute) or FOA in the 1970s for use on vehicles, aircraft, netting, and tarpaulins, the [[M90]] "[[splinter]]" pattern was introduced in 1989 for printing on a camouflage combat uniform worn by Swedish armed forces personnel. As the original FOA pattern was rather large in scale, being intended to obscure vehicles and installations from aerial identification), the design was reduced in scale to function adequately in heavy Swedish forests and obscure location of troops at distances up to one kilometer. If the M/90 pattern appears to have been influenced by [[Germany (Third Reich)|German WW2]] designs such as ''Splittermuster'' ([[splinter]] pattern), it is because research developers examined many German camouflage patterns in the postwar period, taking the best ideas and incorporating them into their tests. The Swedish pattern has dark green, dark olive green & moss green splinter shapes on a khaki background, and is nicknamed ''Lövhögen'' in Sweden, where it has become a kind of national symbol.
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-* Originally developed by the ''Försvarets forskningsanstalt'' (Swedish Defense Research Institute) or FOA in the 1970s for use on vehicles, aircraft, netting, and tarpaulins, the [[M90]] "[[splinter]]" pattern was introduced in 1989 for printing on a camouflage combat uniform worn by Swedish armed forces personnel. As the original FOA pattern was rather large in scale, being intended to obscure vehicles and installations from aerial identification), the design was reduced in scale to function adequately in heavy Swedish forests and obscure location of troops at distances up to one kilometer. If the M/90 pattern appears to have been influenced by [[Germany (Third Reich)|German WW2]] designs such as ''Splittermuster'' ([[splinter]] pattern), it is because research developers examined many German camouflage patterns in the postwar period, taking the best ideas and incorporating them into their tests. The Swedish pattern has dark green, dark olive green & moss green splinter shapes on a khaki background, and is nicknamed ''Lövhögen'' in Sweden, where it has become a kind of national symbol.<ref>[https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/information-och-fakta/var-historia/artiklar/en-kladsam-historia/|EN KLÄDSAM HISTORIA]</ref>
+* Originally developed by the ''Försvarets forskningsanstalt'' (Swedish Defense Research Institute) or FOA in the 1970s for use on vehicles, aircraft, netting, and tarpaulins, the [[M90]] "[[splinter]]" pattern was introduced in 1989 for printing on a camouflage combat uniform worn by Swedish armed forces personnel. As the original FOA pattern was rather large in scale, being intended to obscure vehicles and installations from aerial identification), the design was reduced in scale to function adequately in heavy Swedish forests and obscure location of troops at distances up to one kilometer. If the M/90 pattern appears to have been influenced by [[Germany (Third Reich)|German WW2]] designs such as ''Splittermuster'' ([[splinter]] pattern), it is because research developers examined many German camouflage patterns in the postwar period, taking the best ideas and incorporating them into their tests. The Swedish pattern has dark green, dark olive green & moss green splinter shapes on a khaki background, and is nicknamed ''Lövhögen'' in Sweden, where it has become a kind of national symbol.
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		+	* A three-color pattern tested by the Swedish Armed Forces is seen here, printed on heavy fabric for combat clothing. This design combines large swaths of russet brown, blue-green, and sea green, in some places overlapping to create a darker fourth color. This design was purely experimental and never adopted.
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	* In the late 1970s or early 1980s, the Swedish firm [[Barracuda]] developed a camouflage that was tested by the Ministry of Defense. A complicated design, it incorporates dark green, light olive green & pale green splinter shapes with an overprinted pattern of circular spots in dark green, light olive green, pale green & orange-tan. Produced as a trial version of the M59 combat uniform as well as on netting for vehicles, the pattern was never adopted. Variations for desert and artic/snow conditions were also produced.		* In the late 1970s or early 1980s, the Swedish firm [[Barracuda]] developed a camouflage that was tested by the Ministry of Defense. A complicated design, it incorporates dark green, light olive green & pale green splinter shapes with an overprinted pattern of circular spots in dark green, light olive green, pale green & orange-tan. Produced as a trial version of the M59 combat uniform as well as on netting for vehicles, the pattern was never adopted. Variations for desert and artic/snow conditions were also produced.

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		+	* Members of the ''Särskilda Oprations Gruppen'' (SOG) or Swedish Special Operations Group have used [[Multicam]] pattern camouflage uniforms and equipment since 2016.
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		+	== Notes ==
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