Quartermaster Administration of the Swedish Armed Forces


Quartermaster Administration of the Swedish Armed Forces was a Swedish government agency from 1963 to 1968, for the quartermaster administration of the Swedish Armed Forces. The agency had to meet the Swedish Armed Forces' need for commissariat and veterinary equipment, other commissariat supplies, as well as horses and dogs.

History

The agency was established on 1 July 1963 by an amalgamation of the Royal Swedish Army Supply Administration, the Royal Swedish Naval Materiel Administration's Commissariat Department and the Royal Swedish Air Force Materiel Administration's Commissariat Bureau. The Quartermaster Administration consisted of five bureaus, whose chiefs were members of the agency's board. The bureaus were; Materielbyrån, Livsmedelsbyrån, Drivmedelsbyrån, Förrådsbyrån and the Administrativa byrån. In addition, there were two independent units: the Centralplaneringen and the Normaliesektionen.
The agency's activities was regulated by the following instructions:
The agency had its office at Centralvägen 6 in Solna. The agency was amalgamated into the Defence Materiel Administration on 1 July 1968.

Chiefs

Agency
Supply Bureau
Food Bureau
Fuel Bureau
Storage Room Bureau
Administrative Bureau
Central Planning
Normalie Section