Swedish Air Force Museum

Coordinates: 58°24′36″N 15°31′25″E / 58.41000°N 15.52361°E / 58.41000; 15.52361
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Swedish Air Force Museum
Flygvapenmuseum
Map
Established1984
LocationMalmen Airbase, Linköping
Websitehttp://www.flygvapenmuseum.se

The Swedish Air Force Museum (

Armémuseum) in Stockholm, Flygvapenmusem constitutes the government agency Statens försvarshistoriska museer ("Swedish Museums of the Defence Forces").[1]

History

The museum’s collection of artifacts includes aircraft, engines, instruments and uniforms. The museum has a knowledge centre (faktarum), with library and archives, containing literature, periodicals, plans, photographs and personal files relating to aviation. The museum is part of the National Swedish Museums of Military History,[2] a government agency. The establishment of the Swedish Air Force Museum was also aided by the Östergötland Society for Aviation History (ÖFS).[3] Today, ÖFS acts as a support organisation for the museum, and actively works at tasks such as the restoration of aircraft.

The museum has been in existence since 1984, and served both as the

JAS 39 Gripen
.

Design and facilities

In 2010 the museum had a major expansion and rebuild. The exhibitions are now divided in themes,[4] for example: 1. Pioneers in aviation, describing the early developments in Swedish aviation history in the period 1910–1926. 2. Between the wars, describing the establishment of the

Swedish Airforce
and the early developments of the Swedish aviation industry in the period 1926–1939. 3. The Second World War, when the
SAAB
planes joined in the period 1939–1945. 4. Aviation technology 5. Sweden during the Cold War, showing preparations made in case of war in the period of the 1950s–1980s.

The various exhibitions including the displayed aircraft are shown on three levels in the museum. There are two large hangar sized exhibition halls with a large number of aircraft and a third downstairs showing the

DC-3 that was shot down in 1952 and eventually found in 2003. After interim storage, the plane was placed in its final location at the Swedish Air Force Museum on 13 May 2009.[5]

Awards

The Air Force Museum won the award for the 2011 Swedish Museum of the year.[6] The Air Force Museum also won the prize for the 2010 Exhibition of the Year. The 2011 Swedish Museum of the Year award is sponsored by the Swedish chapter of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) [7] and the Association of Swedish Museums. The award for the 2010 Exhibition of the Year is sponsored by FORUM for exhibitors.

Collection

J34 Hawker Hunter on display at the museum

A German built

Hunting-Percival Pembroke
(Tp83) outside the museum. However, this has been moved for restoration.

See also

References

  1. ^ Statens försvarshistoriska museer [dead link]
  2. ^ List page sfhm.se [dead link]
  3. ^ "Home". ofsflyg.se.
  4. ^ Swedish military aviation flygvapenmuseum.se [dead link]
  5. ^ To the museum flygvapenmuseum.se [dead link]
  6. ^ "Flygvapenmuseum utsett till Årets museum!". April 2011.
  7. ^ "English".
  8. ^ "JAS 39 Gripensimulator". Retrieved 28 December 2023.

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