The Swedish Coast Guard (Swedish: Kustbevakningen) is a Swedish civilian government agency tasked with:

• maritime surveillance and other control and inspection tasks as well as environmental cleanup after oil spills at sea.
• co-ordinate the civilian needs for maritime surveillance and maritime information.
• follow international development within the field and take part in international efforts to establish border controls, law enforcement at sea, environmental protection at sea and other maritime surveillance tasks.

The Swedish Coast Guard carries out some of its surveillance by air (from its base at Skavsta Airport south-west of Stockholm), and in the winter-time by hovercraft and snowmobiles on the ice-covered waters of the Bothnian Bay from its Luleå station. The Coast Guard also has regular maritime duties in Vänern, Europe's third largest lake, operating out of Vänersborg.

The Coast Guard has 26 coastal stations, including an aviation coastal station. The stations fall under four regional areas; with the regional headquarters located in Härnösand, Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Karlskrona respectively. The four management centers control the daily operational activities.

The national operational control is co-located with the Swedish Maritime Administration, which is responsible for the Swedish Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre (JRCC), and the Swedish navy at Kärringberget navalbase in Gothenburg.

The Coast Guard's central headquarters is located in the historic 17th century naval city of Karlskrona, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The total number of Coast Guard employees across the country amounts to around 800.^[1]

Neither Coast Guard ships or officers carry military weapons. Instead each officer is equipped with a Glock 17, ASP baton, OC spray and handcuffs.^{[citation needed]}

Main article: Swedish Coast Guard ships

The Coast Guard has three Bombardier Dash 8 Q-300 aircraft numbered KBV 501, 502 and 503. The Dash 8 Maritime Surveillance Aircraft were modified by Field Aviation in Toronto, Canada. The Coast Guard Aviation Home base is Skavsta Airport in Nyköping. Surveillance and reconnaissance flights are conducted along the Swedish coast and Vänern year-round, day and night. Additional regular international assignments are also flown as needed.^[4]

The division operate their flights as VFR and use VFR flight rules throughout the majority of their flights. Some flights, either operating/ferrying internationally or for longer distances, fly using IFR rules.^{[citation needed]}

• On October 26, 2006, a Swedish Coast Guard CASA 212-200 (registration: SE-IVF/serial nr: KBV 585) crashed in the Falsterbo Canal during a surveillance mission, killing all four on board.^[5][6][7] Full article: 2006 Falsterbo Swedish Coast Guard crash

• Swedish Armed Forces
• Swedish Maritime Administration
• Swedish National Board of Fisheries