Johan Solberg died when his tracked vehicle went through the ice

12/04/2020 Business, Sweden



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An impression of Dagens Nyheter, 2020-12-04 06:32

Article source address: https://www.dn.se/sverige/johan-solberg-dog-nar-bandvagnen-gick-igenom-isen/

In 2017, Inger Sjökvist's son, Johan Solberg, died during a military exercise outside Boden. He loved life as a soldier, she says. But none of them thought that an exercise in Sweden could be as dangerous as it became.


His name was Solo and it was the only death in the Armed Forces that year as his car crossed the ice southwest of Boden.

After several decades of disarmament, where very few have been forced to do their dirty work, fatal military accidents have been extremely rare in Sweden.

But now the business is improving.

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Johan Solberg was alone in his group of comrades to choose a military career. The year he died, he was also alone in having a service accident.

Photo: Veronika Ljung-Nielsen

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Johan Solberg turned 23 years old. One month after the fatal accident, he would have turned 24 years old.

Photo: Veronika Ljung-Nielsen

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The grave of the soldier “Solo” in Gothenburg is visited often. His mother, Inger Sjökvist (second from left), is surrounded by Solo’s childhood friends Oskar Lundquist, Alexander Saldivia Muñoz, Nora El Agouz, Rikard Johansson and Anna Lundquist.

Photo: Veronika Ljung-Nielsen

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Exercise Vintersol 2017 took place in the surroundings of Boden. It was snowing and cold when Johan’s tracked vehicle cut through the ice.

Photo: Daniel Persson / TT

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Lars Fresker of the Officers’ Union wants a zero view of fatal accidents in the Armed Forces. The new mandatory law that can compel young men to do military service means ambitions must be raised, he believes.

Photo: Margareta Bloom Sandebaeck

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“It was like going to camp.” Inger Sjökvist knows that her son Johan was looking forward to the exercise in 2017.

Photo: Veronika Ljung-Nielsen

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Inger Sjökvist meets with her son’s friends quite regularly after the accident. They are seen in the tomb of Västra kyrkogården in Gothenburg. Light candles and talk.

Photo: Veronika Ljung-Nielsen

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Johan Solberg worked part-time as a soldier. After the fatal accident, his regiment faltered at half mast.

Photo: Simon Eliasson / TT

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Lieutenant Colonel Jörgen Forsberg works in the Security Inspectorate and believes that the public, during all the years of disarmament, may have gotten used to thinking of the Armed Forces as a risky activity.

Photo: Jan Bohman / Swedish Armed Forces

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Since 2017, Sweden has returned to compulsory military service. Here, some of the 2020 recruits take part in an exercise in the Gothenburg archipelago.

Photo: Tomas Ohlsson

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The new duty law is gender neutral. 5,000 women and men began their basic military training in 2020.

Photo: Tomas Ohlsson

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During the 1990s, more than 30 people died in military casualties. When compulsory military service was voluntary, the death toll dropped dramatically. In the last ten years 2 people have died.

Photo: Tomas Ohlsson

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Funeral candles and beer. Johan’s place in the cemetery is characterized by warmth and context.

Photo: Veronika Ljung-Nielsen

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Regiment Commander Mikael Frisell and Regimental Deputy Commander Ulf Siverstedt at Norrbotten I Regiment 19, where Johan worked, held a press conference the day after the fatal accident in 2017.

Photo: Daniel Persson / TT

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Inger Sjökvist thought that a foreign service could be dangerous, but as long as Johan remained a soldier at home, he felt safe.

Photo: Veronika Ljung-Nielsen

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When the Amphibious Regiment exercises acute mining outside of Gothenburg, the detonation is delayed due to a civilian kitesurfer who was unknowingly left in the water. “Historically, people were more used to our operations,” says safety inspector Jörgen Forsberg.

Photo: Tomas Ohlsson


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