The Home Guard practice battle in Växjö

This weekend, the Home Guard will practice “a battle in buildings” in Växjö. People nearby may hear bangs and soldiers will move around the city center and make big movements on Storgatan.

– It is not stranger than that The Swedish Armed Forces through Kronoberg's Home Defense Battalion are practicing combat in buildings. It will bang a lot during Saturday, when we shoot with loose ammunition. On Sunday we promise to be a little quieter, so as not to disturb those who require sleep, says exercise leader Martin Eneborg at The Swedish Armed Forces.

It is the 35th Home Guard Battalion, the Kronoberg Battalion, which is to be trained and practiced in "combat in development" in the now abandoned hotel at Fagrabäcksrondellen. The purpose of the exercise is to increase the ability to solve different tasks. Home Defense Confederations is a war federation with the main task of protecting, guarding and surface monitoring.