Nationella insatsstyrkan
| National Task Force | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1991 - Present |
| Country |
 Sweden
|
| Allegiance | Swedish Police Authority |
| Branch | National Operations Detachment |
| Type | Counter-terrorism unit |
| Role | Domestic Counter-Terrorism and Law Enforcement |
| Size | Unknown |
| Motto(s) | "Posse Ante Factum Audere Cum Convenit" |
| Engagements | Various hostage operations Capture of Mijailo Mijailović and several suspect terrorists |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
Marie Jarnérus |
The National Task Force (Swedish: Nationella insatsstyrkan, NI), formerly known as the National Task Force of the Swedish Civilian Police (Swedish: Ordningspolisens nationella insatsstyrka), is a special operations unit within the National Operations Department of the Swedish Police Authority. It is meant to handle extraordinarily difficult or life-threatening criminal situations, such as terrorism, hostage situations, armed kidnapping and serving high risk arrest warrants in cities too remote for Piketen in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö to handle. It also deals with emergency rescue situations that would be too dangerous or difficult for other police units or emergency services.
The tasks performed between Piketen and the NTF often blur since their duties are similar.
In 2006, NI officers were deployed to Lebanon to help evacuate Swedish citizens during the war between Hezbollah and Israel. NI officers have also been deployed with Special Team Six in Kosovo.
NI has one head of the unit (currently Marie Jarnérus) with a number of subordinated coordinators, and a staff of older, distinguished police officers. Under this management group the force is divided into 8 groups:
To be eligible for NI, the applicant is required to have at least 2 years of distinguished service in the police, a clean criminal record, and be able to pass a series of tests:
Members of the NI work full-time in the force. They used to work two weeks and then have two weeks of regular police work, but as the need for them increased they changed it to full-time to cope with the demand and the need for more training. Part of their training is done with the Swedish armed forces. Several of the members are former members of elite military units, and the Nationella Insatsstyrkan is described by some as a paramilitary unit within the Swedish police force.
NI often train with the special forces unit of the Armed Forces, the Special Operations Task Group.
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