Swedish Defence Materiel Administration
E48541
The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration is a government agency responsible for procuring, developing, and managing equipment and systems for Sweden’s armed forces.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Swedish Defence Materiel Administration canonical | 8 |
| Försvarets materielverk | 4 |
| Swedish Army Materiel Administration | 1 |
| Training and Procurement Staff (Sweden) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T381342 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Swedish Defence Materiel Administration Context triple: [CV90, introducedBy, Swedish Defence Materiel Administration]
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A.
Swedish Army
The Swedish Army is the land warfare branch of Sweden’s armed forces, responsible for national defense and international peacekeeping operations.
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B.
Ministry of Defence of Finland
The Ministry of Defence of Finland is the government body responsible for formulating Finland’s defence policy and overseeing the country’s military and national security affairs.
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C.
Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Command
The Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Command is the central authority responsible for procuring, maintaining, and supplying materiel and logistics support for Finland’s military.
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D.
Finnish Defence Forces
The Finnish Defence Forces are Finland’s unified military organization responsible for the country’s national defense, including its army, navy, and air force.
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E.
Defence Command Finland
Defence Command Finland is the central headquarters and strategic leadership body responsible for planning, directing, and overseeing the operations of the Finnish Defence Forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Swedish Defence Materiel Administration Target entity description: The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration is a government agency responsible for procuring, developing, and managing equipment and systems for Sweden’s armed forces.
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A.
Swedish Army
The Swedish Army is the land warfare branch of Sweden’s armed forces, responsible for national defense and international peacekeeping operations.
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B.
Ministry of Defence of Finland
The Ministry of Defence of Finland is the government body responsible for formulating Finland’s defence policy and overseeing the country’s military and national security affairs.
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C.
Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Command
The Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Command is the central authority responsible for procuring, maintaining, and supplying materiel and logistics support for Finland’s military.
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D.
Finnish Defence Forces
The Finnish Defence Forces are Finland’s unified military organization responsible for the country’s national defense, including its army, navy, and air force.
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E.
Defence Command Finland
Defence Command Finland is the central headquarters and strategic leadership body responsible for planning, directing, and overseeing the operations of the Finnish Defence Forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
defence procurement agency
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government agency ⓘ |
| abbreviation | FMV ⓘ |
| activity |
acquisition of command and control systems
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acquisition of communication systems ⓘ acquisition of military vehicles ⓘ acquisition of weapons systems ⓘ logistics support for defence materiel ⓘ project management for defence procurement ⓘ testing and evaluation of defence materiel ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Swedish Armed Forces
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defence industry ⓘ |
| country | Sweden ⓘ |
| employerOf | civil servants ⓘ |
| focusArea |
defence systems engineering
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logistics and support for armed forces materiel ⓘ military technology ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Government of Sweden
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linked to:
Swedish government
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| hasClient | Swedish Armed Forces ⓘ |
| hasEnglishName | Swedish Defence Materiel Administration ⓘ |
| hasMainResponsibilityFor | defence materiel procurement in Sweden ⓘ |
| hasSwedishName |
Försvarets materielverk
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linked to:
Swedish Defence Materiel Administration
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| headquartersCountry | Sweden ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Stockholm ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Government of Sweden
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linked to:
Swedish government
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| languageOfWork | Swedish ⓘ |
| legalForm | Swedish government agency ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central European Time ⓘ |
| mandate | to ensure that the Swedish Armed Forces have the materiel and services they need ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Försvarets materielverk
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linked to:
Swedish Defence Materiel Administration
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| operatesIn | Sweden ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
Ministry of Defence of Sweden
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linked to:
Ministry of Defence (Sweden)
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| publicSector | yes ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
development of defence materiel
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life‑cycle management of military equipment ⓘ management of defence materiel ⓘ procurement of defence materiel ⓘ procurement of equipment for the Swedish Armed Forces ⓘ procurement of systems for the Swedish Armed Forces ⓘ |
| sector | defence ⓘ |
| shortName | FMV ⓘ |
| supervisingAuthority | Minister for Defence of Sweden ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization | civilian authority under the Ministry of Defence ⓘ |
| usesCurrency | Swedish krona ⓘ |
| website | https://www.fmv.se ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Swedish Defence Materiel Administration Description of subject: The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration is a government agency responsible for procuring, developing, and managing equipment and systems for Sweden’s armed forces.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
CV90 infantry fighting vehicle
linked to: Swedish Defence Materiel Administration
Swedish Defence Materiel Administration
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hasEnglishName
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Swedish Defence Materiel Administration
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linked to: Swedish Defence Materiel Administration
linked to: Swedish Defence Materiel Administration
linked to: Swedish Defence Materiel Administration
linked to: Swedish Defence Materiel Administration
linked to: Swedish Defence Materiel Administration