Sweden

Sweden used camouflaged shelters for many years, but the standard combat uniform remained plain forest green. During the 1970s, the Swedish firm Barracuda developed a camouflage pattern that was not adopted by the Swedish Army. It was only in 1990 that the M90 camouflage pattern was finally introduced.

Swedish Camouflage Patterns

• Quartershelter four-color camouflage pattern used during the 1960s and 1970s. The design consists of large, non-overlapping patches of blue-green, dark brown, light brown & grey. Although never produced as a combat uniform, the shelter did serve a dual purpose as a camouflage poncho.

• In the late 1970s or early 1980s, the Swedish firm Barracuda developed a camouflage that was tested by the Ministry of Defense. A complicated design, it incorporates dark green, light olive green & pale green splinter shapes with an overprinted pattern of circular spots in dark green, light olive green, pale green & orange-tan. Produced as a trial version of the M59 combat uniform as well as on netting for vehicles, the pattern was never adopted. Variations for desert and artic/snow conditions were also produced.

• Introduced in 1989, the M90 "splinter" pattern seems to have been influenced by German WW2 designs such as Splittermuster (splinter pattern). The Swedish pattern incorporates dark green, dark olive green & moss green splinter shapes on a khaki background, and is the standard combat uniform of all Swedish ground combat personnel.

• Introduced in 2004, the M90K pattern is the standard camouflage worn by Swedish military contingents serving in desert regions. The Swedes have nicknamed it Ökenkammo.