Last week, the Swedish Coast Guard held a pollution response exercise in the Stockholm archipelago. Personnel from the Djurö and Oxelösund coast guard stations practised responding to a simulated oil spill using the Coast Guard's pollution response equipment.
On Wednesday 30 September, European satellite surveillance detected a suspected oil spill at sea, in the shipping lane south-east of Gotland. The Swedish Coast Guard sent both aircraft and vessels to the position. By Thursday morning, however, there was no longer any trace of the spill.
Last week, the Swedish Coast Guard held a joint environmental rescue exercise with Raja, the Finnish Border Guard, off the Högakustenbron bridge. KBV 181 took part together with the Finnish patrol vessel RV91 and the environmental rescue vessel Linja from the state-owned company Arctia.
On 25–27 August 2026, Sweden hosted Helcom's annual Balex exercise in Sigtuna. Together, the participants represent a large part of the combined specialist expertise in oil spill response in the Baltic Sea region. The exercise was organised jointly by the Swedish Coast Guard, the Swedish Agency for Civil Defence (Myndigheten för civilt försvar) and the County Administrative Board of Stockholm (Länsstyrelsen i Stockholm).
