Since Sweden formally became a member of NATO a year ago, its defence has been upgraded. This also includes the procurement of 900 new drums and wind instruments for the defence forces' drummers, trumpeters and clarinetists.
The bands within the defence are the Life Guards' Dragoon Band and the Army and Navy Bands, but it is primarily the Home Guard's approximately 1,000 recreational musicians who need new instruments, writes GP.
It may sound like a lot of money. But we must have safe, good instruments that work in both cold and rain, without any unnecessary luxury, says Commander Roger Lodin, head of the Defence Music, to the newspaper.
