This year's edition of Militärhistorisk Tidskrift spans from the Gustavian era to the kamikaze pilots of World War II – four articles highlight 1700th-century Sweden, and one of the contributions is written by the recently deceased economic historian Sven Fritz (1931–2025), whose research on Gustav III's finance minister Johan Liljencrants is among his last works.

The edition also contains reviews of new military history literature.

A magazine for those who know that history is not backward-looking – it is guiding.

The editor of this edition is Thomas Roth, former 1st curator at the Army Museum and member of KKrVA.

Contents

Journal

Not just commoners against nobility and priests by Oskar Brandt
Kamikaze – the samurai of the air! by Håkan Nilsson

Analysis & perspective

The surprise attack in Rostock in 1807 – an unknown chapter in history. The bloodless victory of the people of Skåne and Småland in Rostock against Napoleon's army and surrounding history by Sven Johansson
Charles XII – pioneer in military logistics and supply by Peter Lundgren
What happens in conflicts – when one person stands against another – within one's own ranks? On the relationship between CJ Adlercreutz and GC von Döbeln by Elisabeth Goldstein
What did the Swedish defense, which was upgraded between 1773 and 1787, cost and how was it financed? by Sven Fritz †
Finding a countermeasure. About the anti-aircraft tests in Karlsborg in 1922 by Lars Ericson Wolke

Literature

The standard work on Swedish air power. An aviation historical cultural event about the air forces during the Cold War by Tommy Petersson
Finnish research on military power in the early Great Power era av Lars Ericson Wolke & Nils Erik Villstrand
Rask and the other names by Lars Ericson Wolke