This study analysis maritime strategic development in relation to Swedish naval structure. The starting off-point is that Swedens´s strategic posture has changed into a more active participation in international affairs during the past decade. However, as a partial participant in some and as a non-participant in some of the multilateral regimes (i.a. the EMU and Nato), Sweden faces several dilemmas. The handling of difficult crisis- and conflict management operations, as well as the development of methods and standards for security issues that are of concern to Sweden, are among them. The main research question is how naval resources should be profiled to be able to better support Swedish overarching goals and interests. There are two main conclusions. Firstly, if two types of platforms were added to the inventory, Sweden´s naval structure would become better suited to the challenges facing her. From this a better base from which to pursue Swedish security policy goals would follow. Secondly, the study indicates that it is not exclusively naval warfare tasks that are in the forefront, but a considerably wider set of tasks and missions than during the extreme conditions of the cold war. Protection of trade, crisis- and conflict management operations, humanitarian aid, protection of natural resources and in environmental disasters are some of them.