There is a scholarly debate regarding in what ways traditional martial values are relevant for contemporary, technological military trades that in various aspects are different from traditional military professions. Some scholars argue that certain martial virtues and values, e.g. courage, loyalty, strength, and honour, occur in most military organisations and societies regardless of historical and cultural context. Others argue that as the characteristics of military operations change, so does what skills and virtues that are held desirable for soldiers. The purpose of this thesis was to contribute with insights on how Swedish cyber soldiers are represented in relation to traditional martial values within a Swedish context. This was achieved by conducting a qualitative text analysis using ideal types, reviewing material from the Swedish Armed Forces as well as Swedish newspapers. The main analytical results were that traditional martial values are only reflected to a limited extent in repre- sentations of Swedish cyber soldiers. The cyber soldiers were not explicitly portrayed as courageous, loyal, strong, nor honourable. Instead, they were primarily depicted as intelligent keyboard-warriors that are proficient in IT, which has little relation to traditional martial values.

Syfte - Precis som samhället i övrigt digitaliserar Försvarsmakten sin verksamhet i ökande grad. Det höjer förmågan men ökar riskerna för cyberangrepp. Som en av flera åtgärder introducerade därför Försvarsmakten personalkategorin cybersoldat. Syftet med denna studie är att utreda hur införandet av cybersoldater har hanterats inom Försvarsmaktens organisation och på vilket sätt det har påverkat cyberförsvarsförmågan.  Design/metod/approach - Studien är genomförd som en kvalitativ intervjustudie där respondenter från olika organisationsnivåer inom Försvarsmakten har gett sin syn på cybersoldatinförandet. Detta för att följa cybersoldatsrollen ur ett livscykelperspektiv från planeringsstadiet genom utbildningen och vidare mot karriären. Slutsatser – Resultatet av studien visar att strategin för uppbyggnaden av cyberförsvaret och cybersoldaternas roll inte är tillräckligt väl kommunicerad inom Försvarsmaktens organisation. Studien visar att det behövs ett livscykelperspektiv på cybersoldaternas kompetensutveckling som sträcker sig bortom värnplikten, vilket kan ses som ett paradigmskifte för hur Försvarsmakten normalt sett utbildar och hanterare krigsplacerad personal. / Purpose - Just like society in general, the Swedish Armed Forces are increasingly digitizing their operations. It increases capability but increases the risks of cyberattacks. As one of several measures, the Swedish Armed Forces therefore introduced the Cyber Soldier personnel category. The purpose of this study is to investigate how the introduction of cyber soldiers has been handled within the Swedish Armed Forces' organization and in what way it has affected cyber defence capability. Design/methodology/approach - The study was conducted as a qualitative interview study where respondents from different organizational levels gave their views on the cyber soldier introduction. This by following the cyber soldier role from a life cycle perspective from the planning stage through the education and on to the career. Findings - The findings of the study shows that the strategy for building up cyber defence and the role of cyber soldiers are not sufficiently well communicated within the Armed Forces. The study shows that there is a need for a life cycle perspective for cyber soldiers' competence development that extends beyond conscription, which can be seen as a paradigm shift for how the Armed Forces normally train and handle war-deployed personnel.