The war in Ukraine stresses the need to be able to learn from the experiences of others in order to rapidly increase the operational effect.
The aim of this thesis is to examine whether lessons learned from the war in Ukraine are implemented in the Swedish officers training and identify potential obstacles. The study is a descriptive case study based mainly on interviews with executives in the Swedish Armed Forces and the Swedish Defence University. Through a theoretical lens, based on Chua and Lam's theory of why experience management projects fail, I analyze interviews, reports, doctrine and handbooks to find if and how lessons learned are implemented in Swedish officer training and what failure factors that can be found.
This study shows that lessons learned from the war in Ukraine are implemented, despite the lack of a lessons learned process suitable for the purpose. It furthermore shows that there are a number of obstacles to lessons learned management which largely correspond to previous research. The study provides new knowledge on how lessons learned are implemented in the Swedish armed forces and shows the need for an improved theory on obstacles for knowledge management.