But it is true that sweden ordered more aircrafts then they later needed due to the fall of sovietunion, but that order was changed and not all where delivered.

Out of 204 Gripens ordered by FMV, how many are not yet manufactured/delivered?

Also note that what Saab said in their 2011 Year End Report.

Swedish Air Force:
120 aircraft: 106 JAS 39A and 14 JAS 39B 84 aircraft : 70 JAS 39C and 14 JAS 39D

And the numbers add up nicely like this: 134 in SwAF + 67 export/lease + 3 test aircraft = 204 originally ordered by FMV for SwAF

Yes South Africa, Czech, Hungary and Thailand all received new builds, but those new builds were originally ordered by FMV for the Swedish air force. That means Sweden sold unwanted “delivery slots” to other countries.

Here is a reference from swedish AF, remember that 3 aircrafts where test -aircrafts, never delivered to SwAF. I cant find any english version. 134 are used by SwAF, it doesnt show the complete picture tough, because i miss southafrica and Thailand aircrafts. My source says that Swiss AF is buying new aircrafts, but they will surely lease some (new) C/D or Versions for a short while before delivery. If they want to start pilottraining and so on. Im sure they can have them in place in short notice.

There are strong interest in tje remaining C/D-versions from other users, both current operators and new ones. The deal with SAF does not in any way come as a result from surplus older versions. Thats another story altoghether.

Till FMV/Försvarsmakten levererade Jas 39 Gripen
Totalt: 201 st
Jas 39A: 104 st (varav ca 25 st Jas 39A har ombyggts till 14 st JAS 39C/D för Ungern)
Jas 39B: 14 st
Jas 39C: 69 st (varav 12 st leasas av Tjeckien)
Jas 39D: 14 st (varav 2 st leasas av Tjeckien)
(Ursprungligen beställdes totalt 204 st JAS 39. 1 st Jas 39A fick ersätta provflygplan 39-1 som havererade 1989, 1 st Jas 39A blev prototyp för tvåsitsiga Jas 39B, 1 st Jas 39C blev provflygplan vid Saab)

Totalt finns 134 flygplan i tjänst i det svenska flygvapnet:
Jas 39A: 54 st
Jas 39B: 12 st.
Jas 39C: 56 st.
Jas 39D: 12 st.

Andcif u compare notes with wiki it makes sence
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_Gripen
According to this 163 is in service. Those that are missing should be old A/B version due for upgrade to C/D standard by request from SwAF and other users, and those in storage.

134 in SwAF + 67 export/lease + 3 test aircraft = 204 originally ordered by FMV for SwAF

67 export/lease = 26 South Africa + 14 Czech + 14 Hungary + 12 Thailand + 1 UK ETPS

It gives me an impression that all the export campaigns so far (perhaps except the Swiss campaign?) have been just to offload unwanted Gripens to somebody else.

Raw conclusion is simple: Gripen E/F wasnt the best aircraft overall in the final evaluation, but met min.req on all aspects and it was the most economical buy.

BTW, will the SAF get “new production” Gripens or get some ex-Swedish Gripens upgraded to the E/F standard?

In 2001 Saab stated FMV “ordered” 204 Gripens, and the page 10 of the 2011 Year End Report dated 10th February 2012 and the Swedish Ny Teknik article below seem to suggest all 67 export/leased Gripens so far actually have come out of those 204 Gripens ordered by FMV before 2001.

The Ny Teknik article says “The Swedish Armed Forces bought 204 pieces of the JAS 39 Gripen of Saab since the first orders were in the 1980s” and “In total there are currently 134 aircraft in service in the Swedish Air Force”, which means Sweden ordered 204 and then sold/leased off 67 to other countries, leaving 134 in the Swedish air force service. Remaining 3 could perhaps be used by Saab for development work.

http://www.nyteknik.se/nyheter/fordon_motor/flygplan/article3419633.ece

FAKTA 204 plan för 130 miljarder

Det svenska försvaret har köpt 204 stycken Jas 39 Gripen av Saab sedan de första beställningarna lades på 1980-talet. Sammanlagt har det kostat svenska skattebetalare cirka 130 miljarder kronor.

De 204 planen blev 201 sedan tre plan använts till annat. Så här fördelade sig de 201 planen:

Jas 39A: 104 st (varav ca 25 st Jas 39A har ombyggts till 14 st JAS 39C/D för Ungern)
Jas 39B: 14 st
Jas 39C: 69 st (varav 12 st leasas av Tjeckien)
Jas 39D: 14 st (varav 2 st leasas av Tjeckien)

Totalt finns i dag 134 flygplan i tjänst i det svenska flygvapnet:

Jas 39A: 54 st
Jas 39B: 12 st
Jas 39C: 56 st
Jas 39D: 12 st

Källa: Försvarsmakten

It would be hideously more expensive due to all the setup costs related to building all the parts, assembly facilities, training, etc that can only be spread across 42 planes.

At least the costs related to the F-2 were planed to be spread across a few hundred planes.

Originally planned to be a 141-aircraft fleet, then cut down to 130, 98 and finally 94.

The concept definition phase is underway but local defence media reports that it is going to be air defence / interceptor focused aircraft to supplement F-35.

No info wheher it would be a single- or twin-engined design?