Göta Artillery Regiment

Göta Artillery Regiment
Göta artilleriregemente
Standard
Active 1794–1962
Country  Sweden
Branch Swedish Army
Type Artillery
Size Regiment
Colours Yellow
March "Auf nach Valencia" (around 1860–1962)

The Göta Artillery Regiment (Swedish: Göta artilleriregemente), designation A 2, was a Swedish Army artillery regiment that traced its origins back to the 17th century. It was disbanded in 1962. The regiment's soldiers were originally recruited from Götaland, and it was also garrisoned there.

History

The regiment has its origins in the Artillery Regiment raised in 1636. That regiment was split into four new regiments in 1794 of which Göta artilleriregemente was one. The regiment was given the designation A 2 (2nd Artillery Regiment) in 1830. In 1893 four companies were split off to form Norrland Artillery Regiment and Karlsborg Artillery Corps (Karlsborgs artillerikår).

The regiment also changed name to 1st Göta Artillery Regiment (Första Göta artilleriregemente) in 1893, and another two companies were split off to form Småland Artillery Regiment (Smålands artilleriregemente) in 1895. The name was changed back again in 1904. The regiment was garrisoned in Gothenburg until it was disbanded in 1962.

Commanders

Regimental commanders between 1900 and 1962.[1]

  • 1898–1904: Georg Liljenroth
  • 1904–1913: Axel Bergenzaun
  • 1913–1922: Carl Bastiat Hamilton
  • 1922–1930: Sixten E Schmidt
  • 1930–1936: Gunnar Salander
  • 1936–1938: Axel Rappe
  • 1938–1943: Sune Bergelin
  • 1943–1946: Gunnar Ekeroth
  • 1946–1957: Stig Tarras-Wahlberg
  • 1957–1960: Alarik Astrup G:son Bergman
  • 1960–1962: Nils Gustaf Holmstedt

Campaigns

  • ?

Organisation

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Name, designation and garrison

NameTranslationFromTo
Göta artilleriregementeGöta Artillery Regiment1794-06-23–1892-12-31
Första Göta artilleriregemente1st Göta Artillery Regiment1893-01-01–1904-12-07
Göta artilleriregementeGöta Artillery Regiment1904-12-08–1962-03-31
DesignationFromTo
A 21830–1962-03-31
Training ground
or garrison town		FromTo
Gothenburg (G)1794-06-23–1962-03-31

See also

References

Notes
  1. ↑ Braunstein, Christian (2003). Sveriges arméförband under 1900-talet. Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 5 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. pp. 185–186. ISBN 91-971584-4-5.
Print
  • Braunstein, Christian (2003). Sveriges arméförband under 1900-talet. Stockholm: Statens Försvarshistoriska Museer. ISBN 91-971584-4-5.
  • Holmberg, Björn (1993). Arméns regementen, skolor och staber: en sammanställning. Arvidsjaur: Svenskt militärhistoriskt bibliotek. ISBN 91-972209-0-6.
  • Kjellander, Rune (2003). Sveriges regementschefer 1700–2000: chefsbiografier och förbandsöversikter. Stockholm: Probus. ISBN 91-87184-74-5.
  • Nelsson, Bertil (1993). Från Brunkeberg till Nordanvind: 500 år med svenskt infanteri. Stockholm: Probus. ISBN 91-87184-23-0.
  • Svensk rikskalender 1908. Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt & Söner. 1908.
Online
  • Holmén, Pelle; Sjöberg, Jan (2007). "Swedish Armed Forces 1900–2000". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-08-26.
  • Högman, Hans (2007). "Militaria – Svensk militärhistoria". Retrieved 2007-08-26.
  • Persson, Mats (1998). "Swedish Army Regiments". Archived from the original on 2007-08-30. Retrieved 2007-08-26.
  • Sharman, Ken (2000). "Swedish military administrative division as per 1629". Retrieved 2007-08-26.
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