Military Academy Karlberg

Military Academy Karlberg
Militärhögskolan Karlberg
Type Military academy
Established 1792 (1792)
Commander of the School Colonel Mats Danielsson
Academic staff
 120
Undergraduates 300
Location Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
Campus Karlberg Palace
Website www.forsvarsmakten.se/en/
Karlberg Palace

Military Academy Karlberg (Swedish: Militärhögskolan Karlberg, MHS K) is a Swedish military academy, since its inauguration in 1792 in operation in the Karlberg Palace in Solna, just north of central Stockholm. It is thus the oldest military academy in the world to remain in its original location.

Swedish cadets join the academy as part of their three-year training as do officers aspiring to become navy lieutenants or army and air force captains.[1]

As of 2007, the academy employs approximately 150 people and train some 300 officers annually.[2] Notwithstanding Karlberg being a military institution, the palace and its park, classified as a historical monument of national interest, is accessible to the general public.[3]

History

King Gustav III's ambitions to establish an academy for cadets at Ulriksdal Palace were cancelled following his death in 1792 as his wife Queen Sophia Magdalena wished to have that palace as a private residence. The Kungliga Krigsacademien ("Royal War Academy") was subsequently relocated to Karlberg Palace, the former royal summer residence, where the first generation of cadets began their education in November the same year.[2]

Shortly after the death of the king, during the regency of Gustav IV Adolf, an enlargement was found necessary to accommodate the officers and construction work on the elongated pavilions of the palace commenced the following year to be accomplished to the design of Carl Christoffer Gjörwell three years later.[2]

Until 1867 both navy and army cadets were educated at Karlberg, after which the two military educations were separated for 132 years before being unified again in 1999, since 2003 accompanied by air force officers.[1]

Heraldry and traditions

The colour of the Military Academy Karlberg is drawn by Ingrid Lamby and embroidered by machine in insertion technique by the company Libraria. The colour was presented to the former Military Academy (Krigsskolan Karlberg, KS) at the Karlberg Palace in Solna by His Majesty the King Carl XVI Gustaf at the 200-years school anniversary on 23 May 1992. Blazon: "On blue cloth in the centre, an erect white rapier of Gustaf II Adolf pattern surmounted an open yellow chaplet of laurels and in the second and fourth corners the year 1792 divided with two yellow figures in each corner."[4]

In 2002, the Militärhögskolan Karlbergs förtjänstmedalj ("Military Academy Karlberg Medal of Merit") in gold/silver/bronz (MHSKGM/SM/BM) were established.[5][6][7]

Heads

  • 1792-1793: Governor Major General Peter Bernhard Piper
  • 1793-1824: Governor Major General Count Nils August Cronstedt
  • 1824-1839: Governor General Johan Lefrén
  • 1839-1850: Governor Colonel Adolf Ammilon
  • 1850-1861: Governor Lieutenant General Magnus Thulstrup
  • 1861-1865: Governor Colonel Carl Gustaf Lagercrantz
  • 1865-1875: Governor Colonel Lars Johan Malcolm Reenstierna
  • 1875-1882: Colonel Count Gustaf Snoilsky
  • 1882-1890: Colonel Henning Thulstrup
  • 1890-1897: General Gustaf Uggla
  • 1897-1901: Colonel Hans Alexander Gustaf Altvater Pantzerhielm
  • 1901-1906: Lieutenant Colonel Baron Adolf Fredrik Constantin Fock
  • 1906-1912: Lieutenant General Baron Vilhelm Rappe
  • 1912-1916: Colonel Gustaf Bouveng
  • 1916-1921: Colonel Erik Nordenskjöld
  • 1921-1926: Lieutenant Colonel Tage af Klercker
  • 1926-1930: Colonel Carl Uggla
  • 1930-1933: Colonel Ernst af Klercker
  • 1933-1937: Colonel Karl Gustaf Emanuel Brandel
  • 1937-1940: Major General Gustaf Petri
  • 1940-1944: Colonel Bertil Uggla
  • 1944-1947: Colonel Gilbert Nordqvist
  • 1947-1949: Major General Carl Fredrik Reinhold Lemmel
  • 1949-1953: Colonel Malcolm Murray
  • 1953-1958: Major General Bengt Carl Olof Hjelm
  • 1958-1964: Colonel Anders Grafström
  • 1964-1969: Colonel Nils-Ivar Carlborg
  • 1969-1973: Colonel 1st rank Gösta Gärdin
  • 1973-1974: Major General Bengt Liljestrand
  • 1974-1976: Colonel 1st rank Gunnar Olov Johannes Hallström
  • 1976-1980: Colonel 1st rank Rolf Frykhammar
  • 1980-1983: Lieutenant General Curt Sjöö
  • 1983-1988: Colonel 1st rank Matts Uno Liljegren
  • 1988-1992: Colonel Knut Anders Gustaf Anerud
  • 1992-1997: Colonel Lars Björkman
  • 1997-1998: Colonel Urban Staaff
  • 1999-2001: Colonel Jan-Axel Thomelius
  • 2002-2004: Colonel Bengt Nylander
  • 2005-2008: Colonel Urban Molin
  • 2008-2009: Lieutenant Colonel mst Mats Alnevik
  • 2009-2013: Colonel Mats Danielsson
  • 2013-2014: Lieutenant Colonel mst Mats Alnevik
  • 2014–present: Colonel Rikard Askstedt

Names

The various names of the Military Academy Karlberg:[8][9]

NameTranslationActive
Kungliga KrigsakademinRoyal War Academy1792–1863
Kungliga Krigsskolan[10]Royal Military Academy[10]1863–1983
Krigsskolan KarlbergMilitary Academy Karlberg1983–1998
Militärhögskolan KarlbergMilitary Academy Karlberg1999–

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Military Academy Karlberg
  2. 1 2 3 Historiesajten
  3. ↑ Fortifikationsverket
  4. ↑ Braunstein, Christian (2004). Svenska försvarsmaktens fälttecken efter millennieskiftet [The flags and standards of the Swedish armed forces after the turn of the millennium] (PDF). Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 7 [dvs 8] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. p. 96. ISBN 91-971584-7-X. LIBRIS 9815350.
  5. ↑ "MHSKGM". www.medalj.nu (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "MHSKSM". www.medalj.nu (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "MHSKBM". www.medalj.nu (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "Krigsskolan (1792 – )" [War Academy (1792 – )] (in Swedish). National Archives of Sweden. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  9. ↑ Grafström, Claes, ed. (2014). Kungliga Krigsskolans officerskurs 1968-1969 (OK 68-69) erkannerligen Den mäktige 177.QRZN behagar härmed utgiva sin QRZ-bok nr 3 (in Swedish). Uppsala: 177. officerskursen vid Krigsskolan Karlberg. ISBN 9789163759871. LIBRIS 17165259.
  10. 1 2 Gullberg, Ingvar E. (1977). Svensk-engelsk fackordbok för näringsliv, förvaltning, undervisning och forskning [A Swedish-English dictionary of technical terms used in business, industry, administration, education and research] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 1443. ISBN 91-1-775052-0. LIBRIS 8345587.

References

  • "About Swedish armed Forces, Military Academy Karlberg". Swedish Armed Forces Staff College. Archived from the original on 2007-12-13. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
  • "Karlberg" (in Swedish). Historiesajten. 2007-09-09. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
  • "Karlbergs slott" (in Swedish). Fortifikationsverket. Archived from the original on 2008-04-22. Retrieved 2008-01-05.

Coordinates: 59°20′26″N 18°01′11″E / 59.34056°N 18.01972°E / 59.34056; 18.01972

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