National CBRN Defence Centre

Coordinates: 63°50′14″N 20°15′14″E / 63.83722°N 20.25389°E / 63.83722; 20.25389

National CBRN Defence Centre
(SkyddC)
Totalförsvarets skyddscentrum
(SkyddC)
Coat of arms.
Active 1953–
Country Sweden
Allegiance Swedish Armed Forces
Branch Försvarsmaktsgemensam
Role Totalförsvaret in Sweden
Size

Company (Career officers: 64. Non-combatant employee: 15.

Group commanders, soldiers and sailors: 23)
Garrison/HQ Stockholm (1953–1970)
Kungsängen (1970–1992)
Umeå (1992–)
Colors Green and white
March "Nordsalut" (Lundqvist)[1]
Commanders
Current
commander		 Colonel Jan Demarkesse
SkyddS coat of arms 1953-1988.

National CBRN Defence Centre (Swedish: Totalförsvarets skyddscentrum, SkyddC) is a Swedish military unit with expertise regarding CBRN defense used by both the army, marines and the air force. The unit has been existing in different forms since 1953. Totalförsvarets skyddscentrum is localised together with Västerbottensgruppen (UG 61) within Umeå Garrison (also known as Umestan), which is the barracks that previously were used by Västerbotten Regiment.

History

The center has its origin from the gas technicians who were employed in the Swedish Armed Forces in the 1930s. In 1953 the Army ABC-Defence School (Arméns skyddskola) was formed within Swedish Infantry Combat School (InfSS) in Rosersberg. When InfSS was moved to Linköping the "Skyddskola" was transferred to Svea Life Guards (I 1), with had its former location at Ulriksdal.

In 1968 the school received new tasks and the name was changed to ABC-Defence School of the Armed Forces (Försvarets skyddsskola). 1970 moved the school along with the Svea Life Guards to Kungsängen.[2] On 1 July 1988 the school was separated from the Svea Life Guards, and received new tasks with a focus on Totalförsvaret, with this organizational change, the school changed the name to ABC-Defence School of the Total Defence (Totalförsvarets skyddsskola).[3][4]

After that the parliament voted for the Government Bill 1987/88: 112, it was decided that the school would be relocated in 1992 to Umeå Garrison.[3][4]

On 27 July 2009 the last batch of conscripts started their training. Their training took place at Swea kompani at the National CBRN Defence Centre (Totalförsvarets skyddscentrum).[5] These were later to be discharge at the 17 June 2010.[6]

Most of the Swedish CBRN expertise is now gathered in Umeå, where SkyddC since autumn 2008 is part of a network that is part of the European CBRNE Center, including the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), Umeå University, Västerbotten County Council and Umeå Municipality.[7]

The Swedish government decided in late 2010 to expand the CBRN focus with an indoor facility at SkyddC. This is to increase the safety of the training with CBRN material.[8] In total around 80 million was to be invested in the facility.[9]

Heraldry and traditions

The colour is drawn by Bengt Olof Kälde and embroidered by machine in insertion technique by the company Libraria. The colour was presented to the then ABC-Defence School of the [Swedish] Total Defence (Totalförsvarets skyddsskola, SkyddS) at the Artillery Square in Stockholm by the Supreme Commander, general Owe Wiktorin on 30 April 1996. Blazon: "On white cloth a rampant green dragon, armed red."[10] In 2012, the Totalförsvarets skyddscentrums förtjänstmedalj (SkyddCGM/SM) of the 8th size in gold/silver was established.[11][12]

Commanding officers

  • 1952–195?: Svante Johan Millqvist
  • 195?–1963: ?
  • 1963–1964: Ingemar Grunditz
  • 1964–1967: ?
  • 1967–1971: Hans Carlsson
  • 1971–197?: Sigfrid Tellqvist
  • 197?–1982: ?
  • 1982–198?: Ingmar Björnsson
  • 198?–200?: ?
  • 200?–2004: Dick Stode
  • 2004–2012: Gunnar Söderström
  • 2012–2017: Jan Demarkesse (previously Jan Johansson)
  • 2017–201?: Michael Magnesten (acting)

Name, Designation and Compound

NameTranslationFromTo
Arméns skyddsskola[Swedish] Army ABC-Defence School[13]
[Swedish] Army NBC Defense School[14]		1953–1968
Försvarets skyddsskolaABC-Defence School of the [Swedish] Armed Forces[15]1968–1988
Totalförsvarets skyddsskolaABC-Defence School of the [Swedish] Total Defence1988–2000
Totalförsvarets skyddscentrumNational CBRN Defence Centre[16]2000–
DesignationFromTo
SkyddS1953–2000
SkyddC2000–
CompoundsFromTo
Rosersberg1953–1961
Ulriksdal1961–1970
Kungsängen1970–1992
Umeå1992–

References

  1. ↑ Sandberg, Bo (2007). Försvarets marscher och signaler förr och nu (in Swedish). Gävle: Militärmusiksamfundet med Svenskt Marscharkiv. p. 209. ISBN 978-91-631-8699-8.
  2. ↑ Holmberg, Björn (1993). Arméns regementen, skolor och staber: [en uppslagsbok] : en sammanställning (in Swedish). Arvidsjaur: Svenskt militärhistoriskt bibliotek (SMB). p. 64. ISBN 91-972209-0-6.
  3. 1 2 "Om Totalförsvarets skyddscentrum" [About the National CBRN Defence Centre] (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. Archived from the original on 11 February 2009. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Regeringens proposition 1987/88:112-om lokalisering av en för totalförsvaret gemensam skyddsskola" (in Swedish). Riksdag. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
  5. ↑ "Inryckning till Swea kompani" (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 29 July 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
  6. ↑ "Sista muck!" (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 17 June 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  7. ↑ "Centrum för säkerhets- och sårbarhetsforskning invigs vid Umeå universitet" (in Swedish). Umeå University. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  8. ↑ "Unik CBRN-anläggning byggs i Umeå" [Unique CBRN facility built in Umeå] (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 14 February 2011. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
  9. ↑ "Försvaret kan få unik anläggning i Umeå" [The military can get an unique facility in Umeå]. Folkbladet (in Swedish). 29 March 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  10. ↑ 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. 101. ISBN 91-971584-7-X. LIBRIS 9815350.
  11. ↑ "SkyddCGM". www.medalj.nu (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  12. ↑ "SkyddCSM". www.medalj.nu (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  13. ↑ 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. 41. ISBN 91-1-775052-0. LIBRIS 8345587.
  14. ↑ Appich, Jr., Thomas W. (22 July 1988). "REFERENCE AID SWEDISH-ENGLISH GLOSSARY OF MILITARY AND TECHNICAL ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS" (PDF). Joint Publications Research Service. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. p. 148. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  15. ↑ 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. 1383. ISBN 91-1-775052-0. LIBRIS 8345587.
  16. ↑ "NATIONAL CBRN DEFENCE CENTRE - SKYDDC". Swedish Armed Forces. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  • "The National CBRN Defence Centre". forsvarsmakten.se. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  • "European CBRNE Center". 2 October 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2014.

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