Svea Artillery Regiment

Svea Artillery Regiment
Svea artilleriregemente
Active 1794–1997
Country Sweden
Branch Swedish Army
Type Artillery
Size Regiment
Motto(s) Serve well
Colours Medium blue
March "Spirito militare"[1] (1891–1997)
Battle honours None

The Svea Artillery Regiment[2] (Swedish: Svea artilleriregemente), designation A 1, was a Swedish Army artillery regiment that traced its origins back to the 17th century. It was disbanded in 1997. The regiment's soldiers were originally recruited from Svealand, 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 Svea artilleriregemente was one. The regiment was given the designation A 1 (1st Artillery Regiment) in 1830. In 1889 three companies garrisoned in Vaxholm became independent and formed Vaxholm Artillery Corps.

In 1893 another four companies were split off to form Norrland Artillery Regiment and 2nd Svea Artillery Regiment. Due to this the regiment also changed name to 1st Svea Artillery Regiment. The name was changed back again in 1904. The regiment was garrisoned in Stockholm but moved to Linköping in 1963 before being disbanded in 1997.

Commanders

Regimental commander between 1900 and 1997.[3]

  • 1898–1902: Salomon Gottschalk Alfons Geijer
  • 1902–1909: Otto Wilhelm Virgin
  • 1909-1918: Gabriel Torén
  • 1918-1922: Axel Breitholtz
  • 1922-1926: Ludvig Hammarskiöld
  • 1926-1927: Axel Lyström
  • 1928-1935: Pehr Lagerhjelm
  • 1935-1937: Sture Gadd
  • 1937-1938: Hjalmar Thorén
  • 1938-1940: Axel Rappe
  • 1940-1941: Samuel Lars Åkerhielm (acting 1939)
  • 1941-1941: Gunnar Ekeroth (acting 1941)
  • 1941-1942: Gustaf Dyrssen
  • 1942-1948: Folke Ericsson
  • 1948-1951: Bert Carpelan
  • 1951–1953: Karl Ångström
  • 1953–1955: Gunnar af Klintberg
  • 1955–1959: Bengt Elis Leopold Brucsewitz
  • 1959–1961: Stig O:son Linström
  • 1961–1966: Carl Reuterswärd
  • 1966–1968: Tore Gustaf Arne Rääf
  • 1968–1974: Sven Werner
  • 1974–1979: Åke Eriksson
  • 1979–1982: Sven Perfors
  • 1982–1987: Rune Eriksson
  • 1987–1990: Karl-Ivar Pesula
  • 1990-1995: Curt-Christer Gustafsson
  • 1995–1997: Christer Lidström

Campaigns

  • ?

Organisation

  • ?

Name, designation and garrison

NameTranslationFromTo
Svea artilleriregementeSvea Artillery Regiment1794-06-23–1892-12-31
Första Svea artilleriregemente1st Svea Artillery Regiment1893-01-01–1904-12-07
Svea artilleriregementeSvea Artillery Regiment1904-12-08–1997-12-31
DesignationFromTo
A 11830–1997-12-31
Training ground
or garrison town		FromTo
Stockholm (G)1794-06-23–1949-06-06
Sundbyberg (G)1949-06-07–1963-03-31
Linköping (G)1963-04-01–1997-12-31

See also

References

Notes
  1. ↑ Sandberg, Bo (2007). Försvarets marscher och signaler förr och nu: marscher antagna av svenska militära förband, skolor och staber samt igenkännings-, tjänstgörings- och exercissignaler (in Swedish) (New ed.). Stockholm: Militärmusiksamfundet med Svenskt marscharkiv. p. 208. ISBN 978-91-631-8699-8. LIBRIS 10413065.
  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. 930. ISBN 91-1-775052-0. LIBRIS 8345587.
  3. ↑ Kjellander, Rune (2003). Sveriges regementschefer 1700-2000: chefsbiografier och förbandsöversikter (in Swedish). Stockholm: Probus. p. 311. ISBN 91-87184-74-5.
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.

Coordinates: 59°20′35″N 18°05′02″E / 59.34306°N 18.08389°E / 59.34306; 18.08389

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