Swedish Armoured Troops

Branch insignia model 1963 of the Swedish Armoured Troops.

Swedish Armoured Troops (Swedish: Pansartrupperna) is the armoured branch of the Swedish Army. Since 2005, the Armoured Troops include the South Scania Regiment (P 7) in Revingehed and Skaraborg Regiment (P 4) in Skövde, and since 2018 also Gotland Regiment (P 18).

History

In Sweden, after the World War I, a smaller number of tanks were procured. The training with these was located to Svea Life Guards (I 1). According to the Defence Act of 1925, a tank battalion was organized, which was placed to Göta Life Guards (I 2).[1] According to the Defence Act of 1936, a tank battalion was organized at each of the Södermanland Regiment (I 10) and Skaraborg Regiment (I 9). According to the Defence Act of 1942, the armoured troops were organized in peace-time as an independent branch of four armoured regiments (Göta Armour Guards Regiment, Scanian Armoured Regiment, Södermanland Armoured Regiment and Skaraborg Armoured Regiment). The Swedish Armoured Troops were organized in war-time in armoured brigades consisting of, among other things, a tank and two armoured infantry battalions and an artillery battalion.[1]

Officers where trained at the Swedish Armoured Troops School in Skövde 1944–1981, the Swedish Armoured Troops Combat School (Pansartruppernas stridsskola, PS) in Skövde 1981–1991 and the Swedish Armoured Troops Cadet and Officer Candidate School in Enköping 1961–1981.

Inspector of the Swedish Armoured Troops

Pehr Janse, Inspector 1942–45.

The head was called Inspector of the Swedish Armoured Troops (Pansarinspektören).[2] The Inspector was from 1991 to 1995 the head of the Swedish Army Armoured Center (Arméns pansarcentrum, PaC). Below is a list of inspectors active in the years 1942–1995.[3]

  • 1942–1945 – Pehr Janse
  • 1945–1946 – Gunnar Berggren
  • 1946–1956 – Birger Pontén
  • 1956–1957 – Gustav Åkerman
  • 1957–1960 – Malcolm Murray
  • 1960–1963 – Tage Olihn
  • 1963–1967 – Per-Hjalmar Bauer
  • 1967–1976 – Hugo Cederschiöld
  • 1976–1980 – Per Björkman
  • 1980–1983 – Björn Zickerman
  • 1983–1985 – Curt Hasselgren
  • 1985–1990 – Håkan Waernulf
  • 1990–1993 – Stig Edgren
  • 1993–1995 – Alf Sandqvist

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Carlquist, Gunnar; Carlsson, Josef, eds. (1955). Svensk uppslagsbok (in Swedish) (2nd, revis. and enlarged ed.). Malmö: Förlagshuset Norden. pp. 345–346. LIBRIS 11112. Archived from the original on 2014-03-12.
  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. 630. ISBN 91-1-775052-0. LIBRIS 8345587.
  3. ↑ Kjellander, Bo, ed. (1992). Pansartrupperna 1942–1992 (in Swedish). Skövde: Arméns pansarcentrum. p. 355. ISBN 91-630-1253-7. LIBRIS 7449092.

Further reading

  • Anderson, Jan, ed. (1982). Pansartrupperna 40 år (in Swedish). [Hässleholm]: [Skånska dragonregementet]. LIBRIS 379283.
  • Henriksson, Peter, ed. (1993). Pansartrupperna 50 år: en bildkavalkad (in Swedish). Skövde: Arméns pansarcentrum. LIBRIS 1746856.
  • Kjellander, Bo, ed. (1992). Pansartrupperna 1942–1992 (in Swedish). Skövde: Arméns pansarcentrum. ISBN 91-630-1253-7. LIBRIS 7449092.
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