Skaraborg Regiment (armoured)

Skaraborg Regiment
Skaraborgs regemente
(P 4)
Active 1942
Country Sweden
Branch Swedish Army
Type Armoured
Size Regiment
Motto "Arvet förpliktar" ("The heritage obligates")
Colours Black and yellow
March "Geschwindmarsch"
Battle honours Varberg (1565), Narva (1581), Lützen (1632), Leipzig (1642), Warsaw (1656), Lund (1676), Landskrona (1677), Malatitze (1708)

The Skaraborg Regiment (Swedish: Skaraborgs regemente), designation P 4, is a Swedish Army armoured regiment that traces its origins back to the 16th century. It was converted from an infantry regiment in 1942. The regiment's soldiers were originally recruited from Skaraborg County, and it is currently garrisoned in Skövde, in former Skaraborg County.

History

The regiment was converted from the infantry regiment Skaraborgs regemente in 1942 and was given the name Skaraborgs pansarregemente. The regiment was given the designation P 4 (4th Armoured Regiment) and was garrisoned in Skövde. It changed name to Skaraborgs regemente in 1963, and in 1974, the regiment gained the new designation P 4/Fo 35 as a consequence of a merge with the local defence area Fo 35. For a short time in the 1990s, the unit was then merged with the wartime organised Skaraborg Brigade, designation MekB 9. In 2000, the unit was reorganised once again, and was redesignated back to its old designation P 4, the name was also changed back to Skaraborgs regemente.

Campaigns

Organisation

In peacetime Skaraborgs regiment trains conscripts for the Swedish wartime organisation. Skaraborgs regiment train armoured troops and use the Swedish modified Leopard 2A5 IS, Strv 122, and vehicles from the CV90 family. The peacetime organisation train one battalion a year around 600 people. The main garrison is situated in Skövde in Västergötland and most of the training grounds can be found around Skövde, the regiment also has a smaller detachment in Kvarn in Östergötland where Grenadjär company and a Mortar platoon is trained.

The peacetime organisation is not synonymous with the wartime organisation. But in the peacetime organisation conscripts are trained at following companies.

Other vehicles used by the regiment: TGB 11, 13 & 20, Bv 206.

Name, designation and garrison

NameTranslationFrom To
Skaraborgs pansarregementeSkaraborg Armoured Regiment1942-10-011963-03-30
Skaraborgs regementeSkaraborg Regiment1963-04-011998
Skaraborgs regemente och
Skaraborgsbrigaden
Skaraborg Regiment and
Skaraborg Brigade
19982000-06-30
Skaraborgs regementeSkaraborg Regiment2000-07-01
DesignationFrom To
P 41942-10-011974-06-30
P 4/Fo 351974-07-011998
MekB 919982000-06-30
P 42000-07-01
Training ground
or garrison town
From To
Skövde (G)1942-10-01

Commanders

Regimental commanders active from when the regiment was organized as an armored unit.[1] For regimental commanders before 1942, see Skaraborg Regiment (infantry). For the years 1996-2000, see Skaraborg Regiment and Skaraborg Brigade.

  • 1942–1946: Birger Pontén
  • 1946–1949: Nils Axel Hjalmar Björk
  • 1949–1954: Per Arvid Christian Ahlgren
  • 1954–1966: Hans Waldemar Malmgren
  • 1966–1967: Hugo Cederschiöld
  • 1967–1968: Gustav Fredrik Carl Peyron
  • 1968–1976: Per Anton Björkman
  • 1976–1980: Per-Gunnar Brissman
  • 1980–1984: Carl-Gösta Norderup
  • 1984–1987: Bror Gustaf Arne Lindblom
  • 1987–1992: Lars Jerker Löfberg
  • 1992–1993: Alf Sandqvist
  • 1993–1995: Björn Arne Anderson
  • 1995–1997: Arne Hedman
  • 1998–2000: See Skaraborg Regiment and Skaraborg Brigade
  • 2000–2004: Anders Lindberg
  • 2004–2007: Håkan Swedin
  • 2007–2012: Ronald Månsson
  • 2012–idag: Fredrik Ståhlberg

See also

References

Notes
  1. Kjellander, Rune (2003). Sveriges regementschefer 1700–2000: chefsbiografier och förbandsöversikter (in Swedish). Stockholm: Probus. 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

External links

Coordinates: 58°22′46″N 13°50′43″E / 58.37944°N 13.84528°E / 58.37944; 13.84528

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