Södermanland Regiment (armoured)

Södermanland Regiment
Södermanlands regemente
(P 10/P 3)
Active 1942–1957 (as P 3)
1963–2005 (as P 10)
Country Sweden
Branch Swedish Army
Type Armoured
Size Regiment
Motto

"Regimus neque hostis"

( "It is we who decide - not the enemy")
Colours Black and yellow
March "Södermanlands regementes marsch"
Battle honours Warsaw (1656), Frederiksodde (1658), Bält (1658), Fraustadt (1706), Helsingborg (1710), Gadebusch (1712), Stäket (1719)

The Södermanland Regiment (Swedish: Södermanlands regemente), designated P 10 or P 3 and P 10/Fo 43, was an armored regiment of the Swedish army with its roots in the 17th century. The regiment was discontinued in 2005 and was located in Strängnäs.

History

The regiment was converted from an infantry regiment to an armored regiment in 1963. The regiment was dismantled in 2006. The last conscripts were introduced on April 8, 2005.

Education companies

Commanders

Regimental commanders active during the time the regiment was organized as an armored unit.[1] For regimental commanders before 1942, and between the years 1957-1963, when the regiment was organized as the armored infantry regiment, see Södermanland Regiment (infantry).

  • 1942-1956: Erik Cavalli
  • 1956-1956: Fritz-Ivar Virgin
  • 1963-1963: Fritz-Ivar Virgin
  • 1963-1970: Gunnar Henrikson
  • 1970-1976: Stig Wilhelm Colliander
  • 1976-1979: Nils Stenqvist
  • 1979-1983: Åke Mauritz Eriksson
  • 1983-1991: Nils-Gunnar Lundgren
  • 1991-1994: Jan Åke Andersson
  • 1994-1997: Thor-Lennart Loo
  • 1997-2000: Peter Georg Theodor Lundberg
  • 2000-2003: Ingemar Gustafsson
  • 2003-2005: Bengt Degerman

Trivia

The Film Ninth Company (1987) by Colin Nutley was filmed in the regiment.

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Category:Södermanlands regemente.

References

  1. ↑ Kjellander, Rune (2003). Sveriges regementschefer 1700-2000: chefsbiografier och förbandsöversikter (in Swedish). Stockholm: Probus Förlag HB. p. 315. ISBN 91-87184-74-5.

Coordinates: 59°23′10″N 17°00′24″E / 59.38611°N 17.00667°E / 59.38611; 17.00667

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