Svealand Artillery Regiment

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

The Svealand Artillery Regiment (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 Artilleriregementet 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 Vaxholms artillerikår.

In 1893 another four companies were split off to form Norrlands artilleriregemente and Andra Svea artilleriregemente. Due to this the regiment also changed name to Första Svea artilleriregemente. 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.^[1]

• 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

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Organisation

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Name, designation and garrison

Name	Translation	From		To
Svea artilleriregemente	Svealand Artillery Regiment	1794-06-23	–	1892-12-31
Första Svea artilleriregemente	1st Svealand Artillery Regiment	1893-01-01	–	1904-12-07
Svea artilleriregemente	Svealand Artillery Regiment	1904-12-08	–	1997-12-31

Designation	From		To
A 1	1830	–	1997-12-31

Training ground or garrison town	From		To
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

• List of Swedish regiments
• Provinces of Sweden

References

Notes

1. 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". 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