The Svea Engineer Corps (), designation Ing 1, was a Swedish Army engineer unit that traced its origins back to the 19th century. It was disbanded in 1997. The unit was garrisoned in Uppland and Södermanland.
History The unit has its origins in Sapper Company raised in 1855. The company was reorganised to a battalion-sized unit in 1864 and was renamed Sapper Corps. This unit was transformed to a pontoon bridge battalion, Pontoon Battalion, in 1867. The battalion then changed its name once again in 1893 to Svea Engineer Battalion, and in 1902 to Svea Engineer Corps, when it gained the designation Ing 1 (1st Engineer Regiment). That same year, the field telegraphy company that had been attached to the unit became independent and later formed Uppland Regiment.
Svea Engineer Corps was upgraded to a regiment in 1957 and was renamed Svea Engineer Regiment. It was then downgraded to a battalion unit again in 1994, just three years before the unit was disbanded, in 1997. The regiment was garrisoned in Stockholm, Solna and Södertälje during its lifetime.
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Heraldry and traditions
Coat of arms The coat of the arms of the Svea Engineer Regiment (Ing 1) 1977–1994 and the Svea Engineer Corps (Ing 1) 1994–1997. Blazon: "Azure, the lesser coat of arms of Sweden, three open crowns placed two and one The shield surmounted a cluster of rays coming down from a mullet, or".
Colours, standards and guidons The colour of Ing 2 was presented on 26 September 1935 by His Majestyg the King Gustaf V at the 300th Anniversary of the Swedish Fortification Corps in Stockholm. It was carried from 1 January 1998 by the Norrland Engineer Corps. When the colour was taken out of use, it was not handed over to the Swedish Army Museum but was exhibited at Ing 1's museum on Laxön. The colour couldn't therefore be admitted to the Swedish Army Museum collection until 2012.
Medals In 1997, ("Svea Engineer Corps (Ing 1) Commemorative Medal") i silver (SveaingSMM) of the 8th size was established. The medal is oval and the medal ribbon is divided in black, yellow and black moiré.
Commanding officers
Regimental commanders and battalion and corps commanders between 1900 and 1997.
1900–1904: Nils Gustaf Stedt (also commander of the Field Telegraph Corps (Ing 3). 1904–1910: Georg Juhlin-Dannfelt 1910–1915: August Fredrik Thorssell 1915–1915: Hjalmar Ertman Smitt 1915–1920: Erik Conrad Eriksson 1920–1924: Karl Amundson 1924–1926: Sven Erik Bjurgren 1926–1931: Gustaf Julius Rabe 1931–1934: Sven Alin 1934–1941: Sven Eberhard Tydén 1941–1941: Gunnar Edward Ström 1941–1948: Anders Walther Graûmann 1948–1953: Wilhelm Gottlieb Dahlgren 1953–1959: Axel Welin 1959–1965: Nils Christian Rabe 1965–1969: Åke Bernström 1969–1975: Kåre Svanfeldt 1975–1981: Anders Jonsson 1981–1982: Bengt Gustafsson 1982–1984: Sven-Erik Nilsson 1984–1989: Lars-Åke Persson 1989–1989: Carl Göran Gerhard De Geer 1989–1990: Björn Falkenström (acting) 1990–1994: Björn Falkenström 1994–1997: Christer Wulff
Names, designations and locations Name Translation From To Royal Sapper Company 1855 – 1864 Royal Sapper Corps 1864 – 1866-12-31 Royal Pontoon Battalion 1867-01-01 – 1892-12-31 Royal Svea Engineer Battalion 1893-01-01 – 1901-12-31 Royal Svea Engineer Corps 1902-01-01 – 1957-06-30 Royal Svea Engineer Regiment 1957-07-01 – 1974-12-31 Svea Engineer Regiment 1975-01-01 – 1994-06-30 Svea Engineer Corps 1994-07-01 – 1997-12-31 Designation From To Ing 1 1902-01-01 – 1997-12-31 Location From To Stockholm 1855 – 1922-11-29 Frösunda 1922-11-30 – 1970-06-30 Almnäs Garrison 1970-07-01 – 1997-12-31
See also List of Swedish engineer regiments
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