The Svea Artillery Regiment (), 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 the Artillery Regiment raised in 1636. That regiment was split into four new regiments in 1794 of which Svea Artillery Regiment 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 Vaxholm Artillery Corps.
In 1893 another four companies were split off to form Norrland Artillery Regiment and 2nd Svea Artillery Regiment. Due to this the regiment also changed name to 1st Svea Artillery Regiment. 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.
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Organisation
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Heraldry and traditions
Coat of arms The coat of the arms of the Svea Artillery Regiment (A 1) 1977–1997. Blazon: "Azure, the lesser coat of arms of Sweden, three open crowns or. The shield surmounted two gunbarrels of older pattern in saltire or. The gunbarrels may be sable".
Medals In 1943, the Svea artilleriregementes (A 1) förtjänstmedalj ("Svea Artillery Regiment (A 1) Medal of Merit") in gold and silver (SveaartregGM/SM) of the 8th size was established. The medal ribbon is divided in blue, red and blue moiré.
In 1997, the Svea artilleriregementes (A 1) minnesmedalj ("Svea Artillery Regiment (A 1) Commemorative Medal") in bronze (SveartregSMM) of the 8th size was established. The medal ribbon is of blue moiré with a broad red stripe on the middle followed on both sides by a yellow stripe.
Commanding officers Regimental commanders between 1900 and 1997.
Commanders
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 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 Lindström 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
Deputy commanders 1974–1976: Lieutenant colonel Fredrik Lilliecreutz
Names, designations and locations Name Translation From To Kungl. Svea artilleriregemente Royal Svea Artillery Regiment 1794-06-23 – 1892-12-31 Kungl. Första Svea artilleriregemente Royal First Svea Artillery Regiment 1893-01-01 – 1904-12-07 Kungl. Svea artilleriregemente Royal Svea Artillery Regiment 1904-12-08 – 1974-12-31 Svea artilleriregemente Svea Artillery Regiment 1975-01-01 – 1997-12-31 Designation From To No. 1 1830-??-?? – 1914-09-30 A 1 1914-10-01 – 1997-12-31 Location From To Stockholm Garrison 1877-??-?? – 1949-06-08 Sundbyberg/Rissne 1946-11-04 – 1963-03-31 Linköping Garrison 1963-04-01 – 1997-12-31
See also List of Swedish artillery regiments
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