Svea Artillery Regiment


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 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.

Campaigns

Coat of arms

The coat of the arms of the Svea Artillery Regiment 1977–1997. Blazon: "Azure, the Swedish minor coat-of-arms, 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 förtjänstmedalj in gold and silver of the 8th size was established. The medal ribbon is divided in blue, red and blue moiré.
In 1997, the Svea artilleriregementes minnesmedalj in bronze 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.

Footnotes

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