The Svea 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.
6-609: 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
12-433: Is of blue moiré with a broad red stripe on the middle followed on both sides by a yellow stripe. Regimental commanders between 1900 and 1997. 59°20′35″N 18°05′02″E / 59.34306°N 18.08389°E / 59.34306; 18.08389 Artillery Regiment (1636) The Artillery Regiment ( Swedish : Artilleriregementet ) was a Swedish Army artillery regiment that traced its origins back to
18-472: 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
24-531: The 17th century. It split into four artillery regiments in 1794. The regiment's soldiers were recruited from the whole country, and it was garrisoned at several locations. The regiment has its origins in an artillery company raised in Stockholm in 1623. The regiment Fältartilleriregementet was then organised in 1630 to follow Gustav II Adolf in the Thirty Years' War , and in 1636, all Swedish artillery
30-545: 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. 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". In 1943,
36-845: Was brought together under one commander. From 1689, Artilleriregementet was organised in peacetime, with field artillery in Stockholm , Jönköping and Malmö , and fortress artillery on over 30 locations in the Swedish Empire . During the Great Northern War the artillery had been greatly diminished and was completely reorganised in 1718 into one field establishment and twelve fortress establishments located in Stockholm, Jönköping, Malmö, Halmstad , Varberg , Gothenburg , Kalmar , Kristianstad , Landskrona , Marstrand , Bohus and Sundsborg . The regiment had 3,200 men organised into 40 companies in 1792. Two years later in 1794, it
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