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23-556: The Swedish Coastal Artillery can trace its traditions as far back as the old coastal fortresses that were in use around Sweden since the 15th century. In the old days these would have been under the command structure of the fortress artillery department. The real first move to an independent branch was the creation of the Vaxholm Artillery Corps in 1889. Before this all coastal artillery units that were stationed on coastal defence fortresses or city fortresses were under

46-528: A high level of readiness. Units that where stationed around the more important shipping lanes and other naval installations around Sweden were fully manned, even in peacetime. During the 1970s, the invasion threat to the coast very much a reality for the Swedish Armed Forces. Therefore, the guns made by Bofors with related combat management , radar and air defence received a powerful protection against all kinds of chemical warfare agents. During

69-423: A parliament decisions two years earlier. The corps was located at Vaxholm Fortress and Oskar-Fredriksborg Fortress on Rindö and consisted of 23 officers, 25 non-commissioned officer, two civilian and 400 men divided into four companies. The crew was enlisted with the addition of military men from the coast of Roslagen and Stockholm . Its commanding officer was also commandant at both fortresses, belonged to

92-671: A reduction in units after the 1925 defence proposition, there was a significant expansion of all the branches of the Swedish Armed Forces. In particular, the artillery in the Coastal Artillery was modernised and new materiel made in Sweden and imported (from e.g. Czechoslovakia ) were introduced. The defence line built on the coast of Skåne during World War II was called the Per Albin Line . The detachment in Gothenburg

115-400: A response to the submarine incursions that plagued Sweden during the 1980s and early 1990s. Also, this was a step towards an increased ability to monitor and maintain high level of surveillance of Sweden’s harbours and shipping lanes against any foreign undersea aggression or incursion into Swedish territorial waters. The Swedish Coastal Artillery was in a constant level of development during

138-506: The Swedish Amphibious Corps since 2000. Blazon : "Gules, two gunbarrels of older pattern in saltire above a flaming grenade and waves, all or". The march of Älvsborg Coastal Artillery Regiment (KA 4), ie Sam Rydberg 's "I beredskap", was used as a joint coastal artillery march. In the autumn of 1985, composer Åke Dohlin thought that the Coastal Artillery should have its own march, and in this way "För kustartilleriet"

161-589: The 1980s there was a general move towards modernization in the Swedish defence forces and the Coastal Artillery received several new weapon systems in the 1980s and 1990s, like the new 12/70 TAP fixed artillery system , the mobile artillery system 12/80 KARIN, the Stridsbåt 90 combat craft and missile systems like the RBS-15 and RBS-17 . The Coastal Artillery also modernized its ASW or anti-submarine capabilities in

184-571: The 1st degree: styckjunkare ("gunnery sergeants"), flaggjunkare ("chief petty officers"), flaggmaskinister ("chief machinists"), flaggrustmästare ("chief gunsmiths"), and stabstrumpetare ("staff buglers"); of the 2nd degree: sergeants , staff buglers, machinists, rustmästare , and torpedmästare ("torpedo masters")), and 1,361 enlisted personnel (corporals, lance corporals, and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd class coastal artillerymen) along with conscripts. The former regiment manned Vaxholm and Oskar-Fredriksborg  [ sv ] fortresses as well as

207-425: The 4th Military District and the 4th Division. The uniforms was those for artillery, with a few modifications. The color of the collar of the atilla was red. Vaxholm Artillery Corps changed designation in 1892 to No 8 and the color of the collar became white in the design for the fortress artillery (half the collar with lace). For entry into the corps and promotion to lieutenant, similar regulations applied as for

230-581: The First World War, it was also decided that the area of responsibility should also include the stationing of units at Hemsö and at Luleå (until 1953 a detachment from Älvsborg which, finally, in 1975, was made into a separate regiment, the Härnösand Coastal Artillery Regiment ). The detachment at Fårösund was reorganised as a separate unit in 1937 and renamed Gotland Coastal Artillery Regiment in 1937. After

253-597: The battery at Landsort was also preserved. On 1 July 2000 the Swedish Amphibious Corps was organized, including Vaxholm Amphibian Regiment (Amf 1), Älvsborg Amphibian Regiment (Amf 4) and Amphibian Combat School ( Amfibiestridsskolan , AmfSS). A coastal artillery brigade was the highest unit the Swedish Coastal Artillery. From the late 1980s there were six brigades. Later, all but two coastal artillery brigades were renamed marine brigades ( marinbrigader ). Both naval and army units were included, and

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276-446: The coastal positions of Fårösund on the northern tip of Gotland and Hörningsholm, while the latter manned Karlskrona and Älvsborg fortresses, located near the main shipping channel into Gothenburg . The coastal artillery's equipment consisted of all coastal positions' fortifications and other installations, artillery pieces with ammunition, torpedo batteries, mines, searchlights, mine crane barges, steam launches, boats, etc. During

299-660: The command of the fortress artillery department which in turn was a branch of the Artillery. Since the establishment of the fixed mine defence units during the 19th century, the question of an independent branch of the Swedish Armed Forces was again raised. This resulted in the creation of the modern Coastal Artillery in 1902 as an independent branch within the Royal Swedish Navy through a merge of Vaxholm Artillery Corps, Karlskrona Artillery Corps and

322-798: The command. The Defence Act of 2000 meant that the fixed coastal artillery would be completely disbanded. The decommissioning was carried out by the East Coast Naval Base and the South Coast Naval Base , as well as the Swedish Armed Forces Logistics . Most of the old guns were scrapped. Some batteries, such as Ellenabben in Karlskrona archipelago and the Femöre Fortress outside Oxelösund , were preserved as museums. Some part of

345-569: The field artillery. The crew was enlisted for 2 years, but could recapitulate. The training of underbefäl (non-commissioned officers) took place in the corps, but the officers' preparatory studies for entry into the Artillery and Engineering College was taught at Svea Artillery Regiment's school in Stockholm. On 12 December 1901 the corps was dissolved and was terminated from the artillery, to form Vaxholm Coastal Artillery Regiment (KA 1) in

368-516: The fixed mine defence units. The coastal artillery received a permanent organization in 1902 and from then on belonged entirely to the navy. It consisted of 1 chief (general officer) and other personnel, distributed among 2 regiments, Vaxholm Coastal Artillery Regiment (KA 1) and Karlskrona Coastal Artillery Regiment (KA 2), comprising (in 1911) a total of 99 officers ( colonels , lieutenant colonels , majors , captains , lieutenants , and underlöjtnant 's ), 166 non-commissioned officers (of

391-603: The last century as the threat levels changed around the world, the main threat to Sweden after the World War II was the threat of a war in Europe. Even if Sweden had not been directly involved, there was always a risk of an incursion into Sweden of a foreign power during a major war in Europe. In 1986 and 1990, a change was made within the Swedish Navy's lower regional management level, where the coastal artillery defence

414-548: The personnel varied between 3,000 and 9,000 (In both KAB 1 and KAB 3, there were plenty of army units; KAB 1, for example, had 3 bicycle infantry battalions grouped for tasks at Väddö ). The units were decommissioned from the war organization in the Defence Act of 2000 . The coat of arms of the Swedish Coastal Artillery 1979–2000, the Coastal Artillery Center ( Kustartillericentrum , KAC) 1995–1997 and

437-670: Was a corps-level artillery formation of the Swedish Army which operated between 1889 and 1901. The unit was based in Vaxholm in Uppland . Vaxholm Artillery Corps, the first fortress artillery corps in Sweden , originated in 1794 from a company of Svea Artillery Regiment (No 1) placed in Vaxholm , which together with the fortress company of Göta Artillery Regiment (No 2) formed Vaxholms Artillery Corps (No 5) on 1 January 1901 after

460-413: Was added. The march was dedicated to the then Inspector of Coastal Artillery, Senior Colonel Kjell Lodenius. Commanders of the Coastal Artillery ( Chefer för kustartilleriet , CKA) Inspectors of the Coastal Artillery ( Inspektörer för kustartilleriet , IKA) Cold war Swedish Coastal Artillery guns: Vaxholm Artillery Corps The Vaxholm Artillery Corps ( Swedish : Vaxholms artillerikår )

483-444: Was merged regionally with the naval bases. The new authority that was formed through the mergers was called naval command . Thus, all marine combat forces within each geographical area were led by a joint commander. Thus, the five geographical coastal artillery defences were disbanded, which were integrated with the coastal artillery regiments in the new naval commands. The coastal artillery regiments remained with their own staffs within

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506-399: Was reorganised and expanded into the Älvsborg Coastal Artillery Regiment in 1942. During World War II and onwards, about 60 coastal artillery batteries were built along the Swedish coast. With the advent of Marinplan 60 there was a move towards standardization of equipment and an increase in mobile units, one of the most significant additions to the Swedish Coastal Artillery during the 1950s

529-466: Was the creation of the Coastal Ranger companies as a mobile reconnaissance and attack component. The Swedish Coastal Artillery was up to the mid-1990s mostly a collection of fixed and mobile units located in the different Swedish archipelagos. The main purpose of the Swedish Coastal Artillery was to defend and maintain a visible presence in the Swedish archipelago, and even in peacetime maintain

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