Göta Artillery Regiment

Göta Artillery Regiment
	Göta artilleriregemente
Active	1794–1962
Country	Sweden
Allegiance	Swedish Armed Forces
Branch	Swedish Army
Type	Artillery
Size	Regiment
Part of	3rd Military Area (1833–1893); 3rd Army Division (1893–1901); III Army Division (1902–1927); Western Army Division (1928–1936); III Army Division (1937–1942); III Military Area (1942–1962)
Garrison/HQ	Gothenburg
Patron	Saint Barbara
Colors	Yellow
March	"Auf nach Valencia" (Eisengräber)[note 1]
Anniversaries	4 December[note 2]
Insignia
Branch insignia

The Göta Artillery Regiment (Swedish: Göta artilleriregemente), designation A 2, was a Swedish Army artillery regiment that traced its origins back to the 17th century. It was disbanded in 1962. The regiment's soldiers were originally recruited from Götaland, 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 Göta Artillery Regiment was one. The regiment was given the designation A 2 (2nd Artillery Regiment) in 1830. In 1893 four companies were split off to form Norrland Artillery Regiment and Karlsborg Artillery Corps.

The regiment also changed name to 1st Göta Artillery Regiment (Första Göta artilleriregemente) in 1893, and another two companies were split off to form Småland Artillery Regiment in 1895. The name was changed back again in 1904. The regiment was garrisoned in Gothenburg until it was disbanded in 1962.

Campaigns

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Organisation

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Heraldry and traditions

The regiment was awarded a unit standard by His Majesty the Gustaf V on his birthday on 16 June 1938. During the disbandment of the regiment, Gothenburg Anti-Aircraft Corps took over traditions and the standard. Also part of the name was taken over by the anti-aircraft corps, when it on 1 July 1962 changed its name to Göta Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Göta luftvärnsregemente).[2] The memory of the regiment is carried on by the Artillery Regiment.[3]

The regimental standard
The regimental standard

Commanding officers

Regimental commanders between 1794 and 1962.[4]

1794–1801: Anders Leonard Treffenberg
1801–1817: Carl Ulric Silfversköld
1817–1834: Gillis Edenhjelm
1834–1840: Gustaf Adolf Flemming
1840–1849: Peter Carl Heijl
1849–1858: Bror Gustaf Reinhold Munck af Fulkila
1858–1860: Knut August Schytzerkrans
1860–1870: Charles Nicolas Berg
1870–1884: Frans Reinhold Carlsohn
1884–1888: Karl Vilhelm Kuylenstjerna
1888–1898: John Raoul Hamilton
1898–1904: Georg Liljenroth
1904–1913: Axel Bergenzaun
1913–1922: Carl Bastiat Hamilton
1922–1930: Sixten Schmidt
1930-1931: Oscar Osterman
1931–1936: Gunnar Salander
1936–1938: Axel Rappe
1938–1943: Sune Bergelin
1943–1946: Gunnar Ekeroth
1946–1957: Stig Tarras-Wahlberg
1957–1960: Alarik Astrup G:son Bergman
1960–1962: Nils Gustaf Holmstedt

Names, designations and locations

Name	Translation	From		To
Kungl. Göta artilleriregemente	Royal Göta Artillery Regiment	1794-06-23	–	1892-12-31
Kungl. Första Göta artilleriregemente	Royal First Göta Artillery Regiment	1893-01-01	–	1904-12-07
Kungl Göta artilleriregemente	Royal Göta Artillery Regiment	1904-12-08	–	1962-03-31
Avvecklingsorganisation	Decommissioning Organization	1962-04-01	–	1962-09-30
Designation		From		To
№ 2		1816-10-01	–	1914-09-30
A 2		1914-10-01	–	1962-03-31
Location		From		To
Gothenburg/Otterhällan		1806-03-31	–	1895-09-30
Gothenburg/Kviberg		1895-10-01	–	1962-03-31

Footnotes

The march was established in 1953 by Army Order 33/1953. It was later used by the Östgota Army Air Battalion (Östgöta arméflygbataljon) from 1987 to 2004, and by the Gothenburg Group (Göteborgsgruppen) from 2000 to 2004.[1]
4 December is saint day of Saint Barbara.

References

Notes

Sandberg 2007, p. 27
Holmberg 1993, p. 34
Försvarets traditioner 2015, p. 21
Kjellander 2003, pp. 265-266

Print

Holmberg, Björn (1993). Arméns regementen, skolor och staber: [en uppslagsbok] : en sammanställning (in Swedish). Arvidsjaur: Svenskt militärhistoriskt bibliotek (SMB). ISBN 91-972209-0-6. SELIBR 7796532.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Kjellander, Rune (2003). Sveriges regementschefer 1700-2000: chefsbiografier och förbandsöversikter (in Swedish). Stockholm: Probus. ISBN 91-87184-74-5. SELIBR 8981272.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Sandberg, Bo (2007). Försvarets marscher och signaler förr och nu: marscher antagna av svenska militära förband, skolor och staber samt igenkännings-, tjänstgörings- och exercissignaler (in Swedish) (New ed.). Stockholm: Militärmusiksamfundet med Svenskt marscharkiv. ISBN 978-91-631-8699-8. SELIBR 10413065.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Försvarets traditioner i framtiden med översiktlig historik från 1500-talet (PDF) (in Swedish). Statens försvarshistoriska museer TradN. 2015. ISBN 9789197859554. SELIBR 17552963.