Götaland Artillery Regiment

Götaland Artillery Regiment
Göta artilleriregemente
Standard
Active	1794–1962
Country	Sweden
Branch	Swedish Army
Type	Artillery
Size	Regiment
Colours	Yellow
March	"Auf nach Valencia" (around 1860–1962)

The Götaland 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 artilleriregemente 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 Karlsborgs artillerikår.

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

Commanders

Regimental commanders between 1900 and 1962.^[1]

1898–1904: Georg Liljenroth
1904–1913: Axel Bergenzaun
1913–1922: Carl Bastiat Hamilton
1922–1930: Sixten E Schmidt
1930–1936: 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

Campaigns

Organisation

Name, designation and garrison

Name	Translation	From		To
Göta artilleriregemente	Götaland Artillery Regiment	1794-06-23	–	1892-12-31
Första Göta artilleriregemente	1st Götaland Artillery Regiment	1893-01-01	–	1904-12-07
Göta artilleriregemente	Götaland Artillery Regiment	1904-12-08	–	1962-03-31

Designation	From		To
A 2	1830	–	1962-03-31

Training ground or garrison town	From		To
Gothenburg (G)	1794-06-23	–	1962-03-31

References

Notes

↑ Braunstein, Christian (2003). Sveriges arméförband under 1900-talet. Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 5 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. pp. 185–186. ISBN 91-971584-4-5.

Print

Braunstein, Christian (2003). Sveriges arméförband under 1900-talet. Stockholm: Statens Försvarshistoriska Museer. ISBN 91-971584-4-5.
Holmberg, Björn (1993). Arméns regementen, skolor och staber: en sammanställning. Arvidsjaur: Svenskt militärhistoriskt bibliotek. ISBN 91-972209-0-6.
Kjellander, Rune (2003). Sveriges regementschefer 1700–2000: chefsbiografier och förbandsöversikter. Stockholm: Probus. ISBN 91-87184-74-5.
Nelsson, Bertil (1993). Från Brunkeberg till Nordanvind: 500 år med svenskt infanteri. Stockholm: Probus. ISBN 91-87184-23-0.
Svensk rikskalender 1908. Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt & Söner. 1908.

Online

Holmén, Pelle; Sjöberg, Jan (2007). "Swedish Armed Forces 1900–2000". Retrieved 2007-08-26.
Högman, Hans (2007). "Militaria – Svensk militärhistoria". Retrieved 2007-08-26.
Persson, Mats (1998). "Swedish Army Regiments". Archived from the original on 2007-08-30. Retrieved 2007-08-26.
Sharman, Ken (2000). "Swedish military administrative division as per 1629". Retrieved 2007-08-26.

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