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83-700: The Göta Logistic Regiment ( Swedish : Göta trängregemente , T 2), is the only logistic regiment in the Swedish Armed Forces . Its new organisation was laid down in 2000, when the regiment became the only logistic regiment in Sweden. The regiment is located in Skövde . The regiment has its origins in the Logistic Battalion ( Trängbataljonen ), the first logistic unit that was raised in Stockholm in 1885. In 1891,
166-445: A common gender with the definite suffix -en and the definite article den , in contrast with the neuter gender equivalents -et and det . The verb system was also more complex: it included subjunctive and imperative moods and verbs were conjugated according to person as well as number . By the 16th century, the case and gender systems of the colloquial spoken language and the profane literature had been largely reduced to
249-470: A guttural or "French R" pronunciation in the South Swedish dialects ; consequently, these dialects lack retroflex consonants . Swedish is a stress-timed language, where the time intervals between stressed syllables are equal. However, when casually spoken, it tends to be syllable-timed . Any stressed syllable carries one of two tones , which gives Swedish much of its characteristic sound. Prosody
332-412: A cart wheel of four spokes over two swords in saltire, argent". Another coat of arms was used between 2007 and 2020. Blazon: "Azure, a cart wheel of four spokes over two swords in saltire, argent. The shield surmounted an erect sword argent." The Logistic Regiment presents one regimental colour and one traditional colour: The colour was presented to the then Royal Göta Logistic Corps (T 2) in Skövde by
415-522: A change from tauþr into tuþr . Moreover, the øy diphthong changed into a long, close ø , as in the Old Norse word for "island". By the end of the period, these innovations had affected most of the Runic Swedish-speaking area as well, with the exception of the dialects spoken north and east of Mälardalen where the diphthongs still exist in remote areas. Old Swedish (Swedish: fornsvenska )
498-518: A conversation. Due to the close relation between the Scandinavian languages, a considerable proportion of speakers of Danish and especially Norwegian are able to understand Swedish. There is considerable migration between the Nordic countries , but owing to the similarity between the cultures and languages (with the exception of Finnish ), expatriates generally assimilate quickly and do not stand out as
581-727: A group. According to the 2000 United States Census , some 67,000 people over the age of five were reported as Swedish speakers, though without any information on the degree of language proficiency. Similarly, there were 16,915 reported Swedish speakers in Canada from the 2001 census. Although there are no certain numbers, some 40,000 Swedes are estimated to live in the London area in the United Kingdom. Outside Sweden and Finland, there are about 40,000 active learners enrolled in Swedish language courses. In
664-609: A large proportion of the remaining 100,000 in the Scandinavian countries, France, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Canada and Australia. Over three million people speak Swedish as a second language, with about 2,410,000 of those in Finland. According to a survey by the European Commission , 44% of respondents from Finland who did not have Swedish as a native language considered themselves to be proficient enough in Swedish to hold
747-425: A more abstract sense, such as that set of fish; while fisken means "the fish". In certain cases, the definite form indicates possession, e. g., jag måste tvätta hår et ("I must wash my hair"). Adjectives are inflected in two declensions – indefinite and definite – and they must match the noun they modify in gender and number. The indefinite neuter and plural forms of an adjective are usually created by adding
830-743: A new barracks establishment in either Alingsås , Falköping or Skövde . The decision was made in 1902 to move to Skövde. The corps changed its name to Göta Logistic Corps (T 2) in 1904 and was relocated to Norrmalm in Skövde in 1905. Through the Defence Act of 1948, the Riksdag decided to disband the Ordnance Troops ( Tygtrupperna ) and the Quartermaster Troops ( Intendenturtrupperna ) as separate service branches. The constituent units were amalgamated into
913-435: A noun. They can double as demonstrative pronouns or demonstrative determiners when used with adverbs such as här ("here") or där ("there") to form den/det här (can also be "denna/detta") ("this"), de här (can also be "dessa") ("these"), den/det där ("that"), and de där ("those"). For example, den där fisken means "that fish" and refers to a specific fish; den fisken is less definite and means "that fish" in
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#1732870185888996-618: A special branch of the Research Institute for the Languages of Finland has official status as the regulatory body for Swedish in Finland. Among its highest priorities is to maintain intelligibility with the language spoken in Sweden. It has published Finlandssvensk ordbok , a dictionary about the differences between Swedish in Finland and Sweden. From the 13th to 20th century, there were Swedish-speaking communities in Estonia , particularly on
1079-442: A suffix ( -t or -a ) to the common form of the adjective, e. g., en grön stol (a green chair), ett grönt hus (a green house), and gröna stolar ("green chairs"). The definite form of an adjective is identical to the indefinite plural form, e. g., den gröna stolen ("the green chair"), det gröna huset ("the green house"), and de gröna stolarna ("the green chairs"). Swedish pronouns are similar to those of English. Besides
1162-628: A tri-service regimental force to an army regiment. On 12 November 2021, the name Göta Logistic Regiment was adopted, which will be celebrated with a ceremony in connection with the Garrison Day in the spring of 2022 at the Skövde Garrison. When the unit was raised in 1891, the barracks were taken over from the Train Battalion ( Trängbataljonen ) in Marieberg , Stockholm . On 25 April 1892, the unit
1245-413: A village, Gammalsvenskby ("Old Swedish Village"). A few elderly people in the village still speak a Swedish dialect and observe the holidays of the Swedish calendar, although their dialect is most likely facing extinction. From 1918 to 1940, when Estonia was independent, the small Swedish community was well treated. Municipalities with a Swedish majority, mainly found along the coast, used Swedish as
1328-654: Is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family , spoken predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland . It has at least 10 million native speakers, making it the fourth most spoken Germanic language , and the first among its type in the Nordic countries overall. Swedish, like the other Nordic languages , is a descendant of Old Norse , the common language of the Germanic peoples living in Scandinavia during
1411-862: Is an Indo-European language belonging to the North Germanic branch of the Germanic languages . In the established classification, it belongs to the East Scandinavian languages , together with Danish , separating it from the West Scandinavian languages , consisting of Faroese , Icelandic , and Norwegian . However, more recent analyses divide the North Germanic languages into two groups: Insular Scandinavian (Faroese and Icelandic), and Continental Scandinavian (Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish), based on mutual intelligibility due to heavy influence of East Scandinavian (particularly Danish) on Norwegian during
1494-477: Is generally seen as adding specific Central Swedish features to the new Bible. Though it might seem as if the Bible translation set a very powerful precedent for orthographic standards, spelling actually became more inconsistent during the remainder of the century. It was not until the 17th century that spelling began to be discussed, around the time when the first grammars were written. Capitalization during this time
1577-538: Is marked primarily through suffixes (endings), complemented with separate definite and indefinite articles . The prosody features both stress and in most dialects tonal qualities. The language has a comparatively large vowel inventory. Swedish is also notable for the voiceless dorso-palatal velar fricative , a highly variable consonant phoneme . Swedish nouns and adjectives are declined in genders as well as number . Nouns are of common gender ( en form) or neuter gender ( ett form). The gender determines
1660-563: Is often one of the most noticeable differences between dialects. The standard word order is, as in most Germanic languages , V2 , which means that the finite verb (V) appears in the second position (2) of a declarative main clause . Swedish morphology is similar to English; that is, words have comparatively few inflections . Swedish has two genders and is generally seen to have two grammatical cases – nominative and genitive (except for pronouns that, as in English, also are inflected in
1743-613: Is one of the official languages of the European Union , and one of the working languages of the Nordic Council . Under the Nordic Language Convention , citizens of the Nordic countries speaking Swedish have the opportunity to use their native language when interacting with official bodies in other Nordic countries without being liable for interpretation or translation costs. The Swedish Language Council ( Språkrådet )
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#17328701858881826-475: Is termed nusvenska (lit., "Now-Swedish") in linguistics, and started in the last decades of the 19th century. It saw a democratization of the language with a less formal written form that approached the spoken one. The growth of a public school system also led to the evolution of so-called boksvenska (literally, "book Swedish"), especially among the working classes, where spelling to some extent influenced pronunciation, particularly in official contexts. With
1909-517: Is the predominant language; in 19 municipalities , 16 of which are located in Åland , Swedish is the sole official language. Åland county is an autonomous region of Finland. According to a rough estimation, as of 2010 there were up to 300,000 Swedish-speakers living outside Sweden and Finland. The largest populations were in the United States (up to 100,000), the UK, Spain and Germany (c. 30,000 each) and
1992-450: Is the regulator of Swedish in Sweden but does not attempt to enforce control of the language, as for instance the Académie française does for French . However, many organizations and agencies require the use of the council's publication Svenska skrivregler in official contexts, with it otherwise being regarded as a de facto orthographic standard. Among the many organizations that make up
2075-407: Is the sole official language of Åland (an autonomous province under the sovereignty of Finland), where the vast majority of the 26,000 inhabitants speak Swedish as a first language. In Finland as a whole, Swedish is one of the two "national" languages, with the same official status as Finnish (spoken by the majority) at the state level and an official language in some municipalities . Swedish
2158-621: Is the term used for the medieval Swedish language. The start date is usually set to 1225 since this is the year that Västgötalagen ("the Västgöta Law") is believed to have been compiled for the first time. It is among the most important documents of the period written in Latin script and the oldest Swedish law codes . Old Swedish is divided into äldre fornsvenska (1225–1375) and yngre fornsvenska (1375–1526), "older" and "younger" Old Swedish. Important outside influences during this time came with
2241-457: The Gustav Vasa Bible , a translation deemed so successful and influential that, with revisions incorporated in successive editions, it remained the most common Bible translation until 1917. The main translators were Laurentius Andreæ and the brothers Laurentius and Olaus Petri . The Vasa Bible is often considered to be a reasonable compromise between old and new; while not adhering to
2324-600: The Chief of Army , Major General Karl Engelbrektson at a ceremony at the Logistic Regiment in Skövde. On 26 February 2021, the Swedish Armed Forces presented its budget documentation for 2022, in which the Swedish Armed Forces proposed, among other things, that the Logistic Regiment (TrängR) should change its name to Göta Logistic Regiment (T 2). This is in light of the fact that the regiment has since 2019 switched from
2407-463: The French vous (see T-V distinction ). Ni wound up being used as a slightly less familiar form of du , the singular second person pronoun, used to address people of lower social status. With the liberalization and radicalization of Swedish society in the 1950s and 1960s, these class distinctions became less important, and du became the standard, even in formal and official contexts. Though
2490-469: The Swedish Army Service Troops between 1948 and 1951. On 1 January 1949, the 2nd Ordnance Company ( Andra tygkompaniet , Tyg 2) was added and on 1 January 1951, the 2nd Quartermaster Company ( Andra intendenturkompaniet , Int 2) was added. Through that reorganization, the corps was elevated from 1 July 1949 to a regiment and was assigned the name Göta Logistic Regiment (T 2). In connection with
2573-542: The Swedish Army Service Troops . On 1 January 2007, the regiment was renamed the Logistic Regiment to mark that the unit became a tri-service unit with tasks to support the navy and the air force in addition to the army. On 28 January 2019, the Logistic Regiment returned to the army after the Chief of the Swedish Armed Forces Logistics (FMLOG), Brigadier General Michael Nilsson, handed over the Logistic Regiment to
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2656-511: The United States , particularly during the 19th and early 20th centuries, there was a significant Swedish-speaking immigrant population. This was notably true in states like Minnesota , where many Swedish immigrants settled. By 1940, approximately 6% of Minnesota's population spoke Swedish. Although the use of Swedish has significantly declined, it is not uncommon to find older generations and communities that still retain some use and knowledge of
2739-572: The Viking Age . It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish , although the degree of mutual intelligibility is dependent on the dialect and accent of the speaker. Standard Swedish , spoken by most Swedes , is the national language that evolved from the Central Swedish dialects in the 19th century, and was well established by the beginning of the 20th century. While distinct regional varieties and rural dialects still exist,
2822-581: The nationalist ideas that emerged during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the languages have separate orthographies , dictionaries, grammars, and regulatory bodies. Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish are thus from a linguistic perspective more accurately described as a dialect continuum of Scandinavian (North Germanic), and some of the dialects, such as those on the border between Norway and Sweden, especially parts of Bohuslän , Dalsland , western Värmland , western Dalarna , Härjedalen , Jämtland , and Scania , could be described as intermediate dialects of
2905-410: The object form) – although it is debated if the genitive in Swedish should be seen as a genitive case or just the nominative plus the so-called genitive s , then seen as a clitic . Swedish has two grammatical numbers – plural and singular . Adjectives have discrete comparative and superlative forms and are also inflected according to gender, number and definiteness . The definiteness of nouns
2988-399: The 1950s, when their use was removed from all official recommendations. A very significant change in Swedish occurred in the late 1960s, with the so-called du-reformen . Previously, the proper way to address people of the same or higher social status had been by title and surname. The use of herr ("Mr." or "Sir"), fru ("Mrs." or "Ma'am") or fröken ("Miss") was considered
3071-470: The 50-years anniversary of the Swedish Army Service Troops. It was used as regimental colour by T 1 until 1 June 1997. The colour is drawn by Mrs Westberg and embroidered by hand in insertion technique by the company Licium. Blazon: "On light blue cloth in the middle, on a circular shield the lesser coat of arms of Sweden according to the law, the shield surrounded by white tongues and rays. In
3154-478: The 8th century, the common Germanic language of Scandinavia, Proto-Norse , evolved into Old Norse. This language underwent more changes that did not spread to all of Scandinavia, which resulted in the appearance of two similar dialects: Old West Norse (Norway, the Faroe Islands and Iceland) and Old East Norse (Denmark and Sweden). The dialects of Old East Norse spoken in Sweden are called Runic Swedish , while
3237-713: The Göta Logistic Regiment (T 2), and that the Swedish Army School of Logistics ( Arméns underhållsskola , US) should be relocated to Hässleholm . In October 1973, the Chief of the Army Lieutenant General Carl Eric Almgren handed over his peace organization plan for the army, where, among other things, the Göta Logistic Regiment and the Army School of Logistics were proposed to be co-located with Skaraborg Regiment. In Bill 1974:135, which
3320-464: The Modern Swedish period were the gradual assimilation of several different consonant clusters into the fricative [ʃ] and later into [ɧ] . There was also the gradual softening of [ɡ] and [k] into [j] and the fricative [ɕ] before front vowels . The velar fricative [ɣ] was also transformed into the corresponding plosive [ɡ] . The period that includes Swedish as it is spoken today
3403-506: The OLLI reform which was carried out in the Swedish Armed Forces between 1973 and 1975, Skaraborg Regiment (P 4) was amalgamated with Skaraborg Defence District ( Skaraborgs försvarsområde , Fo 35) and formed in 1974 the defence district regiment ( försvarsområdesregemente ) P 4/Fo 35. This led to Göta Logistic Regiment which was part of Skaraborg Defence District became a B unit (training regiment), and its mobilization and materiel responsibility
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3486-647: The Swedish Army Technical School ( Arméns tekniska skola , ATS) and the Motor School ( Motorskolan , MS). Through the change that the Riksdag decided on, Norrland Logistic Corps (T 3) to be disbanded on 30 June 2000 as an independent unit, and from 1 July 2000 be amalgamated into a training battalion under the name Norrland Logistic Battalion (Trängbat/I 5) in Jämtland Ranger Regiment (I 5). At
3569-584: The Swedish Language Council, the Swedish Academy (established 1786) is arguably the most influential. Its primary instruments are the spelling dictionary Svenska Akademiens ordlista ( SAOL , currently in its 14th edition) and the dictionary Svenska Akademiens Ordbok , in addition to various books on grammar, spelling and manuals of style. Although the dictionaries have a prescriptive element, they mainly describe current usage. In Finland,
3652-498: The administrative language and Swedish-Estonian culture saw an upswing. However, most Swedish-speaking people fled to Sweden before the end of World War II , that is, before the invasion of Estonia by the Soviet army in 1944. Only a handful of speakers remain. Swedish dialects have either 17 or 18 vowel phonemes , 9 long and 9 short. As in the other Germanic languages, including English, most long vowels are phonetically paired with one of
3735-692: The barracks establishment that the Life Regiment Hussars were proposed to leave, to be relocated to Karlsborg . The government agreed with the proposal and in Bill 1981/82:102 it was proposed that Göta Logistic Regiment, Army School of Logistics and the Swedish Army Service Troops Officers College ( Trängtruppernas officershögskola , TrängOHS) be co-located according to the Supreme Commander's proposal no later than 1987 within
3818-577: The battalion was divided into two parts, which formed the Svea Logistic Battalion (T 1) and the Göta Logistic Battalion (T 2). Göta Logistic Battalion was relocated to Karlsborg Fortress in 1892, and was placed in the eastern part alongside artillerymen and engineers. With the introduction of the 1901 Army Order, the battalion received the name 1st Göta Logistic Corps (T 2), and at the same time planning began to move from Karlsborg to
3901-498: The colloquial spoken language of its day, it was not overly conservative in its use of archaic forms. It was a major step towards a more consistent Swedish orthography . It established the use of the vowels "å", "ä", and "ö", and the spelling "ck" in place of "kk", distinguishing it clearly from the Danish Bible, perhaps intentionally, given the ongoing rivalry between the countries. All three translators came from central Sweden, which
3984-541: The commanding officer of the Western Army Division ( Västra arméfördelningen ), Major General Lennart Lilliehöök on 1 September 1935 at the 50-years anniversary of the Swedish Army Service Troops . The colour is drawn by Mrs Westberg and embroidered by hand in insertion technique by the company Licium. Blazon : "On light blue cloth in the middle, on a circular shield the Swedish lesser national coat of arms according to
4067-477: The corps in Skövde had the best conditions for developing into a tri-service main unit for maintenance service. This was partly due to the fact that the government also proposed a disbandment of Västernorrland Regiment (I 21) and the Ångermanland Brigade ( Ångermanlandsbrigaden , NB 21), which would then leave Norrland Logistic Corps alone within the Sollefteå Garrison. For the benefit of Göta Logistic Corps,
4150-403: The declension of the adjectives . For example, the word fisk ("fish") is a noun of common gender ( en fisk ) and can have the following forms: The definite singular form of a noun is created by adding a suffix ( -en , -n , -et or -t ), depending on its gender and if the noun ends in a vowel or not. The definite articles den , det , and de are used for variations to the definitiveness of
4233-527: The dialects of Denmark are referred to as Runic Danish . The dialects are described as "runic" because the main body of text appears in the runic alphabet . Unlike Proto-Norse, which was written with the Elder Futhark alphabet, Old Norse was written with the Younger Futhark alphabet, which had only 16 letters. Because the number of runes was limited, some runes were used for a range of phonemes , such as
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#17328701858884316-540: The firm establishment of the Christian church and various monastic orders, introducing many Greek and Latin loanwords. With the rise of Hanseatic power in the late 13th and early 14th century, Middle Low German became very influential. The Hanseatic league provided Swedish commerce and administration with a large number of Low German -speaking immigrants. Many became quite influential members of Swedish medieval society, and brought terms from their native languages into
4399-551: The first corner the griffin segreant of the provincial badge of Östergötland ; yellow, armed and langued red." Active battalion, corps and regimental commanders since 1891. Note: The word träng (" train ") as in trängregemente is translated to either "train", "service force"; "transport"; "baggage"; "supply vehicles" pl. ; ( Br ) "army service corps", ( US ) "maintenance and supply troops", "transportation" ( adj. ), or "logistic". Swedish language Swedish ( endonym : svenska [ˈsvɛ̂nːska] )
4482-468: The garrison with Skaraborg Regiment, whereby part of Skaraborg Regiment's and the entire Life Regiment Hussars' barracks establishment would be used. Thus, Göta Logistic Regiment's barracks establishment on Högskolevägen (formerly Mariestadsvägen and Rekrytvägen) could be closed down. On 1 July 1984, the Göta Logistic Regiment moved into the cavalry barracks at Heden in Skövde. Through the Defence Act of 1992, all training regiments that did not raise war units
4565-476: The government considered the proximity within the garrison to mechanized units, the military district workshop, the mechanics' school and proximity to the Medical Center of the Swedish Armed Forces and a number of larger hospitals. However, the government considered that there should be maintenance training with winter training in northern Sweden, which would then be located in Östersund and be co-located with
4648-430: The industrialization and urbanization of Sweden well under way by the last decades of the 19th century, a new breed of authors made their mark on Swedish literature . Many scholars, politicians and other public figures had a great influence on the emerging national language, among them prolific authors like the poet Gustaf Fröding , Nobel laureate Selma Lagerlöf and radical writer and playwright August Strindberg . It
4731-603: The islands (e. g., Hiiumaa , Vormsi , Ruhnu ; in Swedish, known as Dagö , Ormsö , Runö , respectively) along the coast of the Baltic , communities that today have all disappeared. The Swedish-speaking minority was represented in parliament , and entitled to use their native language in parliamentary debates. After the loss of Estonia to the Russian Empire in the early 18th century, around 1,000 Estonian Swedish speakers were forced to march to southern Ukraine , where they founded
4814-484: The language, particularly in rural communities like Lindström and Scandia . Swedish is the official main language of Sweden. Swedish is also one of two official languages of Finland. In Sweden, it has long been used in local and state government, and most of the educational system, but remained only a de facto primary language with no official status in law until 2009. A bill was proposed in 2005 that would have made Swedish an official language, but failed to pass by
4897-480: The last millennium and divergence from both Faroese and Icelandic. By many general criteria of mutual intelligibility, the Continental Scandinavian languages could very well be considered dialects of a common Scandinavian language. However, because of several hundred years of sometimes quite intense rivalry between Denmark and Sweden, including a long series of wars from the 16th to 18th centuries, and
4980-519: The law, the shield surrounded by white tongues and rays. In the first corner the badge of the regiment; a rampant yellow lion with an open crown, armed and langued red." The colour was presented to the former Royal Svea Logistic Corps (T 1) in Linköping by the commanding officer of the Eastern Army Division ( Östra arméfördelningen ), lieutenant general Gösta Lilliehöök on 1 September 1935 at
5063-511: The narrowest possible margin (145–147) due to a pairing-off failure. A proposal for a broader language law, designating Swedish as the main language of the country and bolstering the status of the minority languages, was submitted by an expert committee to the Swedish Ministry of Culture in March 2008. It was subsequently enacted by the Riksdag , and entered into effect on 1 July 2009. Swedish
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#17328701858885146-421: The national standard languages. Swedish pronunciations also vary greatly from one region to another, a legacy of the vast geographic distances and historical isolation. Even so, the vocabulary is standardized to a level that make dialects within Sweden virtually fully mutually intelligible. East Germanic languages West Germanic languages Icelandic Faroese Norwegian Danish Swedish In
5229-424: The north. An early change that separated Runic Danish from the other dialects of Old East Norse was the change of the diphthong æi to the monophthong é , as in stæinn to sténn "stone". This is reflected in runic inscriptions where the older read stain and the later stin . There was also a change of au as in dauðr into a long open ø as in døðr "dead". This change is shown in runic inscriptions as
5312-441: The only acceptable way to begin conversation with strangers of unknown occupation, academic title or military rank. The fact that the listener should preferably be referred to in the third person tended to further complicate spoken communication between members of society. In the early 20th century, an unsuccessful attempt was made to replace the insistence on titles with ni —the standard second person plural pronoun)—analogous to
5395-402: The original Germanic three- gender system. Nouns , adjectives , pronouns and certain numerals were inflected in four cases; besides the extant nominative , there were also the genitive (later possessive ), dative and accusative . The gender system resembled that of modern German , having masculine, feminine and neuter genders. The masculine and feminine genders were later merged into
5478-480: The reform was not an act of any centralized political decree, but rather the result of sweeping change in social attitudes, it was completed in just a few years, from the late 1960s to early 1970s. The use of ni as a polite form of address is sometimes encountered today in both the written and spoken language, particularly among older speakers. Swedish is the sole official national language of Sweden , and one of two in Finland (alongside Finnish ). As of 2006, it
5561-515: The relocation of the Life Regiment Hussars to Karlsborg. The coat of the arms of the Göta Logistic Regiment (T 2) 1977–1994, the Göta Logistic Corps (T 2) 1994–2000, the Göta Logistic Regiment (T 2) 2000–2007 and the Logistic Regiment (TrängR)/Göta Logistic Regiment (T 2) 2020–present. Blazon : "Azure, the regimental badge, three waves bendy-sinister argent, charged with a crowned lion rampant or, armed and langued gules. The shield surmounted
5644-463: The rune for the vowel u , which was also used for the vowels o , ø and y , and the rune for i , also used for e . From 1200 onwards, the dialects in Denmark began to diverge from those of Sweden. The innovations spread unevenly from Denmark, creating a series of minor dialectal boundaries, or isoglosses , ranging from Zealand in the south to Norrland , Österbotten and northwestern Finland in
5727-425: The same time, Göta Logistic Corps regained regimental status, and from 1 July 2000 the name Göta Logistic Regiment (T 2) was received. Through the Defence Act of 2004, the Riksdag decided, among other things, that Jämtland Ranger Regiment and Norrland Logistic Battalion would be disbanded on 31 December 2004. Based on that decision, Göta Logistic Regiment became from 1 January 2005 the only remaining logistic unit within
5810-444: The short /e/ (transcribed ⟨ ɛ ⟩ in the chart below). There are 18 consonant phonemes, two of which, / ɧ / and /r/ , vary considerably in pronunciation depending on the dialect and social status of the speaker. In many dialects, sequences of /r/ (pronounced alveolarly) with a dental consonant result in retroflex consonants ; alveolarity of the pronunciation of /r/ is a precondition for this retroflexion. /r/ has
5893-428: The short vowels, and the pairs are such that the two vowels are of similar quality , but with the short vowel being slightly lower and slightly centralized. In contrast to e.g. Danish, which has only tense vowels, the short vowels are slightly more lax, but the tense vs. lax contrast is not nearly as pronounced as in English, German or Dutch. In many dialects, the short vowel sound pronounced [ɛ] or [æ] has merged with
5976-535: The size of a regiment, should not be called regiments. This was because the government considered that the basic organization should reflect the war organization. In connection with this, the regiment was reduced to a corps on 1 July 1994 and regained its old name Göta Logistic Corps (T 2). Prior to the Defence Act of 2000 , it was clear that one of the two corps, Göta Logistic Corps (T 2) and Norrland Logistic Corps (T 3), would be disbanded. The government considered that
6059-526: The two cases and two genders of modern Swedish. A transitional change of the Latin script in the Nordic countries was to spell the letter combination "ae" as æ – and sometimes as a' – though it varied between persons and regions. The combination "ao" was similarly rendered a , and "oe" became o . These three were later to evolve into the separate letters ä , å and ö . The first time the new letters were used in print
6142-517: The two natural genders han and hon ("he" and "she"), there are also the two grammatical genders den and det , usually termed common and neuter . In recent years, a gender-neutral pronoun hen has been introduced, particularly in literary Swedish. Unlike the nouns, pronouns have an additional object form, derived from the old dative form. Hon , for example, has the following nominative, possessive, and object forms: Swedish also uses third-person possessive reflexive pronouns that refer to
6225-439: The vocabulary. Besides a great number of loanwords for such areas as warfare, trade and administration, general grammatical suffixes and even conjunctions were imported. The League also brought a certain measure of influence from Danish (at the time Swedish and Danish were much more similar than today). Early Old Swedish was markedly different from the modern language in that it had a more complex case structure and also retained
6308-518: The written language is uniform and standardized . Swedish is the most widely spoken second language in Finland where its status is co- official language . Swedish was long spoken in parts of Estonia , although the current status of the Estonian Swedish speakers is almost extinct. It is also used in the Swedish diaspora , most notably in Oslo , Norway, with more than 50,000 Swedish residents. Swedish
6391-484: Was during the 20th century that a common, standardized national language became available to all Swedes. The orthography finally stabilized and became almost completely uniform, with some minor deviations, by the time of the spelling reform of 1906. With the exception of plural forms of verbs and a slightly different syntax, particularly in the written language, the language was the same as the Swedish of today. The plural verb forms appeared decreasingly in formal writing into
6474-636: Was in Aff dyäffwlsens frästilse ("By the Devil's temptation") published by Johan Gerson in 1495. Modern Swedish (Swedish: nysvenska ) begins with the advent of the printing press and the European Reformation . After assuming power, the new monarch Gustav Vasa ordered a Swedish translation of the Bible . The New Testament was published in 1526, followed by a full Bible translation in 1541, usually referred to as
6557-519: Was not standardized. It depended on the authors and their background. Those influenced by German capitalized all nouns, while others capitalized more sparsely. It is also not always apparent which letters are capitalized owing to the Gothic or blackletter typeface that was used to print the Bible. This typeface was in use until the mid-18th century, when it was gradually replaced with a Latin typeface (often Antiqua ). Some important changes in sound during
6640-661: Was published on 25 October 1974, the FFU came to share the Chief of the Army's proposal of co-locating the Göta Logistic Regiment with Skaraborg Regiment. However, no co-location ever became real, but prior to the Defence Act of 1982, the Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces General Lennart Ljung proposed co-locating Göta Logistic Regiment with Skaraborg Regiment. Göta Logistic Regiment would then take over
6723-436: Was relocated to Karlsborg , where it was located until 1 October 1905. However, on 26 September 1905, a ceremonial march towards Skövde had been made, which became the unit's next place of location. In Skövde, the unit moved into a newly erected barracks on Mariestadsvägen (since 1986 known as Högskolevägen). On 1 July 1984, the unit was relocated within Skövde, when it took over the cavalry barracks at Heden, in connection with
6806-526: Was the sole native language of 83% of Swedish residents. In 2007, around 5.5% (c. 290,000) of the population of Finland were native speakers of Swedish, partially due to a decline following the Russian annexation of Finland after the Finnish War 1808–1809. The Fenno-Swedish - speaking minority is concentrated in the coastal areas and archipelagos of southern and western Finland. In some of these areas, Swedish
6889-597: Was transferred to Skaraborg Regiment, which became an A unit (defence district regiment). Prior to King in Council 's bill 1974:135, the Swedish Armed Forces Peace Organization Investigation ( Försvarets fredsorganisationsutredning , FFU) had submitted a partial report in December 1972, regarding certain changes to the army's peace organization. Among other things, it proposed a disbandment of
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