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.
5-623: 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
10-615: 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
15-414: The regiment is carried on by the Artillery Regiment . Regimental commanders between 1794 and 1962. Artillery Regiment (1636) The Artillery Regiment ( Swedish : Artilleriregementet ) was a Swedish Army artillery regiment that traced its origins back to the 17th century. It split into four artillery regiments in 1794. The regiment's soldiers were recruited from the whole country, and it
20-604: Was changed back again in 1904. The regiment was garrisoned in Gothenburg until it was disbanded in 1962. 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 ). The memory of
25-594: 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 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
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