Svea Engineer Corps
Former Swedish military establishment
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::summary Former Swedish military establishment ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox military unit"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| unit_name | Svea Engineer Corps |
| native_name | Svea ingenjörkår |
| image | [[File:Svea ingenjörregemente vapen.svg |
| dates | 1855–1997 |
| country | Sweden |
| allegiance | Swedish Armed Forces |
| branch | Swedish Army |
| type | Engineer |
| size | Corps |
| command_structure | {{Collapsible list |
| garrison | Almnäs |
| motto | Över och genom alla hinder ("Over and through all obstacles") |
| colors | Black |
| colors_label | |
| march | "På vakt" (Rydberg) |
| identification_symbol | [[File:AM.005030.jpg |
| identification_symbol_label | Branch insignia |
| identification_symbol_2 | [[File:Baskertecken för ingenjörstrupperna AM.088415.jpg |
| identification_symbol_2_label | Cap badge |
| identification_symbol_3 | [[File:MILI.009927.jpg |
| identification_symbol_3_label | Shoulder sleeve insignia |
| :: |
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The Svea Engineer Corps (), designation Ing 1, was a Swedish Army engineer unit that traced its origins back to the 19th century. It was disbanded in 1997. The unit was garrisoned in Uppland and Södermanland.
History
The unit has its origins in Sapper Company raised in 1855. The company was reorganised to a battalion-sized unit in 1864 and was renamed Sapper Corps. This unit was transformed to a pontoon bridge battalion, Pontoon Battalion, in 1867. The battalion then changed its name once again in 1893 to Svea Engineer Battalion, and in 1902 to Svea Engineer Corps, when it gained the designation Ing 1 (1st Engineer Regiment). That same year, the field telegraphy company that had been attached to the unit became independent and later formed Uppland Regiment.
Svea Engineer Corps was upgraded to a regiment in 1957 and was renamed Svea Engineer Regiment. It was then downgraded to a battalion unit again in 1994, just three years before the unit was disbanded, in 1997. The regiment was garrisoned in Stockholm, Solna and Södertälje during its lifetime.
Organisation
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Heraldry and traditions
Coat of arms
The coat of the arms of the Svea Engineer Regiment (Ing 1) 1977–1994 and the Svea Engineer Corps (Ing 1) 1994–1997. Blazon: "Azure, the lesser coat of arms of Sweden, three open crowns placed two and one The shield surmounted a cluster of rays coming down from a mullet, or".
Colours, standards and guidons
The colour of Ing 2 was presented on 26 September 1935 by His Majestyg the King Gustaf V at the 300th Anniversary of the Swedish Fortification Corps in Stockholm. It was carried from 1 January 1998 by the Norrland Engineer Corps. When the colour was taken out of use, it was not handed over to the Swedish Army Museum but was exhibited at Ing 1's museum on Laxön. The colour couldn't therefore be admitted to the Swedish Army Museum collection until 2012.
File:Fana för Svea Ingenjörskår m-1935.jpg|The 1935 colour File:AM.088695a.jpg|The 1969 colour
Medals
In 1997, Svea ingenjörskårs (Ing 1) minnesmedalj ("Svea Engineer Corps (Ing 1) Commemorative Medal") i silver (SveaingSMM) of the 8th size was established. The medal is oval and the medal ribbon is divided in black, yellow and black moiré.
File:AM.019718.jpg|Svea Engineer Corps (Ing 1) Commemorative Medal
Commanding officers
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Bengt_Gustafsson.jpg" caption="Bengt Gustafsson]], commander from 1981 to 1982."] ::
Regimental commanders and battalion and corps commanders between 1900 and 1997.
- 1900–1904: Nils Gustaf Stedt (also commander of the Field Telegraph Corps (Ing 3).
- 1904–1910: Georg Juhlin-Dannfelt
- 1910–1915: August Fredrik Thorssell
- 1915–1915: Hjalmar Ertman Smitt
- 1915–1920: Erik Conrad Eriksson
- 1920–1924: Karl Amundson
- 1924–1926: Sven Erik Bjurgren
- 1926–1931: Gustaf Julius Rabe
- 1931–1934: Sven Alin
- 1934–1941: Sven Eberhard Tydén
- 1941–1941: Gunnar Edward Ström
- 1941–1948: Anders Walther Graûmann
- 1948–1953: Wilhelm Gottlieb Dahlgren
- 1953–1959: Axel Welin
- 1959–1965: Nils Christian Rabe
- 1965–1969: Åke Bernström
- 1969–1975: Kåre Svanfeldt
- 1975–1981: Anders Jonsson
- 1981–1982: Bengt Gustafsson
- 1982–1984: Sven-Erik Nilsson
- 1984–1989: Lars-Åke Persson
- 1989–1989: Carl Göran Gerhard De Geer
- 1989–1990: Björn Falkenström (acting)
- 1990–1994: Björn Falkenström
- 1994–1997: Christer Wulff
Names, designations and locations
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| Name | Translation | From | To | Designation | From | To | Location | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kungl Sappörkompaniet | Royal Sapper Company | 1855 | – | 1864 | |||||
| Kungl Sappörkåren | Royal Sapper Corps | 1864 | – | 1866-12-31 | |||||
| Kungl Pontonjärbataljonen | Royal Pontoon Battalion | 1867-01-01 | – | 1892-12-31 | |||||
| Kungl Svea ingenjörbataljon | Royal Svea Engineer Battalion | 1893-01-01 | – | 1901-12-31 | |||||
| Kungl Svea ingenjörkår | Royal Svea Engineer Corps | 1902-01-01 | – | 1957-06-30 | |||||
| Kungl Svea ingenjörregemente | Royal Svea Engineer Regiment | 1957-07-01 | – | 1974-12-31 | |||||
| Svea ingenjörregemente | Svea Engineer Regiment | 1975-01-01 | – | 1994-06-30 | |||||
| Svea ingenjörkår | Svea Engineer Corps | 1994-07-01 | – | 1997-12-31 | |||||
| Ing 1 | 1902-01-01 | – | 1997-12-31 | ||||||
| Stockholm | 1855 | – | 1922-11-29 | ||||||
| Frösunda | 1922-11-30 | – | 1970-06-30 | ||||||
| Almnäs Garrison | 1970-07-01 | – | 1997-12-31 | ||||||
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Footnotes
References
Notes
References
- {{harvnb. Sandberg. 2007
- {{harvnb. Braunstein. 2006
- {{harvnb. Braunstein. 2007
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