Småland Artillery Regiment

The Småland Artillery Regiment (Swedish: Smålands artilleriregemente), designation A 6, was a Swedish Army artillery regiment raised in 1895. It was disbanded in 1985. The regiment was based in Jönköping.

Småland Artillery Regiment
Smålands artilleriregemente
Active	1895–1985
Country	Sweden
Allegiance	Swedish Armed Forces
Branch	Swedish Army
Type	Artillery
Size	Regiment
Part of	2nd Army Division (1895–1901) 2nd Army Division (1902–1927) Eastern Army Division (1928–1936) I Army Division (1937–1942) I Military District (1942–1966) Southern Military District (1966–1985)
Garrison/HQ	Jönköping
Patron	Saint Barbara
March	"Smålands artilleriregementes marsch" (Rune)[note 1]
Anniversaries	4 December[note 2]
Insignia
Branch insignia

Heraldry and traditions

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of Småland Artillery Regiment (A 6) from 1977 to 1985. Blazon: "Or, the provincial badge of Småland, a double-tailed lion rampant gules, armed and langued azure, in the forepaws a crossbow gules, arrowhead argent, bow and string sable. The shield surmounted two gunbarrels of older pattern in saltire or. The gunbarrels may be sable."[2]

Colours, standards and guidons

A standard was presented to the regiment by His Majesty the King Gustaf V on his birthday on 16 June 1938. The hertage of the regiment were passed on by Northern Småland Regiment (I 12) after the disbandment.[3] From 1 July 2000, the traditions of the Småland Artillery Regiment are kept by the Artillery Regiment (A 9).[4]

Commanding officers

FCommanding officers from 1895 to 1985.[5]

• 1895–1898: S G A Geijer
• 1898–1899: A I R de Laval
• 1899–1902: Otto Virgin
• 1902–1902: C V G Grönvall (acting)
• 1902–1905: A O Staël von Holstein
• 1905–1908: A O Staël von Holstein
• 1908–1914: D Hedengren
• 1914–1915: D Hedengren
• 1915–1922: Ludvig Hammarskiöld
• 1922–1927: Bo Tarras-Wahlberg
• 1928–1931: J C Sylvan
• 1931–1932: Per Sylvan
• 1932–1937: S H Thorén
• 1937–1942: J G H Schmiterlöw
• 1942–1949: R N A Årmann
• 1949–1949: Curt Kempff (acting)
• 1949–1951: Hilding Kring
• 1951–1957: I Thorson
• 1957–1957: Nils-Ivar Carlborg (acting)
• 1957–1964: W Lundqvist
• 1964–1970: Sten-Olle Tegmo
• 1970–1973: Claes Carlsten
• 1973–1976: Gösta Gärdin
• 1976–1976: Å Hessler (acting)[6]
• 1976–1980: S Geijer
• 1980–1982: Fredrik Lilliecreutz
• 1982–1985: Lars Carlson

Names, designations and locations

Name	Translation	From		To
Kungl. Andra Göta artilleriregemente	Royal Second Göta Artillery Regiment	1894-10-01	–	1905-02-01
Kungl. Smålands artilleriregemente	Royal Småland Artillery Regiment	1905-02-02	–	1927-12-31
Kungl. Smålands arméartilleriregemente	Royal Småland Army Artillery Regiment	1928-01-01	–	1942-09-30
Kungl. Smålands artilleriregemente	Royal Småland Artillery Regiment	1942-10-01	–	1974-12-31
Smålands artilleriregemente	Småland Artillery Regiment	1975-01-01	–	1985-06-30
Avvecklingsorganisation	Decommissioning Organization	1985-07-01	–	1985-11-??
Designation		From		To
№ 6		1894-10-01	–	1914-09-30
A 6		1914-10-01	–	1985-06-30
Location		From		To
Stockholm Garrison		1894-04-25	–	1895-09-30
Gothenburg		1895-10-01	–	1898-04-05
Jönköping Garrison		1898-04-06	–	1985-06-30

See also

• List of Swedish artillery regiments

Footnotes

1. The march was established in 1953 by Army Order 33/1953. It was used by the Swedish Army Artillery Center (Arméns artillericentrum, ArtC) from 1993 to 1997, and by the Artillery Combat School (Artilleriets stridsskola, ArtSS) from 1998 to 2000.[1]
2. 4 December is saint day of Saint Barbara.

References

Notes

1. Sandberg 2007, p. 61
2. Braunstein 2006, p. 32
3. Braunstein 2003, pp. 201–203
4. Försvarets traditioner 2015, p. 21
5. Kjellander 2003, p. 305
6. "Överstelöjtnanten Åke Hessler, Jönköping, har avlidit 90 år gammal". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 2008-08-29. Retrieved 2017-02-08.

Print

• Braunstein, Christian (2003). Sveriges arméförband under 1900-talet. Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 5 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. ISBN 91-971584-4-5. SELIBR 8902928.
• Kjellander, Rune (2003). Sveriges regementschefer 1700-2000: chefsbiografier och förbandsöversikter (in Swedish). Stockholm: Probus. ISBN 91-87184-74-5. SELIBR 8981272.
• Braunstein, Christian (2006). Heraldiska vapen inom det svenska försvaret [Heraldry of the Swedish Armed Forces] (PDF). Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 9 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. ISBN 91-971584-9-6. SELIBR 10099224.
• 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.
• Försvarets traditioner i framtiden med översiktlig historik från 1500-talet (PDF) (in Swedish). Statens försvarshistoriska museer TradN. 2015. p. 21. ISBN 9789197859554. SELIBR 17552963. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2018.

Further reading

• Linderstam, Gunnar (1985). Glimtar ur ett regementes liv under 90 år (in Swedish). [Jönköping]: [Smålands artilleriregemente]. ISBN 91-7810-240-5. SELIBR 7666787.
• Mollstadius, Axel (1947). Jönkiöpings Fältartollerie 1691-1699. Skrifter / utgivna av Genealogiska föreningen, 0346-7473 ; 3 (in Swedish). [Stockholm]: [Fören.] SELIBR 1427553.