Swedish Army Fortifications Corps

Swedish Army Fortifications Corps[1] (Swedish: Fortifikationskåren, FortK) was an administrative corps of the Swedish Army from 1937 to 1962 when it became part of the Defence Staff. The corps provided the Swedish Armed Forces with specially trained personnel for building and property management service.

History

The Swedish Army Fortifications Corps was established in 1937 (SFS 1937:673). The corps constituted of an administrative corps belonging to the Swedish Army with the task of providing the Swedish Armed Forces with specially trained personnel for building and property management service. In this capacity, the Chief of the Swedish Army Fortifications Corps reported to the Chief of the Army. He was also head of the Fortification Board of the Royal Swedish Army Materiel Administration and in 1937 also became Inspector General of Swedish Fortifications (Inspektör över rikets befästningar) in terms of fortification arrangements. The Office of the Inspector General of Fortifications (Befästningsinspektionen) was amalgamated with the Fortifikationsförvaltningens befästningsbyrå on 1 May 1948 but became independent again on 1 October 1958. On 1 January 1962, it was amalgamated with the Defence Staff.[2] The Swedish Army Fortifications Corps was a separate organizational unit within the Defence Staff until 1 February 1990. Subsequently, its tasks were transferred to the Personnel Management (Personalledningen).[3]

Chiefs

1934–1941: Ove Sylvan
1941–1943: Nils Carlquist (acting)
1943–1948: Nils Carlquist
1948–1956: Kjell Magnell
1956–1963: Erik Lidström
1963–1967: Allan Edebäck
1967–1971: Sven Erik Fahlander
1972–1978: Harald Schibbye
1978–1983: Bertil Runnberg
1983–1990: Sven Karevik

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References

Notes

Gullberg 1977, p. 134
"Chefen för fortifikationskåren och inspektören över rikets (1937 – )" (in Swedish). National Archives of Sweden. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
"Överbefälhavaren" (in Swedish). National Archives of Sweden. Retrieved 22 January 2020.

Print

Gullberg, Ingvar E. (1977). Svensk-engelsk fackordbok för näringsliv, förvaltning, undervisning och forskning [A Swedish-English dictionary of technical terms used in business, industry, administration, education and research] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Norstedt. ISBN 91-1-775052-0. SELIBR 8345587.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)