Norrland Artillery Regiment

Norrland Artillery Regiment
Norrland Artillery Regiment
Norrlands artilleriregemente
Active	1893–1983, 1990–1997
Country	Sweden
Allegiance	Swedish Armed Forces
Branch	Swedish Army
Type	Artillery
Size	Regiment
Part of	6th Army Division (1893–1901); VI Army Division (1902–1927); Northern Army Division (1928–1936); II Army Division (1937–1942); II Military District (1942–1966); Milo NN (1966–1983); Östersund Army Garrison (1983–1990); Milo NN (1990–1993); Milo N (1993–1997)
Garrison/HQ	Östersund
Motto(s)	Framåtanda, fältmässighet, sammanhållning ("Spirit, serviceability, unity")
Colors	Orange
March	"Norrlands artilleriregementes marsch" (Hyltén)
Anniversaries	28 September; 4 December
Insignia
Branch insignia
Cap badge

The Norrland Artillery Regiment (Swedish: Norrlands artilleriregemente), designation A 4, was a Swedish Army artillery regiment that traced its origins back to the 19th century. The regiment's soldiers were originally recruited from the provinces of Norrland. The regiment was disbanded in 1997. From 1998 to 2000, the Boden Artillery Regiment was known by this name.

History[edit]

The regiment was created in 1893 by splitting off two batteries from 1st Svea Artillery Regiment and two batteries from 1st Göta Artillery Regiment which formed six batteries of Norrland Artillery Regiment. The regiment was garrisoned in Östersund but a detachment in Boden was created in 1910, this detachment was split off in 1928 and created Norrbotten Artillery Corps. The regiment's designation was A 4 (4th Artillery Regiment). Norrland Artillery Regiment was disbanded in 1997.

Campaigns[edit]

None

Organisation[edit]

Unknown

Heraldry and traditions[edit]

Colours, standards and guidons[edit]

The regimental standard was presented by His Majesty the King Gustaf V on his birthday on 16 June 1938.^[2]

The 1938 guard standard.
The 1986 guard standard which replaced the one from 1938.

Coat of arms[edit]

The coat of the arms of the Norrland Artillery Regiment (A 1) 1977–1997. Blazon: "Azure, the provincial badge of Jämtland, an elk passant argent, attacked on the back by a rising falcon and in the front by a rampant dog both or; all animals armed and langued gules. The shield surmounted two gunbarrels of older pattern in saltire or. The gunbarrels may be sable".^[3]

Medals[edit]

In 1997, the Norrlands artilleriregementes (A 4) minnesmedalj ("Norrland Artillery Regiment (A 4) Commemorative Medal") in silver (NorrlartregSMM) of the 8th size was established. The medal ribbon is orange moiré with two red lines on each side.^[4]

Norrland Artillery Regiment (A 4) Commemorative Medal.

Heritage[edit]

Upon the disbandment of the regiment, the regimental traditions, standards and names was taken over by Boden Artillery Regiment. On 30 June 2000, the Boden Artillery Regiment, or Norrland Artillery Regiment which it was called then, was disbanded. From 1 July 2000, the standard and its traditions was passed on to the Artillery Regiment.^[2]

Commanding officers[edit]

Regimental commander from 1893 to 1997.^[5]

1893–1898: Colonel Ernst Boheman
1898–1907: Colonel Herman Birger Holmberg
1907–1913: Colonel Olof Erland Hofstedt
1913–1916: Colonel Arvid Edmund Rudling
1916–1922: Colonel Hugo Nordenfelt
1922–1927: Colonel Johan Georg Sylvan
1927–1934: Colonel Georg Ohlson
1934–1939: Colonel Per Falk
1939–1942: Colonel Carl-Gustaf Hamilton
1942–1943: Colonel Carl Årmann
1943–1947: Colonel Fernando Odenrick
1947–1952: Colonel Thorsten Berggren
1952–1959: Colonel Stig Lindström
1959–1965: Colonel Göran Schildt
1965–1975: Colonel Lennart Brant-Lundin
1975–1979: Colonel Sven Ragnar Eugén Holmberg
1979–1982: Colonel Thure Östberg
1982–1985: Colonel Lars-Olof Strandberg
1985–1987: Colonel Dan Albin Snell
1987–1992: Colonel Sten Sture Gustaf Ankarcrona
1992–1994: Colonel Lennart Uller
1994–1996: Colonel Lars Lagrell
1996–1997: Colonel Torsten Gerhardsson
1997–1997: Lieutenant Colonel Sten Bredberg^{[note 3]}

Names, designations and locations[edit]

Name	Translation	From		To
Kungl. Norrlands artilleriregemente	Royal Norrland Artillery Regiment^[6]	1893-10-01	–	1974-12-31
Norrlands artilleriregemente	Norrland Artillery Regiment	1975-01-01	–	1983-06-30
Norrlands artilleriregemente	Norrland Artillery Regiment	1990-07-01	–	1997-12-31
Designation		From		To
No. 4		1893-10-01	–	1914-09-30
A 4		1914-10-01	–	1983-06-30
A 4		1990-07-01	–	1997-12-31
Location		From		To
Östersund Garrison		1893-10-01	–	1983-06-30
Östersund Garrison		1990-07-01	–	1997-12-31

Footnotes[edit]

^ The march was established in 1953 by Army Order 33/1953.^[1]
^ 4 December is saint day of Saint Barbara.
^ Bredberg was acting regimental commander from 1 October to 31 December 1997.

References[edit]

Notes[edit]

^ Sandberg 2007, p. 40
^ ^a ^b Braunstein 2003, pp. 193–195
^ Braunstein 2006, p. 32
^ Braunstein 2007, p. 105
^ Kjellander 2003, p. 291
^ Gullberg 1977, p. 582

Print[edit]

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.
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.
Braunstein, Christian (2007). Utmärkelsetecken på militära uniformer [Decorations on Swedish military uniforms] (PDF). Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 12 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. ISBN 978-91-976220-2-8. SELIBR 10423295.
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.
Kjellander, Rune (2003). Sveriges regementschefer 1700-2000: chefsbiografier och förbandsöversikter (in Swedish). Stockholm: Probus. ISBN 91-87184-74-5. SELIBR 8981272.
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.