- Göta signalregemente
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= Göta signalregemente
(S 1 Sk, S 2)
dates= 1944–1997
country=Sweden
branch=Swedish Army
type= Signal
size=Regiment
motto= "Det omöjliga tar bara litet längre tid"
("The impossible only takes a little longer time")
march= "Svensk militärmarsch" (1962–1997)
battle_honours= NoneGöta signalregemente (Götaland Signal Regiment), designations S 1 Sk and S 2, was a
Swedish Army signalregiment , one of the few new formations raised in the 20th century. It was disbanded in 1997. The regiment was garrisoned inVästergötland .History
The regiment has its origins in a 1944 detached company, Signalregementets kompani i Skövde, of Signalregementet that was garrisoned in
Skövde . The company gained the designation S 1 Sk (1st Signal Regiment, Skövde detachment), and was in 1958 upgraded to a separatebattalion , and gained the designation S 2.The battalion was transferred to
Karlsborg in 1961 and was renamed Göta signalregemente in 1962 when it was upgraded to regimental size. The parachute ranger schoolFallskärmsjägarskolan was attached to the regiment from 1961 until the regiment was disbanded in 1984. However one battalion of the regiment was kept as part ofLivregementets husarer as Göta signalbataljon until it was disbanded in 1997.Campaigns
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Organisation
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Name, designation and garrison
See also
*
List of Swedish regiments
*Provinces of Sweden References
;Print
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