Svea ingenjörregemente

Svea ingenjörregemente (Ing 1)
Active	1855–1997
Country	Sweden
Branch	Swedish Army
Type	Engineer
Size	Regiment
Motto	None
Colours	Black
March	"På vakt" (1970–1997)
Battle honours	None

Svea ingenjörregemente (Svealand Engineer Regiment), designation Ing 1, was a Swedish Army engineer regiment that traced its origins back to the 19th century. It was disbanded in 1997. The regiment was garrisoned in Uppland and Södermanland.

History

The regiment has its origins in Sappörkompaniet raised in 1855. The company was reorganised to a battalion-sized unit in 1864 and was renamed Sappörkåren. This unit was transformed to a pontoon bridge battalion, Pontonjärbataljonen, in 1867. The battalion then changed its name once again in 1893 to Svea ingenjörbataljon, and in 1902 to Svea ingenjörkår, 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 Upplands regemente.

Svea ingenjörkår was upgraded to a regiment in 1957 and was renamed Svea ingenjörregemente. 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.

Campaigns

• None

Organisation

• ?

Name, designation and garrison

Name	Translation	From		To
Sappörkompaniet	Sapper Company	1855	–	1864
Sappörkåren	Sapper Corps	1864	–	1866-12-31
Pontonjärbataljonen	Pontoon Battalion	1867-01-01	–	1892-12-31
Svea ingenjörbataljon	Svealand Engineer Battalion	1893-01-01	–	1901-12-31
Svea ingenjörkår	Svealand Engineer Corps	1902-01-01	–	1957-06-30
Svea ingenjörregemente	Svealand Engineer Regiment	1957-07-01	–	1994-06-30
Svea ingenjörkår	Svealand Engineer Corps	1994-07-01	–	1997-12-31

Designation	From		To
Ing 1	1902-01-01	–	1997-12-31

Training ground or garrison town	From		To
Stockholm (G)	1855	–	1922-11-29
Solna (G)	1922-11-30	–	1970-06-30
Södertälje (G)	1970-07-01	–	1997-12-31

See also

• List of Swedish regiments
• Provinces of Sweden

References

Print

• Braunstein, Christian (2003). Sveriges arméförband under 1900-talet. Stockholm: Statens Försvarshistoriska Museer. ISBN 91-971584-4-5. 
• Holmberg, Björn (1993). Arméns regementen, skolor och staber: en sammanställning. Arvidsjaur: Svenskt militärhistoriskt bibliotek. ISBN 91-972209-0-6. 
• Kjellander, Rune (2003). Sveriges regementschefer 1700-2000: chefsbiografier och förbandsöversikter. Stockholm: Probus. ISBN 91-87184-74-5. 
• Nelsson, Bertil (1993). Från Brunkeberg till Nordanvind: 500 år med svenskt infanteri. Stockholm: Probus. ISBN 91-87184-23-0. 
• Svensk rikskalender 1908. Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt & Söner. 1908. http://runeberg.org/rikskal/1908/. 

Online

• Holmén, Pelle; Sjöberg, Jan (2007). "Swedish Armed Forces 1900-2000". http://www.tdg.nu/swedish_armed_forces/. Retrieved 2007-08-24. 
• Högman, Hans (2007). "Militaria - Svensk militärhistoria". http://www.algonet.se/~hogman/militaria.htm. Retrieved 2007-08-24. 
• Persson, Mats (1998). "Swedish Army Regiments". Archived from the original on 2007-08-30. http://web.archive.org/web/20070830204348/http://www.mvs.chalmers.se/~m95perm_2/forband/. Retrieved 2007-08-24. 
• Sharman, Ken (2000). "Swedish military administrative division as per 1629". http://home.golden.net/~ksharman/gnw/Indel.html. Retrieved 2007-08-24.