Göta ingenjörregemente

Göta ingenjörregemente (Ing 2)
Active	1878–
Country	Sweden
Branch	Swedish Army
Type	Engineer
Size	Regiment
Motto	None
March	"Göta ingenjörregementes marsch" (1890s–)
Battle honours	None

Göta ingenjörregemente (Götaland Engineer Regiment), designation Ing 2, is a Swedish Army engineer regiment that traces its origins back to the 19th century. It is still in active service, and is currently garrisoned in Eksjö. In spring 2008 the Swedish government announced that the Göta Ingenjörsregemente is threaten by closure in efforts to saving money at the Swedish defence. Decision is made in September 2008.

History

The regiment has its origins in Sappörbataljonen raised between 1873 and 1878. The battalion changed its name in 1893 to Göta ingenjörbataljon, and in 1902 to Göta ingenjörkår, when it gained the designation Ing 2 (2nd Engineer Regiment). Göta ingenjörkår was upgraded to a regiment in 1963 and was renamed Göta ingenjörregemente.

It was then downgraded to a battalion unit again in 1994, but six years later in 2000 it was upgraded to a regiment, and regained its old name. The regiment was garrisoned in Stockholm, Karlsborg before it moved to Eksjö in 1928 where it is currently garrisoned.

Campaigns

• None

Organisation

• ?

Name, designation and garrison

Name	Translation	From		To
Sappörbataljonen	Sapper Battalion	1873	–	1892-12-31
Sappörtruppen	Sapper Troop	1876	–
Göta ingenjörbataljon	Götaland Engineer Battalion	1893-01-01	–	1901-12-31
Göta ingenjörkår	Götaland Engineer Corps	1902-01-01	–	1963-06-30
Göta ingenjörregemente	Götaland Engineer Regiment	1963-07-01	–	1994-06-30
Göta ingenjörkår	Götaland Engineer Corps	1994-07-01	–	2000-06-30
Göta ingenjörregemente	Götaland Engineer Regiment	2000-07-01	–

Designation	From		To
Ing 2	1902-01-01	–

Training ground or garrison town	From		To
Stockholm (G)	1873	–	1875
Karlsborg (G)	1875	–	1928-03-31
Eksjö (G)	1928-04-01	–

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 2007-08-27. 
• Högman, Hans (2007). "Militaria - Svensk militärhistoria". http://www.algonet.se/~hogman/militaria.htm. Retrieved 2007-08-27. 
• 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 2007-08-27. 
• Sharman, Ken (2000). "Swedish military administrative division as per 1629". http://home.golden.net/~ksharman/gnw/Indel.html. Retrieved 2007-08-27. 

External links

• Göta ingenjörregemente – official site (Swedish)

Coordinates: 57°40′39″N 14°57′56″E / 57.6775°N 14.96556°E / 57.6775; 14.96556