Wendes Artillery Regiment

Wendes Artillery Regiment
Wendes Artillery Regiment
Wendes artilleriregemente
	Insignia
Active	1794–2000
Country	Sweden
Branch	Swedish Army
Type	Artillery
Size	Regiment
Colours	White
March	"Siegestrophäen" (1906–2000)
Battle honours	Grossbehren (1813), Dennewitz (1813), Leipzig (1813)

The Wendes Artillery Regiment^[1] (Swedish: Wendes artilleriregemente), designation A 3, was a Swedish Army artillery regiment that traced its origins back to the 17th century. The regiment's soldiers were originally recruited from Scania, where it was garrisoned. The unit was disbanded as a result of the disarmament policies set forward in the Defence Act of 2000.

History

The regiment has its origins in the Artillery Regiment raised in 1636. That regiment was split into four new regiments in 1794 of which Wendes Artillery Regiment was one. The regiment was given the designation A 3 (3rd Artillery Regiment) in 1830. In 1893 two companies were split off to form 2nd Svea Artillery Regiment and 2nd Göta Artillery Regiment. The regiment was garrisoned in Kristianstad but moved to Norra Åsum in 1953 and to Hässleholm in 1994 before being disbanded in 2000.

Commanders

1911–1918: Karl Toll
1919–1922: Bo Tarras-Wahlberg
1922–1927: Lennart Lilliehöök
1928–1932: Thor Lagerheim
1932–1935: Sture Gadd
1935–1940: Hugo Gadd
1940–1945: Knut Gyllenstierna
1945–1950: Tor Hedqvist
1950–1951: Karl Ångström
1951–1954: Erik Kihlblom
1954–1957: Alarik Bergman
1957–1961: Nils Söderberg
1961–1963: Stig Löfgren
1963–1966: Stig Magneberg
1966–1967: Harald Smith (acting)
1967–1978: Valter Thomé
1978–1986: Hans Richter
1986–1993: Leif Mårtensson
1993–1995: Kjell Åke Plantin
1995–2000: Rolf Ohrlander

Campaigns

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Organisation

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Name, designation and garrison

Name	Translation	From		To
Wendes artilleriregemente	Wendes Artillery Regiment	1794-06-23	–	2000-12-31

Designation	From		To
A 3	1830	–	2000-06-30

Training ground or garrison town	From		To
Kristianstad (G)	1794-06-23	–	1953-09-05
Norra Åsum (G)	1953-09-06	–	1994-06-30
Hässleholm (G)	1994-07-01	–	2000-12-31

References

Notes

^ 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. p. 1141. ISBN 91-1-775052-0. SELIBR 8345587.

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.

Online

Holmén, Pelle; Sjöberg, Jan (2007). "Swedish Armed Forces 1900-2000". Retrieved 2007-08-26.
Högman, Hans (2007). "Militaria - Svensk militärhistoria". Retrieved 2007-08-26.
Persson, Mats (1998). "Swedish Army Regiments". Archived from the original on 2007-08-30. Retrieved 2007-08-26.
Sharman, Ken (2000). "Swedish military administrative division as per 1629". Retrieved 2007-08-26.

[1] 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. p. 1141. ISBN 91-1-775052-0. SELIBR 8345587.

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