Svea Engineer Corps

Svea Engineer Corps
Svea Engineer Corps
Svea ingenjörkår
Active	1855–1997
Country	Sweden
Allegiance	Swedish Armed Forces
Branch	Swedish Army
Type	Engineer
Size	Corps
Part of	4th Military District (1855–1893); 4th Army Division (1893–1901); IV Army Division (1902–1927); Eastern Army Division (1928–1936); IV Army Divisoon (1937–1942); IV Military District (1942–1966); Eastern Military District (1966–1991); Middle Military District (1991–1997)
Garrison/HQ	Almnäs
Motto(s)	Över och genom alla hinder ("Over and through all obstacles")
Colors	Black
March	"På vakt" (Rydberg)
Insignia
Branch insignia
Cap badge
Shoulder sleeve insignia

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

History

The unit has its origins in Sapper Company raised in 1855. The company was reorganised to a battalion-sized unit in 1864 and was renamed Sapper Corps. This unit was transformed to a pontoon bridge battalion, Pontoon Battalion, in 1867. The battalion then changed its name once again in 1893 to Svea Engineer Battalion, and in 1902 to Svea Engineer Corps, 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 Uppland Regiment.

Svea Engineer Corps was upgraded to a regiment in 1957 and was renamed Svea Engineer Regiment. 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.

Organisation

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Heraldry and traditions

Coat of arms

The coat of the arms of the Svea Engineer Regiment (Ing 1) 1977–1994 and the Svea Engineer Corps (Ing 1) 1994–1997. Blazon: "Azure, the lesser coat of arms of Sweden, three open crowns placed two and one The shield surmounted a cluster of rays coming down from a mullet, or".^[2]

Colours, standards and guidons

The colour of Ing 2 was presented on 26 September 1935 by His Majestyg the King Gustaf V at the 300th Anniversary of the Fortifikationen ("Royal Engineers") in Stockholm. It was carried from 1 January 1998 by the Norrland Engineer Corps. When the colour was taken out of use, it was not handed over to the Swedish Army Museum but was exhibited at Ing 1's museum on Laxön. The colour couldn't therefore be admitted to the Swedish Army Museum collection until 2012.

The 1935 colour
The 1969 colour

Medals

In 1997, Svea ingenjörskårs (Ing 1) minnesmedalj ("Svea Engineer Corps (Ing 1) Commemorative Medal") i silver (SveaingSMM) of the 8th size was established. The medal is oval and the medal ribbon is divided in black, yellow and black moiré.^[3]

Svea Engineer Corps (Ing 1) Commemorative Medal

Commanding officers

Colonel Bengt Gustafsson, commander from 1981 to 1982.

Regimental commanders and battalion and corps commanders between 1900 and 1997.

1900–1904: Nils Gustaf Stedt (also commander of the Field Telegraph Corps (Ing 3).
1904–1910: Georg Juhlin-Dannfelt
1910–1915: August Fredrik Thorssell
1915–1915: Hjalmar Ertman Smitt
1915–1920: Erik Conrad Eriksson
1920–1924: Karl Amundson
1924–1926: Sven Erik Bjurgren
1926–1931: Gustaf Julius Rabe
1931–1934: Sven Alin
1934–1941: Sven Eberhard Tydén
1941–1941: Gunnar Edward Ström
1941–1948: Anders Walther Graûmann
1948–1953: Wilhelm Gottlieb Dahlgren
1953–1959: Axel Welin
1959–1965: Nils Christian Rabe
1965–1969: Åke Bernström
1969–1975: Kåre Svanfeldt
1975–1981: Anders Jonsson
1981–1982: Bengt Gustafsson
1982–1984: Sven-Erik Nilsson
1984–1989: Lars-Åke Persson
1989–1989: Carl Göran Gerhard De Geer
1989–1990: Björn Falkenström (acting)
1990–1994: Björn Falkenström
1994–1997: Christer Wulff

Names, designations and locations

Name	Translation	From		To
Kungl Sappörkompaniet	Royal Sapper Company	1855	–	1864
Kungl Sappörkåren	Royal Sapper Corps	1864	–	1866-12-31
Kungl Pontonjärbataljonen	Royal Pontoon Battalion	1867-01-01	–	1892-12-31
Kungl Svea ingenjörbataljon	Royal Svea Engineer Battalion	1893-01-01	–	1901-12-31
Kungl Svea ingenjörkår	Royal Svea Engineer Corps	1902-01-01	–	1957-06-30
Kungl Svea ingenjörregemente	Royal Svea Engineer Regiment	1957-07-01	–	1974-12-31
Svea ingenjörregemente	Svea Engineer Regiment	1975-01-01	–	1994-06-30
Svea ingenjörkår	Svea Engineer Corps	1994-07-01	–	1997-12-31
Designation		From		To
Ing 1		1902-01-01	–	1997-12-31
Location		From		To
Stockholm		1855	–	1922-11-29
Frösunda		1922-11-30	–	1970-06-30
Almnäs Garrison		1970-07-01	–	1997-12-31

Footnotes

^ The march was adopted on 18 March 1970. It replaced "Svea ingenjörkårs marsch" (Johnsson).^[1]

References

Notes

^ Sandberg 2007, pp. 42, 65
^ Braunstein 2006, p. 35
^ Braunstein 2007, p. 103

Print

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.
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.