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Bergslagen Artillery Regiment

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Active
  
1943–2000

Branch
  
Swedish Army

Country
  
Sweden

Type
  
Artillery regiment

Bergslagen Artillery Regiment

Motto(s)
  
Ultima ratio regum (The last resort of kings)

The Bergslagen Artillery Regiment (Swedish: Bergslagens artilleriregemente), designation A 9, was an artillery regiment of the Swedish Army, which was active from 1943 to 2000.

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History

The regiment was created as part of a build-up of the Swedish Army during World War II, so that Sweden's neutrality could be protected In 2000, the regiment and the other artillery regiments of the Swedish Army were amalgamated into the Artillery Regiment, in Kristinehamn, which took the A 9 designation from the Bergslagen Artillery Regiment.

Commanders

Regimental commanders active from 1943 until the regiment was reorganized on 30 June 2000.

  • 1943-1946 - Carl Årmann
  • 1946-1952 - Axel Philipson
  • 1952-1955 - Thorsten Berggren
  • 1955-1959 - Fredrik Hård
  • 1959-1964 - Sven Sandahl
  • 1964-1965 - Nils Holmstedt
  • 1965-1974 - Sten Claëson
  • 1974-1982 - Gösta Mittag-Leffler
  • 1982-1986 - Carl Carlsson
  • 1986-1992 - Lars Carlsson
  • 1992-1994 - Kjell Forssmark
  • 1994-2000 - Birger Almlöw
  • References

    Bergslagen Artillery Regiment Wikipedia