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Göta Signal Corps
Göta Signal Corps
Göta signalkår
Active	1944–1997
Country	Sweden
Allegiance	Swedish Armed Forces
Branch	Swedish Army
Type	Signal
Size	Corps
Part of	Uppland Regiment (1944–1961); Western Military District (1961–1984); Life Regiment Hussars (1984–1997)
Garrison/HQ	Karlsborg
Motto(s)	Det omöjliga tar bara litet längre tid; ("The impossible only takes a little longer time")
Colors	Blue and white
March	"Svensk militärmarsch" (Brodin)
Insignia
Branch insignia
Cap badge
Unit insignia
Shoulder sleeve insignia

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The Göta Signal Corps (Swedish: Göta signalkår), designations S 1 Sk and S 2, was a Swedish Army signal unit, one of the few new formations raised in the 20th century. It was disbanded in 1997. The unit was garrisoned in Västergötland.

History

The unit has its origins in a 1944 detached company, Signalregementets kompani i Skövde, of Signal Regiment that was garrisoned in Skövde. The company gained the designation S 1 Sk (1st Signal Regiment, Skövde detachment), and was in 1958 upgraded to a separate battalion, and gained the designation S 2.

The battalion was transferred to Karlsborg in 1961 and was renamed Royal Göta Signal Regiment in 1962 when it was upgraded to regimental size. The Swedish Army Paratroop School was attached to the regiment from 1961 until the regiment was disbanded in 1984. However one battalion of the regiment was kept as part of Life Regiment Hussars as Göta Signal Battalion until it was disbanded in 1997.

Campaigns

None

Organisation

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Heraldry and traditions

Colours, standards and guidons

On 25 August 1962, His Majesty the King Gustaf VI Adolf presented a colour to the then Göta Signal Regiment. When Karlsborg Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Lv 1) was disbanded on 31 March 1961, its colour was transferred to Göta Signal Regiment, which carried it on certain occasions. On 1 July 1984, Göta Signal Regiment was amalgamated as a training battalion into the Life Regiment Hussars (K 3). The colour was then transferred to the Anti-Aircraft Combat School (Luftvärnsskjutskolan, LvSS) on 8 October 1984.^[2] Since 1 July 2000, the memory of Karlsborg Anti-Aircraft Regiment is maintained by the Air Defence Regiment (Lv 6).^[3]

On 30 April 1996, Supreme Commander, general Owe Wiktorin presented a new colour to Göta Signal Battalion at the Artillery Yard in Stockholm. It was drawn by Kristina Holmgård-Åkerberg and embroidered by machine in insertion technique by the company Libraria. It was used as battalion colour by S 2 until 1 January 1998. Blazon: "On green cloth in the centre a circular shield showing the coat of arms of the unit; azure, three wavy white bends sinister charged with a crowned double-tailed yellow lion rampant, armed and langued gules. The shield ensigned with a royal crown proper. In the first corner a mullet with a cluster of rays and in the second corner the insignia of the Swedish Army Signal Troops; an erect sword entwined with a bolt, all yellow".^[4]

Coat of arms

The coat of the arms of the Göta Signal Regiment (S 2) 1977–1994 and the Göta Signal Battalion (K 3/S 2) 1994–1997. Blazon: "Azure, the regimental badge, a double-tailed lion rampant or armed and langued gules. The shield surmounted a cluster of bolts, or".^[5]

Commanding officers

1958–1960: Nils Fredrik Schale
1960–1970: Tage Ingemar Bratt
1970–1976: Karl Edvin Eriksson
1976–1980: Håkan Hallgren
1980–1982: Åke Bertil Gunnar Lövdahl
1982–1984: Kurt Olofsson
1984–1987: Per Granath
1987–1989: Nils Göran Anders Nilsson
1989–1991: Bengt-Åke Gelin
1991–1993: Christer Birger Levin
1993–1995: Christer Carl Einar Ejnarsson
1995–1997: Per Jörgen Ivhammar

Names, designations and locations

Name	Translation	From		To
Kungl Signalregementets kompani i Skövde	Royal Signal Regiment's Company in Skövde	1944-04-01	–	1957-03-31
Kungl Upplands signalregementes kompani i Skövde	Royal Uppland Signal Regiment's Company in Skövde	1957-04-01	–	1958-06-30
Kungl Signalbataljonen i Skövde	Royal Signal Battalion in Skövde	1958-07-01	–	1961-03-31
Kungl Göta signalkår	Royal Göta Signal Corps	1961-04-01	–	1962-06-30
Kungl Göta signalregemente	Royal Göta Signal Regiment	1962-07-01	–	1974-12-31
Göta signalregemente	Göta Signal Regiment	1975-01-01	–	1984-06-30
Göta signalbataljon	Göta Signal Battalion	1984-07-01	–	1994-06-30
Göta signalkår	Göta Signal Corps	1994-07-01	–	1997-12-31
Designation		From		To
S 1 Sk		1944-04-01	–	1958-06-30
S 2		1958-07-01	–	1984-06-30
K 3/S 2		1984-07-01	–	1997-12-31
Location		From		To
Skövde Garrison		1944-04-01	–	1961-03-31
Karlsborg Garrison		1961-04-01	–	1997-12-31

Footnotes

^ The march was established by Army Order 418/1962.^[1]

References

Notes

^ Sandberg 2007, p. 21
^ "Standar m/1938". www.digitaltmuseum.se (in Swedish). 11 August 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
^ Braunstein 2003, pp. 225–226
^ Braunstein 2004, p. 42
^ Braunstein 2006, p. 36

Print

Braunstein, Christian (2003). Sveriges arméförband under 1900-talet. Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 5 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. ISBN 91-971584-4-5. SELIBR 8902928.
Braunstein, Christian (2004). Svenska försvarsmaktens fälttecken efter millennieskiftet [The flags and standards of the Swedish armed forces after the turn of the millennium] (PDF). Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 7 [dvs 8] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. ISBN 91-971584-7-X. SELIBR 9815350. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-05-22. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-11-25. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
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.

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+| unit_name =Göta Signal Corps
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+| size =[[Corps]]
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+| command_structure =[[Uppland Regiment (signals)|Uppland Regiment]] (1944–1961)<br>[[Western Military District (Sweden)|Western Military District]] (1961–1984)<br>[[Life Regiment Hussars]] (1984–1997)
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+| identification_symbol_2 =[[File:Baskertecken för Signaltrupperna AM.088423.jpg|100px]]
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-The '''Göta Signal Regiment''' ({{lang-sv|Göta signalregemente}}), designations '''S 1 Sk''' and '''S 2''', was a [[Swedish Army]] [[Swedish Army Signal Troops|signal]] [[regiment]], one of the few new formations raised in the 20th century. It was disbanded in 1997. The regiment was garrisoned in [[Västergötland]].
+The '''Göta Signal Corps''' ({{langx|sv|Göta signalkår}}), designations '''S 1 Sk''' and '''S 2''', was a [[Swedish Army]] [[Swedish Army Signal Troops|signal]] unit, one of the few new formations raised in the 20th century. It was disbanded in 1997. The unit was garrisoned in [[Västergötland]].
 == History ==
+[[File:Göta signalregemente (S 2) år 1984 KBGF.054471.jpg|thumb|left|Line-up of Signal Troops at Göta Signal Regiment (S 2) in 1984.]]
-The regiment has its origins in a 1944 detached [[company (military unit)|company]], ''Signalregementets kompani i Skövde'', of [[Uppland Regiment (signals)|Signal Regiment]] that was garrisoned in [[Skövde]]. The company gained the designation S 1 Sk (1st Signal Regiment, Skövde detachment), and was in 1958 upgraded to a separate [[battalion]], and gained the designation S 2.
+The unit has its origins in a 1944 detached [[company (military unit)|company]], ''Signalregementets kompani i Skövde'', of [[Uppland Regiment (signals)|Signal Regiment]] that was garrisoned in [[Skövde]]. The company gained the designation S 1 Sk (1st Signal Regiment, Skövde detachment), and was in 1958 upgraded to a separate [[battalion]], and gained the designation S 2.
-The battalion was transferred to [[Karlsborg]] in 1961 and was renamed Göta Signal Regiment in 1962 when it was upgraded to regimental size. The [[Swedish Parachute Ranger School|Swedish Army Paratroop School]] was attached to the regiment from 1961 until the regiment was disbanded in 1984. However one battalion of the regiment was kept as part of [[Life Regiment Hussars]] as Göta Signal Battalion until it was disbanded in 1997.
+The battalion was transferred to [[Karlsborg]] in 1961 and was renamed Royal Göta Signal Regiment in 1962 when it was upgraded to regimental size. The [[Swedish Parachute Ranger School|Swedish Army Paratroop School]] was attached to the regiment from 1961 until the regiment was disbanded in 1984. However one battalion of the regiment was kept as part of [[Life Regiment Hussars]] as Göta Signal Battalion until it was disbanded in 1997.
 == Campaigns ==
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 ===Colours, standards and guidons===
-On 25 August 1962, His Majesty the King [[Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden|Gustaf VI Adolf]] presented a colour to Göta Signal Regiment. When Karlsborg Anti-Aircraft Regiment (''Karlsborgs luftvärnsregemente'', Lv 1) was disbanded on 31 March 1961, its colour was transferred to Göta Signal Regiment, which carried it on certain occasions. On 1 July 1984, Göta Signal Regiment was amalgamated as a training battalion into the [[Life Regiment Hussars]] (K 3). The colour was then transferred to the Anti-Aircraft Combat School (''Luftvärnsskjutskolan'', LvSS) on 8 October 1984.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://digitaltmuseum.se/011024263617/standar-m-1938 |website=www.digitaltmuseum.se |title=Standar m/1938 |date=11 August 2014 |access-date=8 October 2018 |language=Swedish}}</ref> Since 1 July 2000, the memory of Karlsborg Anti-Aircraft Regiment is maintained by the [[Air Defence Regiment (Sweden)|Air Defence Regiment]] (Lv 6).<ref>{{harvnb|Braunstein|2003|pp=225-226}}</ref>
+On 25 August 1962, His Majesty the King [[Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden|Gustaf VI Adolf]] presented a colour to the then Göta Signal Regiment. When [[Karlsborg Anti-Aircraft Regiment]] (Lv 1) was disbanded on 31 March 1961, its colour was transferred to Göta Signal Regiment, which carried it on certain occasions. On 1 July 1984, Göta Signal Regiment was amalgamated as a training battalion into the [[Life Regiment Hussars]] (K 3). The colour was then transferred to the Anti-Aircraft Combat School (''Luftvärnsskjutskolan'', LvSS) on 8 October 1984.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://digitaltmuseum.se/011024263617/standar-m-1938 |website=www.digitaltmuseum.se |title=Standar m/1938 |date=11 August 2014 |access-date=8 October 2018 |language=Swedish}}</ref> Since 1 July 2000, the memory of Karlsborg Anti-Aircraft Regiment is maintained by the [[Air Defence Regiment (Sweden)|Air Defence Regiment]] (Lv 6).<ref>{{harvnb|Braunstein|2003|pp=225–226}}</ref>
+On 30 April 1996, Supreme Commander, general [[Owe Wiktorin]] presented a new colour to Göta Signal Battalion at the Artillery Yard in Stockholm. It was drawn by Kristina Holmgård-Åkerberg and embroidered by machine in insertion technique by the company Libraria. It was used as battalion colour by S 2 until 1 January 1998. [[Blazon]]: "On green cloth in the centre a circular shield showing the coat of arms of the unit; azure, three wavy white bends sinister charged with a crowned double-tailed yellow lion rampant, armed and langued gules. The shield ensigned with a royal crown proper. In the first corner a mullet with a cluster of rays and in the second corner the insignia of the [[Swedish Army Signal Troops]]; an erect sword entwined with a bolt, all yellow".<ref>{{harvnb|Braunstein|2004|p=42}}</ref>
+===Coat of arms===
-On 30 April 1996, Supreme Commander, general [[Owe Wiktorin]] presented a new colour to Göta Signal Battalion at the Artillery Yard in Stockholm. It was drawn by Kristina Holmgård-Åkerberg and embroidered by machine in insertion technique by the company Libraria. It was used as battalion colour by S 2 until 1 January 1998. [[Blazon]]: "On green cloth in the centre a circular shield showing the coat of arms of the unit; azure, three wavy white bends sinister
+The coat of the arms of the Göta Signal Regiment (S 2) 1977–1994 and the Göta Signal Battalion (K 3/S 2) 1994–1997. [[Blazon]]: "Azure, the regimental badge, a double-tailed lion rampant or armed and langued gules. The shield surmounted a cluster of bolts, or".<ref>{{harvnb|Braunstein|2006|p=36}}</ref>
-charged with a crowned double-tailed yellow lion rampant, armed and langued gules. The shield ensigned with a royal crown proper. In the first corner a mullet with a cluster of rays and in the second corner the insignia of the [[Swedish Army Signal Troops]]; an erect sword entwined with a bolt, all yellow".<ref>{{harvnb|Braunstein|2004|p=42}}</ref>
 ==Commanding officers==
 {{div col}}
-*1958–1960 – Nils Fredrik Schale
+*1958–1960: Nils Fredrik Schale
-*1960–1970 – Tage Ingemar Bratt
+*1960–1970: Tage Ingemar Bratt
-*1970–1976 – Karl Edvin Eriksson
+*1970–1976: Karl Edvin Eriksson
-*1976–1980 – Håkan Hallgren
+*1976–1980: Håkan Hallgren
-*1980–1982 – Åke Bertil Gunnar Lövdahl
+*1980–1982: Åke Bertil Gunnar Lövdahl
-*1982–1984 – Kurt Olofsson
+*1982–1984: Kurt Olofsson
-*1984–1987 – Per Granath
+*1984–1987: Per Granath
-*1987–1989 – Nils Göran Anders Nilsson
+*1987–1989: Nils Göran Anders Nilsson
-*1989–1991 – Bengt-Åke Gelin
+*1989–1991: Bengt-Åke Gelin
-*1991–1993 – Christer Birger Levin
+*1991–1993: Christer Birger Levin
-*1993–1995 – Christer Carl Einar Ejnarsson
+*1993–1995: Christer Carl Einar Ejnarsson
-*1995–1997 – Per Jörgen Ivhammar
+*1995–1997: Per Jörgen Ivhammar
 {{div col end}}
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 ==See also==
-*[[List of Swedish regiments]]
+*[[List of Swedish signal regiments]]
 ==Footnotes==
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 ===Print===
-*{{cite book |last=Braunstein |first=Christian |title=Sveriges arméförband under 1900-talet |series=Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 5 |year=2003 |publisher=Statens försvarshistoriska museer |location=Stockholm |language=Swedish |isbn=91-971584-4-5 |id={{LIBRIS|8902928}} |ref=harv}}
+*{{cite book |last=Braunstein |first=Christian |title=Sveriges arméförband under 1900-talet |series=Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 5 |year=2003 |publisher=Statens försvarshistoriska museer |location=Stockholm |language=Swedish |isbn=91-971584-4-5 |id={{LIBRIS|8902928}} }}
-*{{cite book |url=https://www.sfhm.se/contentassets/84a6e4f1b2ce4e2b96c4ba578a41c503/sfhm-skriftserie_svenska-armens-falttecken-efter-millennieskiftet_av_christian-braunstein.pdf |last=Braunstein |first=Christian |title=Svenska försvarsmaktens fälttecken efter millennieskiftet |trans-title=The flags and standards of the Swedish armed forces after the turn of the millennium |series=Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 7 [dvs 8] |year=2004 |publisher=Statens försvarshistoriska museer |location=Stockholm |language=Swedish |isbn=91-971584-7-X |id={{LIBRIS|9815350}} |ref=harv}}
+*{{cite book |url=https://www.sfhm.se/contentassets/84a6e4f1b2ce4e2b96c4ba578a41c503/sfhm-skriftserie_svenska-armens-falttecken-efter-millennieskiftet_av_christian-braunstein.pdf |last=Braunstein |first=Christian |title=Svenska försvarsmaktens fälttecken efter millennieskiftet |trans-title=The flags and standards of the Swedish armed forces after the turn of the millennium |series=Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 7 [dvs 8] |year=2004 |publisher=Statens försvarshistoriska museer |location=Stockholm |language=Swedish |isbn=91-971584-7-X |id={{LIBRIS|9815350}} |access-date=2018-10-08 |archive-date=2018-05-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522042235/http://www.sfhm.se/contentassets/84a6e4f1b2ce4e2b96c4ba578a41c503/sfhm-skriftserie_svenska-armens-falttecken-efter-millennieskiftet_av_christian-braunstein.pdf |url-status=dead }}
+*{{cite book |url=https://www.sfhm.se/contentassets/84a6e4f1b2ce4e2b96c4ba578a41c503/heraldiska-vapen-inom-det-svenska-forsvaret-sfhm-skrift-9.pdf |last=Braunstein |first=Christian |title=Heraldiska vapen inom det svenska försvaret |trans-title=Heraldry of the Swedish Armed Forces |series=Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 9 |year=2006 |publisher=Statens försvarshistoriska museer |location=Stockholm |language=Swedish |isbn=91-971584-9-6 |id={{LIBRIS|10099224}} |access-date=2018-11-28 |archive-date=2018-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125030817/https://www.sfhm.se/contentassets/84a6e4f1b2ce4e2b96c4ba578a41c503/heraldiska-vapen-inom-det-svenska-forsvaret-sfhm-skrift-9.pdf |url-status=dead }}
-*{{cite book |last=Sandberg |first=Bo |title=Försvarets marscher och signaler förr och nu: marscher antagna av svenska militära förband, skolor och staber samt igenkännings-, tjänstgörings- och exercissignaler |edition=New |year=2007 |publisher=Militärmusiksamfundet med Svenskt marscharkiv |location=Stockholm |language=Swedish |isbn=978-91-631-8699-8 |id={{LIBRIS|10413065}} |ref=harv}}
+*{{cite book |last=Sandberg |first=Bo |title=Försvarets marscher och signaler förr och nu: marscher antagna av svenska militära förband, skolor och staber samt igenkännings-, tjänstgörings- och exercissignaler |edition=New |year=2007 |publisher=Militärmusiksamfundet med Svenskt marscharkiv |location=Stockholm |language=Swedish |isbn=978-91-631-8699-8 |id={{LIBRIS|10413065}} }}
 ==Further reading==
-{{Commons category|Göta signalregemente|Göta Signal Regiment}}
+{{Commons category|Göta signalregemente|Göta Signal Corps}}
 *{{cite book |editor-last=Carlsson |editor-first=Gunnar |title=Kungl. Göta Signalregemente |year=1963 |id={{LIBRIS|12140389}} |language=Swedish}}
 *{{cite book |editor-last=Olofsson |editor-first=Kurt |title=Göta signalregemente 1961-1984 |year=1984 |publisher=Regementet |location=Karlsborg |id={{LIBRIS|447293}} |language=Swedish}}
 *{{cite book |editor-last=Andersson-Hultin |editor-first=Inger |title=S 2: Göta signalbataljon/signalkår 1984-1997 |year=1999 |publisher=Signalkåren |location=Karlsborg |id={{LIBRIS|3104311}} |language=Swedish}}
-{{DEFAULTSORT:Gotaland Signal Regiment}}
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Gotaland Signal Corps}}
-[[Category:Signal regiments of Sweden]]
+[[Category:Military communications units and formations of the Swedish Army]]
+[[Category:Corps of the Swedish Army]]
 [[Category:Disbanded units and formations of Sweden]]
 [[Category:Military units and formations established in 1944]]
 [[Category:Military units and formations established in 1997]]
-[[Category:Signals intelligence]]
+[[Category:1944 establishments in Sweden]]
-[[Category:Electronic warfare]]
+[[Category:1997 disestablishments in Sweden]]
+[[Category:Skövde Garrison]]
+[[Category:Karlsborg Garrison]]