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Göta Signal Regiment
Göta signalregemente
Active1944–1997
Country Sweden
AllegianceSwedish Armed Forces
BranchSwedish Army
TypeSignal
SizeRegiment
Part ofUppland Regiment (1944–1961)
Life Regiment Hussars (1984–1997)
Garrison/HQKarlsborg
Motto(s)Det omöjliga tar bara litet längre tid
("The impossible only takes a little longer time")
ColorsBlue and white
March"Svensk militärmarsch" (Brodin)[note 1]

The Göta Signal Regiment (Template:Lang-sv), designations S 1 Sk and S 2, was a Swedish Army signal regiment, one of the few new formations raised in the 20th century. It was disbanded in 1997. The regiment was garrisoned in Västergötland.

History

The regiment 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 Göta Signal Regiment in 1962 when it was upgraded to regimental size. The parachute ranger school Fallskärmsjägarskolan 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 signalbataljon until it was disbanded in 1997.

Campaigns

  • None

Organisation

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Name, designation and garrison

Name Translation From To
Signalregementets kompani i Skövde Signal Regiment's Company in Skövde 1944-04-01 1957-03-31
Upplands signalregementes kompani i Skövde Uppland Signal Regiment's Company in Skövde 1957-04-01 1958-06-30
Signalbataljonen i Skövde Signal Battalion in Skövde 1958-07-01 1961-03-31
Göta signalkår Göta Signal Corps 1961-04-01 1962-06-30
Göta signalregemente Göta Signal Regiment 1962-07-01 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 1997-12-31
Training ground
or garrison town
From To
Skövde (G) 1944-04-01 1961-03-31
Karlsborg (G) 1961-04-01 1997-12-31

See also

Footnotes

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

References

Notes

  1. ^ 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. p. 21. ISBN 978-91-631-8699-8. SELIBR 10413065.

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.

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