Wendes Artillery Regiment

Wendes Artillery Regiment
Wendes artilleriregemente
Active 1794–2000
Country Sweden
Allegiance Swedish Armed Forces
Branch Swedish Army
Type Artillery
Size Regiment
Part of
List
  • 1st Military District (1833–1893)
  • I Army Division (1893–1901)
  • I Army Division (1902–1927)
  • Southern Army Division (1928–1936)
  • I Army Division (1937–1942)
  • I Military District (1942–1966)
  • Milo S (1966–2000)
Garrison/HQ Hässleholm
Motto(s) Nulli secundus ("Second to none")
Colors Blue and white
March "Siegestrophäen" (Friedemann)
Anniversaries 6 September
4 December
Battle honours Großbeeren (1813)
Dennewitz (1813)
Leipzig (1813)
Insignia
Branch insignia
Cap badge
Shoulder sleeve insignia m/1906
Shoulder sleeve insignia

The Wendes Artillery Regiment (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

See also: Artillery Regiment (1636) § 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.

Campaigns

See also: Artillery Regiment (1636) § Campaigns
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Organisation

See also: Artillery Regiment (1636) § Organisation
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Heraldry and traditions

Colours, standards and guidons

The standard of Wendes Artillery Regiment was embroidered by hand by mademoiselle Anette Bergner and presented as an honorary standard to the former mounted division of the Royal Wendes Artillery Regiment (A 3) in 1815. It was used as regimental standard by A 3 until 1 July 2000. Blazon: "On white cloth a winged cluster of flashes clasped by a hand under a royal crown proper, wings brown, crown and flash-cluster in yellow. In each corner a slanted open yellow crown. Yellow battle honours (Großbeeren 1813, Leipzig 1813, Dennewitz 1813) on the three lower sides of the standard. Fringe in white and yellow." Today it is presented as the second standard of the Artillery Regiment.

  • Regimental standard
    Regimental standard

Coat of arms

The coat of the arms of the Wendes Artillery Regiment (A 3) 1977–2000. Blazon: "Gules, the regimental badge, a wyvern or, armed and langued azure. The shield surmounted two gunbarrels of older pattern in saltire or. The gunbarrels may be sable".

Commanding officers

  • 1794–1797: C C Gyllenstierna
  • 1797–1804: C Armfelt
  • 1804–1807: J Norby
  • 1807–1821: Carl Friedrich von Cardell
  • 1821–1822: C A Hägerflycht
  • 1822–1845: A G von Arbin
  • 1845–1860: David Wilhelm Silfverstolpe
  • 1860–1866: A Wachtmeister
  • 1866–1871: C M Skytte
  • 1871–1882: G M von Arbin
  • 1882–1883: H E R Rehbinder
  • 1883–1891: A O Ankarcrona
  • 1891–1895: C A Francke
  • 1895–1911: Fredrik Johan Leth
  • 1903–1911: T J Dyrssen
  • 1911–1918: Karl Toll
  • 1918–1919: G A Lundeberg (acting)
  • 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
  • 1966–1966: Carl Arcadius Holger Areskoug (acting)
  • 1966–1967: Harald Smith
  • 1967–1978: Valter Thomé
  • 1978–1986: Hans Richter
  • 1986–1993: Leif Mårtensson
  • 1993–1994: Kjell Åke Plantin (acting)
  • 1994–1995: Kjell Åke Plantin
  • 1995–2000: Rolf Ohrlander

Names, designations and locations

See also: Artillery Regiment (1636) § Names, designations and locations
Name Translation From To
Kungl Wendes artilleriregemente Royal Wendes Artillery Regiment 1794-06-23 – 1974-12-31
Wendes artilleriregemente Wendes Artillery Regiment 1975-01-01 – 2000-06-30
Avvecklingsorganisation Decommissioning Organisation 2000-07-01 – 2001-06-30
Designation From To
№ 3 1830-??-?? – 1914-09-30
A 3 1914-10-01 – 2000-06-30
Location From To
Kristianstad Garrison 1794-06-23 – 1994-06-30
Stralsund Garrison 1794-06-23 – 1814-12-31
Hässleholm Garrison 1994-07-01 – 2000-06-30

See also