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unit that traced its origins back to the 19th century. It was disbanded in 1997. The unit was garrisoned in

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History

The unit has its origins in Sapper Company raised in 1855. The

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was reorganised to a

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-sized unit in 1864 and was renamed Sapper Corps. This unit was transformed to a

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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

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company that had been attached to the unit became independent and later formed

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. 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

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during its lifetime.

Organisation

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.

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: "Azure, the lesser

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, three open crowns placed two and one The shield surmounted a cluster of rays coming down from a mullet, or".

Colours, standards and guidons

The colour of Ing 2 was presented on 26 September 1935 by His Majestyg the King

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at the 300th Anniversary of the ' ("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

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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. File:Fana för Svea Ingenjörskår m-1935.jpg, The 1935 colour File:AM.088695a.jpg, The 1969 colour

Medals

In 1997, ' ("Svea Engineer Corps (Ing 1) Commemorative Medal") i silver (SveaingSMM) of the 8th size was established. The medal is oval and the

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is divided in black, yellow and black moiré. File:AM.019718.jpg, Svea Engineer Corps (Ing 1) Commemorative Medal

Commanding officers

Regimental commanders and battalion and corps commanders between 1900 and 1997. *1900–1904: Nils Gustaf Stedt (also commander of the

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(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:

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*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

History

Organisation

Heraldry and traditions

Coat of arms

Colours, standards and guidons

Medals

Commanding officers

Names, designations and locations

See also

Footnotes

References

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