Swedish Army Fortifications Corps ( sv, Fortifikationskåren, FortK) was an

administrative corps Corps (; plural ''corps'' ; from French , from the Latin "body") is a term used for several different kinds of organization. A military innovation by Napoleon I, the formation was first named as such in 1805. The size of a corps varies great ...

of the

Swedish Army The Swedish Army ( sv, svenska armén) is the land force of the Swedish Armed Forces. History Svea Life Guards dates back to the year 1521, when the men of Dalarna chose 16 young able men as body guards for the insurgent nobleman Gustav Vas ...

from 1937 to 1962 when it became part of the Defence Staff. The corps provided the Swedish Armed Forces with specially trained personnel for building and property management service.

History

The Swedish Army Fortifications Corps was established in 1937 ( SFS 1937:673). The corps constituted of an

belonging to the

with the task of providing the Swedish Armed Forces with specially trained personnel for building and property management service. In this capacity, the Chief of the Swedish Army Fortifications Corps reported to the Chief of the Army. He was also head of the Fortification Board of the Royal Swedish Army Materiel Administration and in 1937 also became Inspector General of Swedish Fortifications (''Inspektör över rikets befästningar'') in terms of fortification arrangements. The Office of the Inspector General of Fortifications (''Befästningsinspektionen'') was amalgamated with the ''Fortifikationsförvaltningens befästningsbyrå'' on 1 May 1948 but became independent again on 1 October 1958. On 1 January 1962, it was amalgamated with the Defence Staff. The Swedish Army Fortifications Corps was a separate organizational unit within the Defence Staff until 1 February 1990. Subsequently, its tasks were transferred to the Personnel Management (''Personalledningen'').

Chiefs

*1934–1941: Ove Sylvan *1941–1943: Nils Carlquist (acting) *1943–1948: Nils Carlquist *1948–1956: Kjell Magnell *1956–1963: Erik Lidström *1963–1967: Allan Edebäck *1967–1971: Sven Erik Fahlander *1972–1978: Harald Schibbye *1978–1983: Bertil Runnberg *1983–1990: Sven Karevik

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