The Swedish Engineer Troops ( sv, Ingenjörtrupperna, I) is the

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branch of the

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. The Troops were formed after the Defence Act of 1936. Today, it consists of a single unit, the Göta Engineer Regiment (Ing 2) and two schools, the Swedish Army Field Work School (''Fältarbetsskolan'', FarbS) and the EOD School (''Amröjskolan'', AmröjS)

History

In the 1600s and 1700s, special engineer (or pioneer units) were organized. ''Fortifikationen'' ("Royal Engineers") were established in 1635 as a special corps for construction of fortifications. The task of ''Fortifikationen'' was to build and maintain the country's land and coastal fortifications and other military buildings. In 1811, the ''Fortifikationen'' was amalgamated with the Field Surveying Corps (''Fältmätningskåren'') to the Engineer Corps (''Ingenjörskåren''). This consisted, among other things, of a fortification brigade. In 1867 the Engineer Corps was renamed the ''Fortifikationen''. From 1855, sapper companies, a pontoon battalion, a field-signaling company and engineer troops were added to the ''Fortifikationen''. The service branch expanded greatly towards the late 1800s, and in 1901 there were four corps; the

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(Ing 1), Göta Engineer Corps (Ing 2),

Field Telegraph Corps Field Telegraph Corps ( sv, Fälttelegrafkåren), designation Ing 3, was a Swedish engineering unit within the Swedish Armed Forces which served in various forms between 1902 and 1937. The main part of the unit was located in the Stockholm Garris ...

(Ing 3), and Boden Engineer Corps (Ing 4). According to the Defence Act of 1925, the Swedish Engineer Troops now came to consist of two field engineering corps (Svea and Göta, located in Stockholm and Eksjö), the Field Telegraph Corps (Stockholm) and Boden Engineer Corps. Svea Engineer Corps was organized on a corps staff, two field engineering companies, two military bridge companies, a fortress engineering company (

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) and a ordnance (sapper) company. Göta Engineer Corps was organized on a corps staff, three field engineering companies, a military bridge company, a fortress engineering company ( Karlskrona) and a ordnance (sapper) company. The Field Telegraph Corps was organized on corps staff, two field telegraph companies, two radio companies and an ordnance company. The Boden Engineer Corps was organized on a corps staff, a field engineering company, a fortress engineering company, a military bridge company, a telegraph company and a ordnance (sapper) company. The Swedish Engineer Troops constituted after the Defence Act of 1936 a special service branch, including three engineer corps:

(Ing 1) in

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, Göta Engineer Corps (Ing 2) in Eksjö and Boden Engineer Corps (Ing 4, later Ing 3) in Boden. It was established when the ''Fortifikationen'' was split into the Swedish Engineer Troops,

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and the Swedish Fortification Corps. A school to train officers in the engineer troops and to train other officers in the field working service was established in 1943 under the name Engineer Troop School (''Ingenjörtruppskolan'', IngS). It changed its name in 1952 to the Swedish Army School of Field Works (''Arméns fältarbetsskola'', FältarbS). On 1 June 1981 the Swedish Engineers adet andOfficer Candidate School (''Ingenjörtruppernas kadett- och aspirantskola'', IngKAS) was amalgamated with the Swedish Army School of Field Works. It ceased and was part of the Swedish Army Field Works Center (''Arméns fältarbetscentrum'', FarbC) from 1 July 1991. The Swedish Army Field Works Center was disbanded in 1997 and the Swedish Army Field Work School (''Fältarbetsskolan'', FarbS) continued operations together with the EOD School (''Amröjskolan'', AmröjS), both sorting under Göta Engineer Regiment (Ing 2) which since 2005 is the only remaining active engineer unit in the Swedish Engineer Troops.

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Inspector of the Swedish Engineer Troops

The head of the Engineer Troops was called ''Ingenjörinspektören'' ("Inspector of the Swedish Engineer Troops"). In the years 1966-1991, the Engineer Troops and the Signal Troops had a joint branch inspector; the Inspector of the Swedish Army Engineer Corps and Signal Corps (''Ingenjörinspektör- och Signalinspektören''). From 1991, the two branches received an inspector each, and the title of the engineer troops was shortened to the Engineer Inspector. In connection with the decommissioning of Swedish Army Field Work Center (''Arméns fältarbetscentrum''), the position of Engineer Inspector disappeared. *1937–1941: Sven Alin *1940–1941: Per (Pelle) Högstedt *1941–1946: Sigurd Rahmqvist *1946–1953: Inge Hellgren *1953–1963: Stig Berggren *1963–1967: Gunnar Smedmark *1967–1967: Harald Smith (acting) *1968–1969: Harald Smith *1969–1975: Åke Bernström *1975–1982: Kåre Svanfeldt *1982–1986: Owe Dahl *1986–1991: Bertil Lövdahl *1991–1993: Lars-Åke Persson *1993–1997: Christer Ljung *1997–1997: Björn Svensson

History

Units

Inspector of the Swedish Engineer Troops

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