Uppland Regiment (signals)

Uppland Regiment
Upplands regemente
(Ing 3, S 1, S 1/Fo 47)

Insignia
Active 1902–2006
Country  Sweden
Branch Swedish Army
Type Signal
Size Regiment
Motto "Här finns inga omöjligheter"
("There are no impossibilities here")
Colours Red and yellow
March "Fälttelegrafkårens marsch" (1910–1952), "Fanvakten" (1952–1975), "Utgångsmarch" (1975–2007)
Battle honours Varberg (1565), Narva (1581), Lützen (1632), Warszawa (1656), Frederiksodde (1657), March across the Belts (1658), Rügen (1678), Düna (1701), Kliszow (1702), Holovczyn (1708), Helsingborg (1710), Svensksund (1790)

The Uppland Regiment (Swedish: Upplands regemente), designations Ing 3, S 1 and S 1/Fo 47, was a Swedish Army signal regiment that traced its origins back to the 19th century. It was disbanded in 2006. The regiment was garrisoned in Uppland.

History

The regiment has its origins in the field signal (later telegraphy) company raised in 1871 and subordinated to Pontoon Battalion in 1875. The company was redesignated as Fälttelegrafkåren and with designation Ing 3 (3rd Engineer Regiment) in 1902 when it became independent. An aircraft squadron was created in 1916 and split from the unit in 1926, this squadron would later become the Swedish Air Force.

The unit was reorganised and renamed to Signal Regiment with the designation S 1 (1st Signal Regiment) when the signal troops became a separate arm in 1937. A in 1915 detached company of the unit later became Norrland Signal Regiment and another in 1944 detached company later became Götaland Signal Regiment.

It was renamed to Uppland Signal Regiment in 1957 and in 1974 to Uppland Regiment. The same name was used by the infantry regiment Uppland Regiment, although the signal regiment does not trace its origins from this regiment, even though the victory names were transferred to the signal regiment.

In 1974, the regiment gained the new designation S 1/Fo 47 as a consequence of a merge with the local defence area Fo 47. The designation was changed back to S 1 in 2000 when the defence area was disbanded. Uppland Regiment was disbanded in 2006 but was replaced by the Command and Control Regiment which took the role that the regiment previously had.

Campaigns

Organisation

Name, designation and garrison

NameTranslationFrom To
FälttelegrafkårenField Telegraph Corps1902–1937-06-30
SignalregementetSignal Regiment1937-07-01–1957-03-31
Upplands signalregementeUppland Signal Regiment1957-04-01–1974-06-30
Upplands regementeUppland Regiment1974-07-01–2006-12-31
DesignationFrom To
Ing 31902-01-01–1937-06-30
S 11937-07-01–1974-06-30
S 1/Fo 471974-07-01–2000-06-30
S 12000-07-01–2006-12-31
Training ground
or garrison town		From To
Stockholm (G)1902–1957-03-31
Uppsala (G)1957-04-01–1982
Enköping (G)1982–2006-12-31

See also

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References

Print
  • Braunstein, Christian (2003). Sveriges arméförband under 1900-talet. Stockholm: Statens Försvarshistoriska Museer. ISBN 91-971584-4-5. 
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  • 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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