Göta artilleriregemente (Götaland Artillery Regiment), designation A 2, was a Swedish Army

Swedish Army

The Swedish Army is one of the oldest standing armies in the world and a branch of the Swedish Armed Forces; it is in charge of land operations. General Sverker Göranson is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Army.- Organization :...

 artillery

Artillery

Originally applied to any group of infantry primarily armed with projectile weapons, artillery has over time become limited in meaning to refer only to those engines of war that operate by projection of munitions far beyond the range of effect of personal weapons...

 regiment

Regiment

A regiment is a major tactical military unit, composed of variable numbers of batteries, squadrons or battalions, commanded by a colonel or lieutenant colonel...

 that traced its origins back to the 17th century. It was disbanded in 1962. The regiment's soldiers were originally recruited from Götaland

Götaland

Götaland , Gothia, Gothland, Gothenland, Gautland or Geatland is one of three lands of Sweden and comprises provinces...

, and it was also garrisoned there.

History

The regiment has its origins in Artilleriregementet

Artilleriregementet (old)

Artilleriregementet was a Swedish Army artillery regiment that traced its origins back to the 17th century. It split into four artillery regiments in 1794. The regiment's soldiers were recruited from the whole country, and it was garrisoned at several locations.- History :The regiment has its...

 raised in 1636. That regiment was split into four new regiments in 1794 of which Göta artilleriregemente was one. The regiment was given the designation A 2 (2nd Artillery Regiment) in 1830. In 1893 four companies

Company (military unit)

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 were split off to form Norrlands artilleriregemente

Norrlands artilleriregemente

Norrlands artilleriregemente , designation A 4, was a Swedish Army artillery regiment that traced its origins back to the 19th century. The regiment's soldiers were originally recruited from the provinces of Norrland...

 and Karlsborgs artillerikår.

The regiment also changed name to Första Göta artilleriregemente in 1893, and another two companies were split off to form Smålands artilleriregemente in 1895. The name was changed back again in 1904. The regiment was garrisoned in Göteborg until it was disbanded in 1962.

Name, designation and garrison

Name	Translation	From		To
Göta artilleriregemente	Götaland Artillery Regiment	1794-06-23	–	1892-12-31
Första Göta artilleriregemente	1st Götaland Artillery Regiment	1893-01-01	–	1904-12-07
Göta artilleriregemente	Götaland Artillery Regiment	1904-12-08	–	1962-03-31

Designation	From		To
A 2	1830	–	1962-03-31

Training ground or garrison town	From		To
Gothenburg Gothenburg Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area... (G)	1794-06-23	–	1962-03-31