Svea ingenjörregemente designation Ing 1, was a Swedish Army

Swedish Army

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 engineer

Military engineer

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 regiment

Regiment

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

Uppland

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 and Södermanland

Södermanland

', sometimes referred to under its Latin form Sudermannia or Sudermania, is a historical province or landskap on the south eastern coast of Sweden. It borders Östergötland, Närke, Västmanland and Uppland. It is also bounded by lake Mälaren and the Baltic sea.In Swedish, the province name is...

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History

The regiment has its origins in Sappörkompaniet raised in 1855. The company

Company (military unit)

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 was reorganised to a battalion

Battalion

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-sized unit in 1864 and was renamed Sappörkåren. This unit was transformed to a pontoon bridge

Pontoon bridge

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 battalion, Pontonjärbataljonen, in 1867. The battalion then changed its name once again in 1893 to Svea ingenjörbataljon, and in 1902 to Svea ingenjörkår, when it gained the designation Ing 1 (1st Engineer Regiment). That same year, the field telegraphy

Telegraphy

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

Upplands regemente (signal)

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...

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Svea ingenjörkår was upgraded to a regiment in 1957 and was renamed Svea ingenjörregemente. 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 Stockholm

Stockholm

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, Solna

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 and Södertälje

Södertälje

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 during its lifetime.

Name, designation and garrison

Name	Translation	From		To
Sappörkompaniet	Sapper Company	1855	–	1864
Sappörkåren	Sapper Corps	1864	–	1866-12-31
Pontonjärbataljonen	Pontoon Battalion	1867-01-01	–	1892-12-31
Svea ingenjörbataljon	Svealand Engineer Battalion	1893-01-01	–	1901-12-31
Svea ingenjörkår	Svealand Engineer Corps	1902-01-01	–	1957-06-30
Svea ingenjörregemente	Svealand Engineer Regiment	1957-07-01	–	1994-06-30
Svea ingenjörkår	Svealand Engineer Corps	1994-07-01	–	1997-12-31

Designation	From		To
Ing 1	1902-01-01	–	1997-12-31

Training ground or garrison town	From		To
Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...  (G)	1855	–	1922-11-29
Solna Solna Municipality Solna Municipality is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden, located just north of the capital Stockholm. Its seat is located in the 'city' of Solna....  (G)	1922-11-30	–	1970-06-30
Södertälje Södertälje Södertälje is a city and the seat of Södertälje Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 86,069 inhabitants in 2010.The industrial city, about south of Stockholm, is the home to truck maker Scania AB and a top 10 pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca.... (G)	1970-07-01	–	1997-12-31