National CBRN Defence Centre

63°50′14″N 20°15′14″E

National CBRN Defence Centre
Totalförsvarets skyddscentrum
Coat of arms.
Active	1953–present
Country	Sweden
Allegiance	Swedish Armed Forces
Branch	Joint
Role	Develop and educate CBRN defense
Size	Company (Career officers: 64. Non-combatant employee: 15. Group commanders, soldiers and sailors: 23)
Garrison/HQ	Stockholm (1953–1970) Kungsängen (1970–1992) Umeå (1992–)
Colors	Green and white
March	Nordsalut (Lundqvist)[note 1]
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel Thomas Lamke

The National CBRN Defence Centre^[2] (Swedish: Totalförsvarets skyddscentrum, SkyddC, lit. 'Total Defense Protection Center') is a Swedish military unit with expertise regarding chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense used by both the army, marines and the air force. The unit has been existing in different forms since 1953. Totalförsvarets skyddscentrum is localised together with Västerbottensgruppen (UG 61) within Umeå Garrison (also known as Umestan), which is the barracks that previously were used by Västerbotten Regiment.

History

The center has its origin from the gas technicians who were employed in the Swedish Armed Forces in the 1930s. In 1953 the Army ABC-Defence School (Arméns skyddskola) was formed within Swedish Infantry Combat School (InfSS) in Rosersberg. When InfSS was moved to Linköping the "Skyddskola" was transferred to Svea Life Guards (I 1), with had its former location at Ulriksdal.

In 1968 the school received new tasks and the name was changed to ABC-Defence School of the Armed Forces (Försvarets skyddsskola). 1970 moved the school along with the Svea Life Guards to Kungsängen.^[3] On 1 July 1988 the school was separated from the Svea Life Guards, and received new tasks with a focus on Totalförsvaret, with this organizational change, the school changed the name to ABC-Defence School of the Total Defence (Totalförsvarets skyddsskola).^[4][5]

After that the parliament voted for the Government Bill 1987/88: 112, it was decided that the school would be relocated in 1992 to Umeå Garrison.^[4][5]

On 27 July 2009 the last batch of conscripts started their training. Their training took place at Swea kompani at the National CBRN Defence Centre (Totalförsvarets skyddscentrum).^[6] These were later to be discharge at the 17 June 2010.^[7]

Most of the Swedish CBRN expertise is now gathered in Umeå, where SkyddC since autumn 2008 is part of a network that is part of the European CBRNE Center, including the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), Umeå University, Västerbotten County Council and Umeå Municipality.^[8]

The Swedish government decided in late 2010 to expand the CBRN focus with an indoor facility at SkyddC. This is to increase the safety of the training with CBRN material.^[9] In total around 80 million was to be invested in the facility.^[10]

Heraldry and traditions

Colours, standards and guidons

The unit colour was presented to the then ABC-Defence School of the [Swedish] Total Defence (Totalförsvarets skyddsskola, SkyddS) at the Artillery Square in Stockholm by the Supreme Commander, general Owe Wiktorin on 30 April 1996. It is drawn by Bengt Olof Kälde and embroidered by machine in insertion technique by the company Libraria. Blazon: "On white cloth a rampant green dragon, armed red."^[11]

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of the Swedish Army ABC/NBC-Defence School 1953–1968 and the ABC-Defence School of the Swedish Armed Forces 1979–1988. Blazon: "Argent, a dragon rampant vert, armed and langued gules. The shield surmounting two swords in saltire or".^[12]

The coat of arms of the ABC-Defence School of the Swedish Total Defence 1988–2000 and the National CBRN Defence Centre from 2000. Blazon: "Argent, a dragon rampant vert, armed and langued gules. The shield surmounting an erect sword or".^[12]

• 
  Coat of the arms used 1953–1968 and 1979–1988.
• 
  Coat of arms used 1988–2000 and 2000–present.

Medals

In 2012, the Totalförsvarets skyddscentrums förtjänstmedalj (SkyddCGM/SM) of the 8th size in gold/silver was established.^[13][14]

Commanding officers

• 1952–1956: Major Svante Johan Millqvist
• 1956–1960: Major Malgerud
• 1960–1963: Major Sigvard Månsson
• 1963–1965: Lieutenant Colonel Ingemar Grunditz
• 1965–1967: Lieutenant Colonel Hans von Schreeb
• 1967–1977: Lieutenant Colonel Hans Carlsson
• 1977–1982: Lieutenant Colonel Sigfrid Tellqvist
• 1982–1992: Lieutenant Colonel Ingemar Björnsson
• 1992–1993: Colonel Per-Erik Ritzén
• 1993–1995: Colonel Gustaf Djurlin
• 1995–2004: Colonel Dick Stode
• 2004–2012: Colonel Gunnar Söderström
• 2012–2017: Colonel Jan Demarkesse (previously Jan Johansson)
• 2017–2018: Lieutenant Colonel Michael Magnesten (acting)
• 2018–2022: Colonel Stefan Jansson
• 2022–2023: Lieutenant Colonel Joakim Ericson (acting)
• 2023–2023: Colonel Thomas Lamke
• 2023–2023: Lieutenant Colonel Henrik Mattsson (acting)
• 2023–20xx: Colonel Thomas Lamke

Names, designations and locations

Name	Translation	From		To
Arméns skyddsskola	[Swedish] Army ABC-Defence School[15] [Swedish] Army NBC Defense School[16]	1953-06-01	–	1968-06-30
Försvarets skyddsskola	ABC-Defence School of the [Swedish] Armed Forces[17]	1968-07-01	–	1988-06-30
Totalförsvarets skyddsskola	ABC-Defence School of the [Swedish] Total Defence	1988-07-01	–	2000-06-30
Totalförsvarets skyddscentrum	National CBRN Defence Centre[18] National NBC-Defence Centre[11]	2000-07-01	–
Designation		From		To
SkyddS		1953-06-01	–	2000-06-30
SkyddC		2000-07-01	–
Location		From		To
Stockholm Garrison		1953-04-04	–	1961-05-16
Rosersberg		1953-05-17	–	1961-02-15
Sörentorp		1961-02-16	–	1970-05-04
Kungsängen Garrison		1970-05-05	–	1992-06-30
Umeå Garrison		1992-07-01	–

Footnotes

1. The march was adopted in 1992 by the ABC-Defence School of the [Swedish] Total Defence (Totalförsvarets skyddsskola) and was established by the Chief of the Army on 16 June 1993. On 27 November 2002, the march was established for the National CBRN Defence Centre.^[1]

References

Notes

1. Sandberg 2007, p. 50
2. Grafisk profil 2013, p. 64
3. Holmberg 1993, p. 64
4. "Om Totalförsvarets skyddscentrum" [About the National CBRN Defence Centre] (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. Archived from the original on 11 February 2010. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
5. "Regeringens proposition 1987/88:112-om lokalisering av en för totalförsvaret gemensam skyddsskola" (in Swedish). Riksdag. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
6. "Inryckning till Swea kompani" (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 29 July 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
7. "Sista muck!" (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 17 June 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
8. "Centrum för säkerhets- och sårbarhetsforskning invigs vid Umeå universitet" (in Swedish). Umeå University. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
9. "Unik CBRN-anläggning byggs i Umeå" [Unique CBRN facility built in Umeå] (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 14 February 2011. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
10. "Försvaret kan få unik anläggning i Umeå" [The military can get a unique facility in Umeå]. Folkbladet (in Swedish). 29 March 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
11. Braunstein 2004, p. 101
12. Braunstein 2006, p. 71
13. "SkyddCGM". www.medalj.nu (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 June 2018.
14. "SkyddCSM". www.medalj.nu (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 June 2018.
15. Gullberg 1977, p. 41.
16. Appich 1988, p. 148
17. Gullberg 1977, p. 1383.
18. "NATIONAL CBRN DEFENCE CENTRE - SKYDDC". Swedish Armed Forces. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2016.

Print

• Braunstein, Christian (2004). Svenska försvarsmaktens fälttecken efter millennieskiftet [The flags and standards of the Swedish armed forces after the turn of the millennium] (PDF). Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 7 [dvs 8] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. ISBN 91-971584-7-X. SELIBR 9815350.
• Braunstein, Christian (2006). Heraldiska vapen inom det svenska försvaret [Heraldry of the Swedish Armed Forces] (PDF). Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 9 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. ISBN 91-971584-9-6. SELIBR 10099224.
• Gullberg, Ingvar E. (1977). Svensk-engelsk fackordbok för näringsliv, förvaltning, undervisning och forskning [A Swedish-English dictionary of technical terms used in business, industry, administration, education and research] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Norstedt. ISBN 91-1-775052-0. SELIBR 8345587.
• Holmberg, Björn (1993). Arméns regementen, skolor och staber: [en uppslagsbok] : en sammanställning (in Swedish). Arvidsjaur: Svenskt militärhistoriskt bibliotek (SMB). ISBN 91-972209-0-6. SELIBR 7796532.
• Sandberg, Bo (2007). Försvarets marscher och signaler förr och nu: marscher antagna av svenska militära förband, skolor och staber samt igenkännings-, tjänstgörings- och exercissignaler (in Swedish) (New ed.). Stockholm: Militärmusiksamfundet med Svenskt marscharkiv. ISBN 978-91-631-8699-8. SELIBR 10413065.

Web

• Appich, Jr., Thomas W. (22 July 1988). "Reference Aid Swedish–English Glossary of Military and Technical Acronyms and Abbreviations" (PDF). Joint Publications Research Service. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 February 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
• "Försvarsmaktens gemensamma identitet – direktiv för användandet av Försvarsmaktens namn, profil och bild" (PDF). 1.3 (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 16 September 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2021.

External links

• Official website
• "European CBRNE Center". 2 October 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2014.