Wendes Artillery Regiment

The Wendes Artillery Regiment^[3] (Swedish: Wendes artilleriregemente), designation A 3, was a Swedish Army artillery regiment that traced its origins back to the 17th century. The regiment's soldiers were originally recruited from Scania, where it was garrisoned. The unit was disbanded as a result of the disarmament policies set forward in the Defence Act of 2000.

Wendes Artillery Regiment
Wendes artilleriregemente
Active	1794–2000
Country	Sweden
Allegiance	Swedish Armed Forces
Branch	Swedish Army
Type	Artillery
Size	Regiment
Part of	List 1st Military District (1833–1893) I Army Division (1893–1901) I Army Division (1902–1927) Southern Army Division (1928–1936) I Army Division (1937–1942) I Military District (1942–1966) Milo S (1966–2000)
Garrison/HQ	Hässleholm
Motto(s)	Nulli secundus ("Second to none")
Colors	Blue and white
March	"Siegestrophäen" (Friedemann)[note 1]
Anniversaries	6 September[note 2] 4 December[note 3]
Battle honours	Großbeeren (1813) Dennewitz (1813) Leipzig (1813)
Insignia
Branch insignia
Cap badge
Shoulder sleeve insignia m/1906
Shoulder sleeve insignia

History

See also: Artillery Regiment (1636) § History

The regiment has its origins in the Artillery Regiment raised in 1636. That regiment was split into four new regiments in 1794 of which Wendes Artillery Regiment was one. The regiment was given the designation A 3 (3rd Artillery Regiment) in 1830. In 1893 two companies were split off to form 2nd Svea Artillery Regiment and 2nd Göta Artillery Regiment. The regiment was garrisoned in Kristianstad but moved to Norra Åsum in 1953 and to Hässleholm in 1994 before being disbanded in 2000.

Campaigns

See also: Artillery Regiment (1636) § Campaigns

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Organisation

See also: Artillery Regiment (1636) § Organisation

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Heraldry and traditions

Colours, standards and guidons

The standard of Wendes Artillery Regiment was embroidered by hand by mademoiselle Anette Bergner and presented as an honorary standard to the former mounted division of the Royal Wendes Artillery Regiment (A 3) in 1815. It was used as regimental standard by A 3 until 1 July 2000.^[4] Blazon: "On white cloth a winged cluster of flashes clasped by a hand under a royal crown proper, wings brown, crown and flash-cluster in yellow. In each corner a slanted open yellow crown. Yellow battle honours (Großbeeren 1813, Leipzig 1813, Dennewitz 1813) on the three lower sides of the standard. Fringe in white and yellow." Today it is presented as the second standard of the Artillery Regiment.^[4]

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  Regimental standard

Coat of arms

The coat of the arms of the Wendes Artillery Regiment (A 3) 1977–2000. Blazon: "Gules, the regimental badge, a wyvern or, armed and langued azure. The shield surmounted two gunbarrels of older pattern in saltire or. The gunbarrels may be sable".^[5]

Commanding officers

• 1794–1797: C C Gyllenstierna
• 1797–1804: C Armfelt
• 1804–1807: J Norby
• 1807–1821: Carl Friedrich von Cardell
• 1821–1822: C A Hägerflycht
• 1822–1845: A G von Arbin
• 1845–1860: David Wilhelm Silfverstolpe
• 1860–1866: A Wachtmeister
• 1866–1871: C M Skytte
• 1871–1882: G M von Arbin
• 1882–1883: H E R Rehbinder
• 1883–1891: A O Ankarcrona
• 1891–1895: C A Francke
• 1895–1911: Fredrik Johan Leth
• 1903–1911: T J Dyrssen
• 1911–1918: Karl Toll
• 1918–1919: G A Lundeberg (acting)
• 1919–1922: Bo Tarras-Wahlberg
• 1922–1927: Lennart Lilliehöök
• 1928–1932: Thor Lagerheim
• 1932–1935: Sture Gadd
• 1935–1940: Hugo Gadd
• 1940–1945: Knut Gyllenstierna
• 1945–1950: Tor Hedqvist
• 1950–1951: Karl Ångström
• 1951–1954: Erik Kihlblom
• 1954–1957: Alarik Bergman
• 1957–1961: Nils Söderberg
• 1961–1963: Stig Löfgren
• 1963–1966: Stig Magneberg
• 1966–1966: Carl Arcadius Holger Areskoug (acting)
• 1966–1967: Harald Smith
• 1967–1978: Valter Thomé
• 1978–1986: Hans Richter
• 1986–1993: Leif Mårtensson
• 1993–1994: Kjell Åke Plantin (acting)
• 1994–1995: Kjell Åke Plantin
• 1995–2000: Rolf Ohrlander

Names, designations and locations

See also: Artillery Regiment (1636) § Names, designations and locations

Name	Translation	From		To
Kungl Wendes artilleriregemente	Royal Wendes Artillery Regiment	1794-06-23	–	1974-12-31
Wendes artilleriregemente	Wendes Artillery Regiment	1975-01-01	–	2000-06-30
Avvecklingsorganisation	Decommissioning Organisation	2000-07-01	–	2001-06-30
Designation		From		To
No. 3		1830-??-??	–	1914-09-30
A 3		1914-10-01	–	2000-06-30
Location		From		To
Kristianstad Garrison		1794-06-23	–	1994-06-30
Stralsund Garrison		1794-06-23	–	1814-12-31
Hässleholm Garrison		1994-07-01	–	2000-06-30

See also

• List of Swedish artillery regiments

Footnotes

1. The march was established in 1953 by Army Order 33/1953.^[1]
2. 6 September is the anniversary of the Battle of Dennewitz.
3. 4 December is saint day of Saint Barbara.^[2]

References

Notes

1. Sandberg 2007, p. 32
2. Braunstein 2003, pp. 189–191
3. Gullberg 1977, p. 1141
4. Braunstein 2004, pp. 55–56
5. Braunstein 2006, p. 32

Print

• Braunstein, Christian (2003). Sveriges arméförband under 1900-talet. Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 5 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. ISBN 91-971584-4-5. SELIBR 8902928.
• 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.
• 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.

Further reading

• Mankell, Julius (1866). Anteckningar rörande svenska regementernas historia (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Örebro: Lindh. pp. 146–166. SELIBR 1549756.
• Ossiannilsson, Sölve (1944). Wendes regementes historia (in Swedish). Kristianstad: [Littorins bokh.] SELIBR 8219641.
• Scheutz, Sven, ed. (1993). Kunglig Wendes artilleriregementes historia 1794-1994 (in Swedish). Kristianstad: Wendes artilleriregemente. SELIBR 1837655.
• Scheutz, Sven (2004). Kungl Wendes artilleriregementes underofficerskår 1794-1972 och kompaniofficerskår 1972-1983 (in Swedish). Kristianstad: Wendes militärhistoriska förening. SELIBR 9793847.
• Scheutz, Sven; Weinsjö, Ulf (1998). Kungl Wendes artilleriregementes officerskår 1794-1972 (in Swedish). Kristianstad: Wendes militärhistoriska fören. SELIBR 2645342.
• Vultée, Lars Åke von; Wollinger, Susanne; Jönsson, Janne (1994). A 3: sista året i Norra Åsum (in Swedish). [Kristianstad]: [Zebra]. ISBN 91-630-3125-6. SELIBR 7450406.
• Ask, Olle; Nyberg, Lennart, eds. (2000). Wendes sista år (in Swedish). Hässleholm: Wendes artilleriregemente. ISBN 91-631-0312-5. SELIBR 7455245.