Göta Signal Corps

Göta signalkår
Active| 1944–1997
Country|  Sweden
Allegiance| Swedish Armed Forces
Branch| Swedish Army
Type| Signal
Size| Corps
Part of| Uppland Regiment (1944–1961)
Western Military Area (1961–1984)
Life Regiment Hussars (1984–1997)
Garrison/HQ| Karlsborg
Motto(s)| Det omöjliga tar bara litet längre tid
("The impossible only takes a little longer time")
Colors| Blue and white
March| "Svensk militärmarsch" (Brodin)[note 1]
Insignia
Branch insignia|
Cap badge|
Unit insignia|
Shoulder sleeve insignia|

The Göta Signal Corps (Swedish: Göta signalkår), designations S 1 Sk and S 2, was a Swedish Army signal unit, one of the few new formations raised in the 20th century. It was disbanded in 1997. The unit was garrisoned in Västergötland.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Campaigns
* 3 Organisation
* 4 Heraldry and traditions
* 4.1 Colours, standards and guidons
* 4.2 Coat of arms
* 5 Commanding officers
* 6 Names, designations and locations
* 7 See also
* 8 Footnotes
* 9 References
* 9.1 Notes
* 9.2 Print
* 10 Further reading

## History

Line-up of Signal Troops at Göta Signal Regiment (S 2) in 1984.

The unit has its origins in a 1944 detached company, Signalregementets kompani i Skövde, of Signal Regiment that was garrisoned in Skövde. The company gained the designation S 1 Sk (1st Signal Regiment, Skövde detachment), and was in 1958 upgraded to a separate battalion, and gained the designation S 2.

The battalion was transferred to Karlsborg in 1961 and was renamed Göta Signal Regiment in 1962 when it was upgraded to regimental size. The Swedish Army Paratroop School was attached to the regiment from 1961 until the regiment was disbanded in 1984. However one battalion of the regiment was kept as part of Life Regiment Hussars as Göta Signal Battalion until it was disbanded in 1997.

## Campaigns

* None

## Organisation

* ?

## Heraldry and traditions

### Colours, standards and guidons

On 25 August 1962, His Majesty the King Gustaf VI Adolf presented a colour to the then Göta Signal Regiment. When Karlsborg Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Lv 1) was disbanded on 31 March 1961, its colour was transferred to Göta Signal Regiment, which carried it on certain occasions. On 1 July 1984, Göta Signal Regiment was amalgamated as a training battalion into the Life Regiment Hussars (K 3). The colour was then transferred to the Anti-Aircraft Combat School (Luftvärnsskjutskolan, LvSS) on 8 October 1984.[2] Since 1 July 2000, the memory of Karlsborg Anti-Aircraft Regiment is maintained by the Air Defence Regiment (Lv 6).[3]

On 30 April 1996, Supreme Commander, general Owe Wiktorin presented a new colour to Göta Signal Battalion at the Artillery Yard in Stockholm. It was drawn by Kristina Holmgård-Åkerberg and embroidered by machine in insertion technique by the company Libraria. It was used as battalion colour by S 2 until 1 January 1998. Blazon: "On green cloth in the centre a circular shield showing the coat of arms of the unit; azure, three wavy white bends sinister charged with a crowned double-tailed yellow lion rampant, armed and langued gules. The shield ensigned with a royal crown proper. In the first corner a mullet with a cluster of rays and in the second corner the insignia of the Swedish Army Signal Troops; an erect sword entwined with a bolt, all yellow".[4]

### Coat of arms

The coat of the arms of the Göta Signal Regiment (S 2) 1977–1994 and the Göta Signal Battalion (K 3/S 2) 1994–1997. Blazon: "Azure, the regimental badge, a double-tailed lion rampant or armed and langued gules. The shield surmounted a cluster of bolts, or".[5]

## Commanding officers

* 1958–1960: Nils Fredrik Schale
* 1960–1970: Tage Ingemar Bratt
* 1970–1976: Karl Edvin Eriksson
* 1976–1980: Håkan Hallgren
* 1980–1982: Åke Bertil Gunnar Lövdahl
* 1982–1984: Kurt Olofsson
* 1984–1987: Per Granath
* 1987–1989: Nils Göran Anders Nilsson
* 1989–1991: Bengt-Åke Gelin
* 1991–1993: Christer Birger Levin
* 1993–1995: Christer Carl Einar Ejnarsson
* 1995–1997: Per Jörgen Ivhammar

## Names, designations and locations

Name  | Translation  | From  |  | To

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Kungl Signalregementets kompani i Skövde  | Royal Signal Regiment's Company in Skövde  | 1944-04-01  | –  | 1957-03-31
Kungl Upplands signalregementes kompani i Skövde  | Royal Uppland Signal Regiment's Company in Skövde  | 1957-04-01  | –  | 1958-06-30
Kungl Signalbataljonen i Skövde  | Royal Signal Battalion in Skövde  | 1958-07-01  | –  | 1961-03-31
Kungl Göta signalkår  | Royal Göta Signal Corps  | 1961-04-01  | –  | 1962-06-30
Kungl Göta signalregemente  | Royal Göta Signal Regiment  | 1962-07-01  | –  | 1974-12-31
Göta signalregemente  | Göta Signal Regiment  | 1975-01-01  | –  | 1984-06-30
Göta signalbataljon  | Göta Signal Battalion  | 1984-07-01  | –  | 1994-06-30
Göta signalkår  | Göta Signal Corps  | 1994-07-01  | –  | 1997-12-31
Designation  |  | From  |  | To
S 1 Sk  |  | 1944-04-01  | –  | 1958-06-30
S 2  |  | 1958-07-01  | –  | 1984-06-30
K 3/S 2  |  | 1984-07-01  | –  | 1997-12-31
Location  |  | From  |  | To
Skövde Garrison  |  | 1944-04-01  | –  | 1961-03-31
Karlsborg Garrison  |  | 1961-04-01  | –  | 1997-12-31

## See also

* List of Swedish signal regiments

## Footnotes

1. ↑ The march was established by Army Order 418/1962.[1]

## References

### Notes

1. ↑ Sandberg 2007, p. 21
2. ↑ "Standar m/1938" (in Swedish). 11 August 2014. https://digitaltmuseum.se/011024263617/standar-m-1938.
3. ↑ Braunstein 2003, pp. 225–226
4. ↑ Braunstein 2004, p. 42
5. ↑ Braunstein 2006, p. 36

### Print

* Braunstein, Christian (2003) (in Swedish). Sveriges arméförband under 1900-talet. Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 5. Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. LIBRIS 8902928. ISBN 91-971584-4-5.
* Braunstein, Christian (2004) (in Swedish). Svenska försvarsmaktens fälttecken efter millennieskiftet. Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 7 [dvs 8]. Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. LIBRIS 9815350. ISBN 91-971584-7-X. https://www.sfhm.se/contentassets/84a6e4f1b2ce4e2b96c4ba578a41c503/sfhm-skriftserie_svenska-armens-falttecken-efter-millennieskiftet_av_christian-braunstein.pdf.
* Braunstein, Christian (2006) (in Swedish). Heraldiska vapen inom det svenska försvaret. Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 9. Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. LIBRIS 10099224. ISBN 91-971584-9-6. https://www.sfhm.se/contentassets/84a6e4f1b2ce4e2b96c4ba578a41c503/heraldiska-vapen-inom-det-svenska-forsvaret-sfhm-skrift-9.pdf.
* Sandberg, Bo (2007) (in Swedish). Försvarets marscher och signaler förr och nu: marscher antagna av svenska militära förband, skolor och staber samt igenkännings-, tjänstgörings- och exercissignaler (New ed.). Stockholm: Militärmusiksamfundet med Svenskt marscharkiv. LIBRIS 10413065. ISBN 978-91-631-8699-8.

## Further reading

* Carlsson, Gunnar, ed (1963) (in Swedish). Kungl. Göta Signalregemente. LIBRIS 12140389.
* Olofsson, Kurt, ed (1984) (in Swedish). Göta signalregemente 1961-1984. Karlsborg: Regementet. LIBRIS 447293.
* Andersson-Hultin, Inger, ed (1999) (in Swedish). S 2: Göta signalbataljon/signalkår 1984-1997. Karlsborg: Signalkåren. LIBRIS 3104311.

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