Logistic Regiment (Sweden)
The Logistic Regiment, is the only logistic regiment in the Swedish Armed Forces. Its new organisation was laid down in 2000, when the regiment became the only logistic regiment in Sweden. The regiment is located to Skövde.
Units
Current units
- 1st Logistics Battalion has the task of supplying materiel such as fuel, ammunition, food, water and other equipment to the units of the Swedish Armed Forces. The battalion is in peace-time cadre-organized with a battalion staff and two war companies, the logistics company and the 1st Medical Reinforcement Company. After completing training in the 2nd Logistics Battalion, full-time soldiers are placed with these companies. The battalion consists mainly of continuously serving professional officers, civilians and soldiers. There are also periodically serving soldiers.
- 2nd Logistics Battalion has the task of supplying materiel such as fuel, ammunition, food, water and other equipment to the units of the Swedish Armed Forces. The battalion is in peace-time cadre-organized with a battalion staff and two training companies, Karlsborg Company and Marieberg Company. At these companies, all recruits and soldiers are trained for the Logistic Regiment's operational units. The training encompasses basic military training, continued soldier training and combat occupation training in a variety of fields. The battalion consists of continuously serving professional officers and civilians as well as part-time serving reserve officers and soldiers.
- Medical Reinforcement Companies are both part of the Swedish Armed Forces medical system and are a resource for the entire Swedish Armed Forces. They should be able to support other units with medical units and expertise. The companies are designed to perform in smaller units and support the other units of the Swedish Armed Forces on the battlefield with mainly surgery, medical evacuation and care capacity. Each platoon, section or squad can independently support other units.
- 1st Traffic and Movement Control Company is an joint service resource that plans, directs, coordinates and monitors the Swedish Armed Forces' transports and special transports both nationally and internationally. For national and international transport, the company can also support with safety advice on dangerous goods. The 1st Traffic and Movement Control Company also support foreign military transport in Sweden.
- Swedish Armed Forces Logistics and Vehicle School is a joint service school that develops skills from personnel from the entire Swedish Armed Forces. Here, vocational and combat occupational training courses are conducted in the areas of vehicle service, logistics management, supply of material, provisioning service, communication service and dangerous goods. The school also conducts the function-oriented part of the Officers Program, the Specialist Officer Training and the occupational position course of Logistics Management. There is also a development section at the school that has the task of developing operational/tactical logistics units. The section maintains the responsibility for proposing optimized logistics solutions for unit-connected logistics. The work includes, among other things, proposing logistics equipment, conducting studies, developing publications and developing methods in the area of responsibility.
Previous units
- Swedish Army Vehicle School was a joint army military school within the Swedish Army, operating in various forms from 1944 to 1991 and from 1999 to 2006. The school was originally part of Södermanland Regiment in Strängnäs. From 1991 to 1998, the school was part of the Swedish Army Maintenance and Vehicle School in Skövde. From 1999 to 2005, the school was located in Östersund and was part of the Swedish Army Technical School. From 2006 the school was located in Skövde and became part of the Logistic Regiment. From 2007, the school is part of the Swedish Armed Forces Logistics and Vehicle School.
- Göta Service Regiment's Company in Nora was a detachment in Nora that was raised on 1 April 1945. Originally, the detachment consisted of a medical company, and in 1946 the detachment was expanded with a further company. In 1952, the detachment was disbanded and turned into a mobilization center, which operated until 1957. Since 4 May 1991, the 4th Company, also called Nora Company, is heir to the Göta Service Regiment's Company in Nora.
Locations and training grounds
Heraldry and traditions
Colours, standards and guidons
The Logistic Regiment presents one regimental colour and one traditional colour:Colour of T 2
The colour was presented to the then Royal Göta Service Corps in Skövde by the commanding officer of the Western Army Division, lieutenant general Lennart Lilliehöök on 1 September 1935 at the 50-years anniversary of the Swedish Army Service Troops. The colour is drawn by Mrs Westberg and embroidered by hand in insertion technique by the company Licium. Blazon: "On light blue cloth in the middle, on a circular shield the Swedish lesser national coat of arms according to the law, the shield surrounded by white tongues and rays. In the first corner the badge of the regiment; a rampant yellow lion with an open crown, armed and langued red."Former colour of T 1
The colour was presented to the former Royal Svea Service Corps in Linköping by the commanding officer of the Eastern Army Division, lieutenant general Gösta Lilliehöök on 1 September 1935 at the 50-years anniversary of the Swedish Army Service Troops. It was used as regimental colour by T 1 until 1 June 1997. The colour is drawn by Mrs Westberg and embroidered by hand in insertion technique by the company Licium. Blazon: "On light blue cloth in the middle, on a cirkular shield the Swedish minor national coat of arms according to the law, the shield surrounded by white tongues and rays. In the first corner the griffin segreant of the provincial badge of Östergötland; yellow, armed and langued red."Coat of arms
The coat of the arms of the Göta Service Regiment 1977–1994, the Göta Göta Service Corps 1994–2000 and the Göta Service Regiment 2000–2007. Blazon: "Azur, the regimental badge, three waves bendy-sinister argent, charged with a crowned lion rampant or, armed and langued gules. The shield surmounted a cart wheel of four spokes over two swords in saltire, argent".Commanding officers
Active battalion, corps and regimental commanders since 1891.- 1891–1894: A O E Mattson
- 1894–1908: Svante Falk
- 1908–1918: Eduard Kraak
- 1918–1924: Richard Teodor Berg
- 1924–1927: Karl Erik Erhardt
- 1928–1934: Gustaf Axel Smith
- 1934–1939: Arvid Johan Fredrik Holmberg
- 1939–1942: Gottfrid Björck
- 1942–1948: John Gustaf Thorgny Unge
- 1948–1952: Sten E:son Camitz
- 1952–1961: Bror Martin Sandberg
- 1961–1962: Nils Gösta Schyllander
- 1962–1964: Fritz Magnus Sommar Bruzelius
- 1964–1967: Bo Knut Erik Lüning
- 1967–1968: Kjell Nordström
- 1968–1979: Gunnar Wikland
- 1979–1986: Nils Yngve Ekman
- 1986–1987: Erik Rossander
- 1987–1993: Tord Björkman
- 1993–1998: Nils L G Smith
- 1998–2004: Jan H C Persson
- 2004–2007: Krister Edvardson
- 2007–2011: Mats Ström
- 2011–2015: Lennart Thomsen
- 2015–2019: Patric Hjorth
- 2019–20xx: Per Nilsson
Names, designations and locations
| Name | Translation | From | To | |
| Kungl Göta trängbataljon | Royal Göta Service Battalion Royal Göta Transportation Battalion | 1891-04-01 | – | 1901-12-31 |
| Kungl Första Göta trängkår | Royal 1st Göta Service Corps Royal 1st Göta Transportation Corps | 1902-01-01 | – | 1904-12-07 |
| Kungl Göta trängkår | Royal Göta Service Troops | 1904-12-08 | – | 1949-06-30 |
| Kungl Göta trängregemente | Royal Göta Service Regiment Royal Göta Transportation Regiment | 1949-07-01 | – | 1974-12-31 |
| Göta trängregemente | Göta Service Regiment Göta Transportation Regiment | 1975-01-01 | – | 1994-06-30 |
| Göta trängkår | Göta Service Troops | 1994-07-01 | – | 2000-06-30 |
| Göta trängregemente | Göta Service Regiment Göta Transportation Regiment | 2000-07-01 | – | 2006-12-31 |
| Trängregementet | Logistic Regiment | 2007-01-01 | – | |
| Designation | From | To | ||
| T 2 | 1891-04-01 | – | 2006-12-31 | |
| TrängR | 2007-01-01 | – | ||
| Location | From | To | ||
| Stockholm Garrison | 1891-04-01 | – | 1892-04-24 | |
| Karlsborg Garrison | 1892-04-25 | – | 1905-09-30 | |
| Skövde Garrison | 1905-10-01 | – |