Gotlands artillery regement, A 7, was a Swedish artillery

Artillery

Originally applied to any group of infantry primarily armed with projectile weapons, artillery has over time become limited in meaning to refer only to those engines of war that operate by projection of munitions far beyond the range of effect of personal weapons...

 regiment that was in active service between 1811 and 2000. The regiment was based in Visby to the Gotland Garrison.

History

The Regiment origins from the Gotland Artillery Conscripts (Gotlands nationalbevärings artilleribeväring),which was organized in 1811 as a result of a Russian occupation (1808-1809). The Unit was later reorganized into Gotland Conscripts Artillery Corps (Gotlands nationalbevärings artillerikår) in 1861 and the designation No. 4. In 1887 it changed name to Gotland Artillery Corps, A 4.

Gotland Artillery Corps was redesignated A 7 in 1892 because the planned Norrlands artillery regement got the designation A 4. When Gotland Artillery Corps was reorganized in 1975 it became The Gotland Artillery Regiment, A 7, which was the name it would keep until it was Disbanded in 2000. Its traditions was passed on and left in the care of Artilleriregementet

Artilleriregementet (new)

Artilleriregementet , formerly Bergslagens artilleriregemente , is the only artillery regiment in the Swedish Armed Forces. Its new organisation was laid down in 2000 in Kristinehamn and in 2005 was the regiment moved to Boden....

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Misc

Period	Designation	Name
1811-1861	(None)	Gotland Artillery Conscripts
1861-1887	A 4	Gotland Conscripts Artillery Corps
1887-1892	A 4	Gotland Artillery Corps
1892-1914	A 7	Gotland Artillery Corps
1914-1975	A 7	Gotland Artillery Corps
1975-2000	A 7	Gotland Artillery Regiment

Garrison	From		To
Different location inside Visby inner city , For example Södertorg (F)	1836	–	1886
Hamnplan, Visby Visby -See also:* Battle of Visby* Gotland University College* List of governors of Gotland County-External links:* - Visby*...  (F)	1886	–	1909
Korsbetningen, Visby Visby -See also:* Battle of Visby* Gotland University College* List of governors of Gotland County-External links:* - Visby*...  (F)	1909	–	1986
Visborgsslätt, Visby Visby -See also:* Battle of Visby* Gotland University College* List of governors of Gotland County-External links:* - Visby*... (F)	1986	–	2000

Artillery Commander on Gotland

• 1887 - 1894 - Lt. Colonel Frans Thomas Schartau
• 1894 - 1895 - Lt. Colonel Claes Johan Viktor A. Meurling
• 1895 - 1906 - Lt. Colonel Alexander Johan Baltzar von Strussenfelt
• 1906 - 1909 - Lt. Colonel Gabriel Axel Torén
• 1909 - 1911 - Lt. Colonel Karl Osvald Toll
• 1911 - 1913 - Lt. Colonel Claes Axel Breitholtz
• 1913 - 1915 - Lt. Colonel John Gustaf Gerhard Améen
• 1915 - 1919 - Lt. Colonel Bo Arvid Tarras-Wahlberg
• 1919 - 1926 - Lt. Colonel Bertil Lilliehöök
• 1926 - 1927 - Colonel Carl Georg Ohlson
• 1928 - 1931 - Colonel Gunnar Ludvig Malkolm Salander
• 1931 - 1934 - Lt. Colonel Per Falk
• 1934 - 1939 - Colonel Carl-Gustaf David Hamilton
• 1939 - 1941 - Lt. Colonel Gustaf Peder Wilhelm Dyrssen
• 1941 - 1943 - Colonel Curt Sixten Reinhold Kempff
• 1943 - 1945 - Colonel Ivar Bert Tyko Carpelan
• 1945 - 1947 - Colonel Erik Thorsten Berggren
• 1947 - 1949 - Colonel Arvid Mauritz Eriksson
• 1949 - 1953 - Colonel Nils Oskar Söderberg
• 1953 - 1959 - Colonel Göran Schildt
• 1959 - 1970 - Colonel Tore Edvard Deutgen
• 1970 - 1974 - Colonel Stig Alrik Nihlén
• 1974 - 1975 - Lt. Colonel Karl-Erik Bellvar Kennerby
• 1975 - 1978 - Colonel Carl Arcadius Holger Areskoug
• 1978 - 1980 - Colonel Reinhold Lahti
• 1980 - 1982 - Colonel Erik Helge Gard
• 1982 - 1990 - Lt. Colonel Curt-Christer Bertil Gustafsson
• 1990 - 1991 - Colonel Hans Gunnar Dellner
• 1991 - 1992 - Lt. Colonel Kjell Åke Plantin
• 1992 - 1999 - Colonel Bengt Olof (Olle) Allan Bjurström
• 1999 - 2000 - Lt. Colonel Sven-Åke Asklander
• 2000 - Lt. Colonel Bo Hansson