Finnish Artillery Regiment

The Finnish Artillery Regiment (Swedish: Finska artilleriregementet, Finnish: Suomen tykistörykmentti), designated A 4, was an artillery regiment of the Swedish Army, that traced its origins back to the 17th century. It was disbanded in 1811. The regiment's soldiers were recruited from Finland, and it was also garrisoned there.

Finnish Artillery Regiment
Finska artilleriregementet
Active1794–1811
Country Sweden
BranchSwedish Army
TypeArtillery
SizeRegiment

History

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The regiment has its origins in the Artillery Regiment raised in 1636. That regiment was split into four new regiments in 1794 of which the Finnish Artillery Regiment was one. It was mainly garrisoned in Helsinki. Part of the regiment was transferred to Sweden and was garrisoned in Gävle as the Former Finnish Artillery Regiment after the Finnish War in 1809. The regiment was then disbanded two years later in 1811 when two companies were incorporated into Svea Artillery Regiment and three companies were incorporated into Wendes Artillery Regiment.

The present-day Artillery Brigade of the Finnish Defence Forces considers itself a successor unit of the Finska artilleriregementet.

Campaigns

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Organisation

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Name, designation and garrison

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Name Translation From To
Finska artilleriregementet Finnish Artillery Regiment 1794-06-23 1809
F d finska artilleriregementet Former Finnish Artillery Regiment 1809 1811
Designation From To
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Training ground
or garrison town
From To
Helsinki (G) 1794-06-23 1809
Gävle (G) 1809 1811

See also

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References

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  • Braunstein, Christian (2003). Sveriges arméförband under 1900-talet. Stockholm: Statens Försvarshistoriska Museer. ISBN 91-971584-4-5.
  • Holmberg, Björn (1993). Arméns regementen, skolor och staber: en sammanställning. Arvidsjaur: Svenskt militärhistoriskt bibliotek. ISBN 91-972209-0-6.
  • Kjellander, Rune (2003). Sveriges regementschefer 1700-2000: chefsbiografier och förbandsöversikter. Stockholm: Probus. ISBN 91-87184-74-5.
  • Nelsson, Bertil (1993). Från Brunkeberg till Nordanvind: 500 år med svenskt infanteri. Stockholm: Probus. ISBN 91-87184-23-0.
  • Svensk rikskalender 1908. Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt & Söner. 1908.
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