Svea Logistic Corps

Svea Logistic Corps
Svea Logistic Corps
Svea trängkår
Active	1891–1997
Country	Sweden
Allegiance	Swedish Armed Forces
Branch	Swedish Army
Type	Service Troops
Size	Corps
Part of	5th Military District (1891–1893); 4th Army Division (1893–1901); IV Army Division (1902–1927); Eastern Brigade (1928–1937); IV Army Division (1938–1942); IV.milo (1942–1966); Milo Ö (1966–1985); I 4 (1985–1994); Milo M (1994–1997)
Garrison/HQ	Linköping
Colors	Blue and white
March	"Svea trängkårs marsch" (Bergendahl)
Insignia
Branch insignia
Shoulder sleeve insignia

The Svea Logistic Corps (Swedish: Svea trängkår, T 1) was a Swedish Army logistic unit operating between 1891 and 1997. The unit was based in Linköping.

Locations

When the unit was formed in 1891, the camp was taken over from the Logistic Battalion (Trängbataljonen in Marieberg, Stockholm. On 4 October 1907, the unit was relocated to Örebro. Through the Defence Act of 1925, the unit came to operate from Linköping on 1 January 1928. In Linköping, Östgöta Logistic Corps' (Östgöta trängkår, T 6) barracks area on Kaserngatan in Linköping was taken over. Remaining in Örebro was a decommissioning organization until 31 March 1928. Through the Defence Act of 1982, it was decided, among other things, that the Swedish Armed Forces would leave the barracks on Kaserngatan. This was done by relocating the logistic school to Skövde,Holmberg 1993, p. 65</ref> and that the Svea Logistic Regiment would be disbanded and be amalgamated into the Svea Logistic Battalion in the Life Grenadier Regiment. From 1 July 1985, the Logistic Battalion was located in the southwestern part of the double barracks area at Regementsgatan in Linköping. The barracks area on Kaserngatan was abandoned and transferred to Linköping Municipality's ownership on 1 January 1986.^[2]

The corps in Marieberg, Stockholm
Chancellery building, Örebro
Main barracks, Örebro
Chancellery building and barracks, Linköping
Chancellery building, Linköping
Main barracks, Linköping

Heraldry and traditions

Coat of arms

The coat of the arms of the unit was used from 1977 to 1997. Blazon: "Gules, the provincial badge of Östergötland, a griffin with dragon wing and tail segreant or, armed and langued azure. The shield surmounted a cart wheel of four spokes over two swords in saltire, argent".^[3]

Colours, standards and guidons

The colour was presented to the former Royal Svea Logistic Corps (T 1) in Linköping by the commanding officer of the Eastern Army Division (Östra arméfördelningen), Lieutenant General Gösta Lilliehöök on 1 September 1935 at the 50-years anniversary of the Swedish Army Service Troops.^[4] It was used as regimental colour by the unit 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."^[4]

Colour

Medals

In 1997, the Svea trängkårs (T 1) minnesmedalj i silver ("Svea Logistic Corps (T 1) Commemorative Medal") in silver (SveatrkårSMM) of the 8th size was established. The medal ribbon is of blue moiré with white edges and a white stripe on the middle.^[5]

Commemorative medal

Commanding officers

1885–1903: Jakob Oskar Gottfrid Smedmark
1903–1916: Nils Gustaf Hallström
1917–1918: Berndt Reinhold Martin Festin
1919–1922: Oscar Sigfrid Lindström
1922–1925: Sven Einar Torsten Carlsson
1925–1926: Carl Anders Möller
1926–1927: Eric Virgin
1927–1927: Gustaf Axel Smith
1928–1929: Sven Axel Engdahl
1929–1934: Gösta Frössén
1934–1944: Gustaf Axel Smith
1944–1955: Axel Joseph Einar Qvarnström
1955–1958: Bjarne Hemming Natt och Dag
1958–1963: Yngve Diurlin]]
1963–1970: Sigurd S:son Melin
1970–1974: Sven Torfgård
1974–1978: Lennart Önfelt
1978–1979: Nils Yngve Ekman
1979–1983: Claes Erik Sebastian P:son Tamm
1983–1985: Ragnar Söderberg
1985–1987: Kjell Svensson
1987–1990: Torolf Nilzén
1990–1993: Björn Frykhed
1993–1997: Tore Månsson

Names, designations and locations

Note: The word träng ("train") as in trängregemente is translated to either "train", "service force"; "transport"; "baggage"; "supply vehicles" pl.; (Br) "army service corps", (US) "maintenance and supply troops",^[6] "transportation" (adj.),^[7] or "logistic".^[8]

Name	Translation	From		To
Kungl. Svea trängbataljon	Royal Svea Logistic Battalion	1891-01-31	–	1901-12-31
Kungl. Första Svea trängkår	Royal 1st Svea Logistic Corps	1902-01-01	–	1904-12-07
Kungl. Svea trängkår	Svea Logistic Corps	1904-12-08	–	1949-06-30
Kungl. Svea trängregemente	Royal Svea Logistic Regiment	1949-07-01	–	1974-12-31
Svea trängregemente	Svea Logistic Regiment	1975-01-01	–	1985-06-30
Svea trängbataljon	Svea Logistic Battalion	1985-07-01	–	1994-06-30
Svea trängkår	Svea Logistic Corps	1994-07-01	–	1997-12-31
Designation		From		To
T 1		1891-01-31	–	1997-12-31
Location		From		To
Stockholm Garrison/Marieberg		1891-01-31	–	1907-10-03
Örebro Garrison		1907-10-04	–	1928-03-31
Linköping Garrison		1928-01-01	–	1997-12-31

Footnotes

^ The march was established in 1953 by Army Order 33/1953.^[1]

References

Notes

^ Sandberg 2007, p. 18
^ Holmberg 1993, p. 41
^ Braunstein 2006, p. 37
^ ^a ^b Braunstein 2004, p. 63
^ Braunstein 2007, pp. 102–103
^ Gullberg 1977, p. 1040.
^ Appich, Jr. 1988, p. 167
^ Grafisk profil 2013, p. 64

Print

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.
Braunstein, Christian (2007). Utmärkelsetecken på militära uniformer [Decorations on Swedish military uniforms] (PDF). Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 12 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. ISBN 978-91-976220-2-8. SELIBR 10423295.
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.
Holmberg, Björn (1993). Arméns regementen, skolor och staber: [en uppslagsbok] : en sammanställning (in Swedish). Arvidsjaur: Svenskt militärhistoriskt bibliotek (SMB). ISBN 91-972209-0-6. SELIBR 7796532.
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.

Web

Appich, Jr., Thomas W. (22 July 1988). "REFERENCE AID SWEDISH-ENGLISH GLOSSARY OF MILITARY AND TECHNICAL ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS" (PDF). Joint Publications Research Service. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)
"Försvarsmaktens gemensamma identitet – direktiv för användandet av Försvarsmaktens namn, profil och bild" (PDF). 1.3 (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 16 September 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2020.