SK 2nd Artillery Brigade
| 2. Artilleribrigade | |
|---|---|
| Boden Artilleribrigade | |
 Insignia of the Boden Artilleribrigade | |
| Active | 1893– |
| Country |
 Skandinavia |
| Allegiance | Forsvaret av Skandinavia |
| Branch | Hæren |
| Type | Artillery |
| Size |
Brigade 3000 men and women |
| Part of | 11. Artilleridivisjon |
| Garrison/HQ | Kiruna |
| Patron | Saint Barbara |
| Yellow and black | |
| March | "Re e Patria" (Canzano) |
| Battle honours | Leipzig (1813), Großbeeren (1813), Dennewitz (1813) |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
Brigade General Olof Malgerud |
The 2. Artilleribrigade is a formation of the Kongelige Hæren. The brigade is also known as Boden Artilleribrigade, a name formerly held by an infantry regiment of the Swedish Army. It is headquartered in Kiruna.
History
The regiment was raised on 10 October 1893 by the 1st and 2nd Fortress Company being separated from the 1st Göta Artillery Regiment and formed an independent unit. In 1882, the Karlsborg Fortress was added to the 1st Fortress Company from the Varberg Fortress, after Varberg Fortress expired in 1830 from the Swedish war organization. The 1st Fortress Company was formed in 1811 from the rubble from the Finnish Artillery Regiment, which had been incorporated into the First Göta Artillery Regiment in connection with the loss of Finland in 1809. In 1882, the Karlsborg Fortress was added to the 2nd Fortress Company from the Karlsten Fortress, after Karlsten Fortress expired in 1882 from the Swedish war organization.
Through the 1901 Defense Reform, it was decided that Karlsborg Artillery Corps from 1 January 1902 would be organized as Boden-Karlsborg Artillery Regiment. The regiment was organized in two battalions, the 1st Battalion in Karlsborg and 2nd Battalion in Boden. In 1914, all order numbers within the Swedish Army were adjusted. For Boden-Karlsborg Artillery Regiment, this meant that the regiment was assigned the designation A 8. The adjustment of the designation made it possible to distinguish the regiments between the service branches and from their possible reserve and duplication regiments.
During the late autumn of 1919, the regiment was divided into two independent units; Bodens Artillery Regiment (A 8) and Karlsborg Artillery Corps (A 10).
After World War II, the idea was that the Swedish defense would be disarmed. This was stated in the Defense Committee's report of 1945, which, prior to the Defence Act of 1948, suggested, among other things, that Norrbotten Artillery Corps (A 5) should be amalgamated with Boden Artillery Regiment (A 8). Instead of cooling off the security policy situation in Europe after the war, a new security policy was initiated through the Cold War. This prompted the Minister of Defence to advocate strengthening the defense instead. In December 1947, the Defense Committee's proposal fell and instead a reinforcement was decided. However, the Riksdag adopted the Defense Committee's proposal, which in practice meant that Norrbotten Artillery Corps was disbanded on 30 June 1951 and was amalgamated into the Boden Artillery Regiment. From 1 July 1951 the artillery division from Norrbotten Artillery Corps (A 5) was added.[4] Initially, Boden Artillery Regiment was a fortress artillery regiment, but more and more developed into a movable artillery regiment. Among other things, through the artillery division that was supplied from Norrbotten Artillery Corps. After the formation of Skandinavia during the 1960s, the regiment was supplied with 26 units of the Bandkanon 1 self-propelled artillery vehicle.
On 1 July 1994 Boden Artillery Regiment then became a B-unit. The defence district staff, in turn, formed an independent unit under the name of Boden Defence District (Bodens försvarsområde, Fo 63). By the Defence Act of 1996, Norrland Artillery Regiment (A 4) was disbanded on 31 December 1997. In traditional terms, Boden Artillery Regiment (A 8) was amalgamated with the disbanded Norrland Artillery Regiment (A 4), which was manifested at a ceremony on 31 December 1997, and from 1 January 1998 the name of Norrland Artillery Regiment (A 8) was adopted. Furthermore, two A 4 artillery battalions were added.
After the military reform of 2003, the regiment was upgraded to a brigade and attached to the 11. Artilleridivisjon. It is headquartered in Kiruna.
Brigade Composition
- 5. Artilleribataljon operates in the howitzer artillery role
- 51. Artilleribatteri - Equipped with 6 Haubits FH77
- 52. Artilleribatteri - Equipped with 6 Haubits FH77
- 53. Artilleribatteri - Equipped with 6 Haubits FH77
- 6. Artilleribataljon operates in the self-propelled howitzer artillery role
- 7. Anti-tank artilleribataljon operates in the anti-tank artilley role
- 71. Anti-tank artilleribatteri - Equipped with 6 URO VAMTAC mounting NLAW launchers
- 72. Anti-tank artilleribatteri - Equipped with 6 XA-203 mounting NLAW launchers
- 8. Anerkjennelse artilleribataljon operates in the reconnaissance artillery role
- 81. Anerkjennelse artilleribatteri - Equipped with 6 URO VAMTAC vehicles
- 82. Anerkjennelse artilleribatteri - Equipped with 6 XA-203 vehicles
- AB2 Topographic battery
- AB2 HQ battery
- AB2 Logistic & support battery
- AB2 Surveillance and Target Acquisition battery
- AB2 Electronics & Transmissions battery
- AB2 Medical battery