Gotland Artillery Regiment

The Gotland Artillery Regiment (Gotlands artilleriregement, designation A 7) was a Swedish artillery regiment that was in active service between 1811 and 2000. The regiment was based in Visby as part of the Gotland Garrison.

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

Gotland Artillery Corps was redesignated A 7 in 1892 because the planned Norrland Artillery Regiment 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 the Artillery Regiment.

Companies

 * Carlswärds company
 * Stålhatts company
 * Wisborgs company

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