Göta Engineer Regiment

The Göta Engineer Regiment (Göta ingenjörregemente), designation Ing 2, is a Swedish Army engineer regiment that traces its origins back to the 19th century. It is still in active service, and is currently garrisoned in Eksjö.

History
The regiment has its origins in the Sapper Battalion raised between 1873 and 1878. The battalion changed its name in 1893 to the Göta Engineer Battalion, and in 1902 to the Göta Engineer Corps, when it gained the designation Ing 2 (2nd Engineer Regiment). The Göta Engineer Corps was upgraded to a regiment in 1963 and was renamed Göta ingenjörregemente.

It was then downgraded to a battalion unit again in 1994, but six years later in 2000 it was upgraded to a regiment, and regained its old name. The regiment was garrisoned in Stockholm, Karlsborg before it moved to Eksjö in 1928 where it is currently garrisoned.

Campaigns

 * None

Organisation

 * Göta Engineer Regiment
 * 21st Engineer Battalion
 * 22nd Engineer Battalion
 * Northern Småland Group, which trains the 33rd Home Guard Battalion (Light infantry)

Commanders
Regimental commanders active from 1878.
 * 1878-1881: Major Hjalmar Stålhane
 * 1881-1890: Lieutenant Colonel Wilhelm Stolpe
 * 1890-1895: Major C.D. Ludvig W:son Munthe
 * 1895-1898: Major Hans Ahlmann
 * 1898-1903: Lieutenant Colonel Erik Gustaf Kinell
 * 1903-1904: Major Broder Sten A:son Leijonhufvud
 * 1904-1910: Lieutenant Colonel August Fredrik Thorsell
 * 1910-1915: Colonel Gustaf Enblom
 * 1915-1917: Lieutenant Colonel Ernst Adrian Eriksson
 * 1917-1922: Lieutenant Colonel Fredrik Georg Rudman Bergenstråhle
 * 1922-1926: Colonel Gustaf Julius Rabe
 * 1926-1934: Colonel Sven Erik Bjuggren
 * 1934-1937: Lieutenant Colonel Carl Anders Sigurd Rahmqvist
 * 1937-1940: Lieutenant Colonel Åke Edward Grönhagen
 * 1940-1941: Colonel Gunnar Edward Ström
 * 1941-1946: Colonel Inge Gustaf Hellgren
 * 1946-1947: Colonel Nils Fredrik Wilhelm Ekman
 * 1947-1954: Colonel Helge Porse Robert Geete
 * 1954-1957: Colonel Arne Mohlin
 * 1957-1964: Colonel Björn Gustaf Adolf Berg
 * 1964-1966: Colonel Gunnar Nordlöf
 * 1966-1969: Colonel Erik Olof Sigvard Månsson
 * 1969-1978: Colonel Lars Anders Andersson
 * 1978-1980: Colonel Sten Ahlström
 * 1980-1982: Colonel Sven-Erik Anton Nilsson
 * 1982-1984: Colonel Lars-Åke Persson
 * 1984-1990: Colonel Carl Gösta Edholm
 * 1990-1992: Colonel Bertil Christer Ljung
 * 1993-1997: Colonel Jan-Erik Björn Svensson
 * 1997-2000: Colonel Karl Erik Lennart Bengtsson
 * 2000-2003: Colonel Bengt Axelsson
 * 2003-2006: Colonel Anders Stenström
 * 2006-2011: Colonel Tommy Karlsson
 * 2011-2013: Colonel Gustaf Fahl
 * 2013–present: Colonel Patrik Ahlgren