Finnish Artillery Regiment

Finnish Artillery Regiment
Finska artilleriregementet
Active 1794–1811
Country  Sweden
Branch Swedish Army
Type Artillery
Size 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.

History

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 Svealand Artillery Regiment and three companies were incorporated into Wendish Artillery Regiment.

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

Campaigns

Organisation

Name, designation and garrison

NameTranslationFrom To
Finska artilleriregementetFinnish Artillery Regiment1794-06-23–1809
F d finska artilleriregementetFormer Finnish Artillery Regiment1809–1811
DesignationFrom To
No designation –
Training ground
or garrison town		From To
Helsinki (G)1794-06-23–1809
Gävle (G)1809–1811

See also

References

Print
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