Uplandia Regiment (signal)

Uplandia Regiment, or Upplands regemente, also S 1, is a Swedish Army signaling regiment that traces its origins back to the 19th Century. It is still in active service.

History

The regiment has its origins in the field signaling (later telegraphing) company raised and subordinated to the army Pontoonering Battalion. It was redesignated the Field Telegraphing Corps in 1902 and became independent the same year. An aircraft squadron was created in 1916 and split from the unit in 1926. This would later become the Swedish Air Force.

The unit was reogranized and renamed to Signal Regiment with the designation S 1 (1st Signal Regiment) when the signaling troops became a separate arm in 1937. A in 1915 detached company of the unit later became the Norrland Signal Regiment and another in 1944 detached company later became the Göta Signal Regiment.

It was renamed to Uplandia Signal Regiment in 1957 and in 1974 to Uplandia Regiment, the same name was used by the infantry regiment Uplandia Regiment, although the signal regiment does not trace its origins from this regiment (but the victory names do).

Campaigns

• None

Organization

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Various

The regimental names:

The regimental designations:

The regimental training grounds and garrison towns:

The regimental colours are red and gold.

The regimental motto is "Här finns inga omöjligheter" ("There are no impossibilities here").

The regimental victory names:

See also

• List of Swedish regiments
• List of Swedish wars
• History of Sweden
• Provinces of Sweden

References

See the Swedish regiments article for general references.