Norrland Engineer Battalion Explained

Unit Name:Norrland Engineer Battalion
Native Name:Norrlands ingenjörbataljon
Dates:1905–2004
Country: Sweden
Allegiance:Swedish Armed Forces
Branch:Swedish Army
Type:Engineer
Size:Battalion
Command Structure:VI Army Divisoon (1902–1927)
Upper Norrland's Troops (1928–1942)
VI Military District (1942–1966)
Upper Norrland Military District (1966–1993)
Northern Military District (1993–2000)
Norrbotten Regiment (2000–2004)
Garrison:Boden
Motto:Nos nihil efficere non possumus ("Here are no impossibilities")
Colors:Black
Colours Label:-->
March:"Bodens ingenjörkårs marsch" (Widqvist)
Anniversaries:24 October
Identification Symbol Label:Branch insignia
Identification Symbol 2 Label:Cap badge
Identification Symbol 3 Label:Shoulder sleeve insignia

The Norrland Engineer Battalion (Swedish: Norrlands ingenjörbataljon), designation Ingbat/I 19, originally Boden Engineer Regiment (Swedish: Bodens ingenjörkår), designation Ing 3, was a Swedish Army engineer unit, one of the few new formations raised in the 20th century. It was disbanded in 2005. The unit was garrisoned in Boden, Sweden.

History

The unit has its origins in the engineer companies created at Norrbotten Regiment in 1902. These companies became independent in 1904 as Boden Engineer Corps and gained the designation Ing 4 (4th Engineer Regiment). Boden Engineer Corps gained the new designation Ing 3 in 1937 and was upgraded to a regiment in 1975 and was renamed Boden Engineer Regiment.

It was then downgraded to a battalion unit again in 1994, and was renamed Norrland Engineer Corps. In 2000, the battalion became one of five battalions in Norrbotten Regiment, with the name Norrland Engineer Battalion, the designation Ing 3 was not kept, even though it was still in common use. The battalion was disbanded in 2005.

Campaigns

Organisation

Heraldry and traditions

Colours, standards and guidons

At the 300th anniversary of the Fortifikationen ("Royal Engineers") on 26 September 1935, His Majesty the King Gustav V presented a colour to the then Boden Engineer Corps. On 1 January 1998, the colour of Svea Engineer Corps was transferred to Norrland Engineer Corps after Svea Engineer Corps was disbanded on 31 December 1997.[1] A new colour was presented to the then Norrland Engineer Battalion in Boden by His Majesty the King Carl XVI Gustaf on 27 August 2001. It was drawn by Kristina Holmgård-Åkerberg and embroidered by machine and hand (the badge) in insertion technique by the company Libraria. The colour may be used according to the decisions of CO I 19. Blazon: "On blue cloth in the centre the lesser coat of arms of Sweden, three yellow crowns placed two and one. In the first corner a mullet with a cluster of rays, all in yellow. In the lower part of this the coat of arms of the unit; argent, throughout a wall with a gatetower both embattled gules (the original name of the battalion was Royal Boden Engineers Regiment, Ing 3); on a chief azure three open crowns in fess or (a legacy from the former Svea Engineer Regiment, Ing 1). The shield ensigned with a royal crown proper. After the battalion was disbanded, the colour was carried by Norrland Engineer Company at Norrbotten Regiment until the company was disbanded on 21 June 2011.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fanor . www.ing3kf.com . Colours . 10 October 2018 . Swedish.