Södermanland Regiment (armoured)

Södermanland Regiment
Södermanlands regemente (P 10/P 3)
Active	1942–1957 (as P 3) 1963–2005 (as P 10)
Country	Sweden
Branch	Swedish Army
Type	Armoured
Size	Regiment
Motto(s)	"Regimus neque hostis" ( "It is we who decide - not the enemy")
Colours	Black and yellow
March	"Södermanlands regementes marsch"
Battle honours	Warsaw (1656), Frederiksodde (1658), Bält (1658), Fraustadt (1706), Helsingborg (1710), Gadebusch (1712), Stäket (1719)

The Södermanland Regiment (Swedish: Södermanlands regemente), designated P 10 or P 3 and P 10/Fo 43, was an armored regiment of the Swedish army with its roots in the 17th century, and was located in Strängnäs. The regiment was deactivated in 2005 and its assets were funneled into other parts of the military. Its life company was transferred to the Södermanland Group of the Home Guard, making the Södermanland Group the only Home Guard unit with such a company.

History

The regiment was converted from an infantry regiment to an armored regiment in 1963. The regiment was dismantled in 2006. The last conscripts were introduced on April 8, 2005.

Organization

During peacetime organization, the regimental companies were refitted for training purposes.

• Life company
• Vingåker Company
• Nyköping Company
• Oppunda Company
• Strängnäs Company
• Western Rekarne Company
• Eastern Rekarne Company
• Gripsholm Company

Commanders

Regimental commanders active during the time the regiment was organized as an armored unit.^[1] For regimental commanders before 1942, and between the years 1957-1963, when the regiment was organized as the armored infantry regiment, see Södermanland Regiment (infantry).

1942-1956: Erik Cavalli 1956-1956: Fritz-Ivar Virgin 1963-1963: Fritz-Ivar Virgin 1963-1970: Gunnar Henrikson 1970-1976: Stig Wilhelm Colliander 1976-1979: Nils Stenqvist 1979-1983: Åke Mauritz Eriksson

1983-1991: Nils-Gunnar Lundgren 1991-1994: Jan Åke Andersson 1994-1997: Thor-Lennart Loo 1997-2000: Peter Georg Theodor Lundberg 2000-2003: Ingemar Gustafsson 2003-2005: Bengt Degerman

Trivia

The Film Ninth Company (1987) by Colin Nutley was filmed in the regiment.

See also

• List of Swedish armoured regiments

References

1. Kjellander, Rune (2003). Sveriges regementschefer 1700-2000: chefsbiografier och förbandsöversikter (in Swedish). Stockholm: Probus Förlag HB. p. 315. ISBN 91-87184-74-5.

Coordinates: 59°23′10″N 17°00′24″E / 59.38611°N 17.00667°E