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Swedish Coastal Artillery, the Glossary

The Swedish Coastal Artillery (Kustartilleriet, KA) has its origin in the Archipelago Artillery that was raised in 1866.^[1]

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Amphibious warfare

Amphibious warfare is a type of offensive military operation that today uses naval ships to project ground and air power onto a hostile or potentially hostile shore at a designated landing beach.

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Anti-aircraft warfare

Anti-aircraft warfare is the counter to aerial warfare and it includes "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action" (NATO's definition).

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Älvsborg Coastal Artillery Regiment

The Älvsborg Coastal Artillery Regiment (Älvsborgs kustartilleriregemente), designation KA 4, was a Swedish Navy coastal artillery regiment of the Swedish Armed Forces which operated between 1942 and 2000. Swedish Coastal Artillery and Älvsborg Coastal Artillery Regiment are 2000 disestablishments in Sweden and military units and formations disestablished in 2000.

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Älvsborg Fortress

Älvsborg Fortress (Älvsborgs fästning), with its main facility Oscar II's Fort (Oscar II:s fort) built 1899–1907, is a now-defunct Swedish fortification located at the mouth of the Göta River in the Älvsborg district of Gothenburg, Sweden.

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Överste

Colonel (Col) (överste, öv) is the most senior field grade military officer rank in the Swedish Army and the Swedish Air Force, immediately above the rank of lieutenant colonel and just below the rank of brigadier general.

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Överstelöjtnant

Lieutenant colonel (LtCol) (Överstelöjtnant, Övlt) is a field grade officer rank in the Swedish Armed Forces, just above the rank of major and just below the rank of colonel.

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Bicycle infantry

Bicycle infantry are infantry soldiers who maneuver on (or, more often, between) battlefields using military bicycles.

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Blazon

In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct the appropriate image.

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Blekinge archipelago

Blekinge archipelago is an archipelago in the Baltic Sea, located in Blekinge in the south of Sweden.

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Bofors

AB Bofors is a former Swedish arms manufacturer which today is part of the British arms manufacturer BAE Systems.

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Bofors 105 mm Coastal Automatic Gun L/54

Bofors 105 mm Coastal Automatic Gun L/54 (full English product name: Bofors 105 mm Automatic Gun L/54 In Turret For Coastal Defence), was a Swedish fully automatic dual purpose gun turret system for coastal defence designed by Bofors around the turn of the decade 1950 for use in the Swedish Coastal Artillery and for export. Swedish Coastal Artillery and Bofors 105 mm Coastal Automatic Gun L/54 are coastal artillery.

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CB90-class fast assault craft

Stridsbåt 90 H(alv) (Strb 90 H; CB90) is a class of fast military assault craft used by several countries after being originally developed for the Swedish Navy by Dockstavarvet.

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Claes-Göran Hedén

Brigadier General Claes-Göran Hedén (born 12 October 1944) is a retired Swedish Coastal Artillery/Swedish Amphibious Corps officer.

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Coastal artillery

Coastal artillery is the branch of the armed forces concerned with operating anti-ship artillery or fixed gun batteries in coastal fortifications.

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Coastal defence and fortification

Castillo San Felipe de Barajas in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia Coastal defence (or defense) and coastal fortification are measures taken to provide protection against military attack at or near a coastline (or other shoreline), for example, fortifications and coastal artillery.

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Cold War

The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II, and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

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Cold-weather warfare

Cold-weather warfare, also known as arctic warfare or winter warfare, encompasses military operations affected by snow, ice, thawing conditions, or cold, both on land and at sea, as well as the strategies and tactics used by military forces in these situations and environments.

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Counter-battery fire

Counter-battery fire (sometimes called counter-fire) is a battlefield tactic employed to defeat the enemy's indirect fire elements (multiple rocket launchers, artillery and mortars), including their target acquisition, as well as their command and control components.

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Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia (Czech and Československo, Česko-Slovensko) was a landlocked state in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary.

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Defence Act of 2000 (Sweden)

The Defence Act of 2000 (prop. 1999/2000:30) was a defence act passed by the Swedish Riksdag on 30 March 2000, and the largest reorganisation of the Swedish Armed Forces since the Defence Act of 1925.

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East Coast Naval Base

East Coast Naval Base (Ostkustens marinbas, MarinB O) was a Swedish Navy command body which operated in various forms between the years 1928 and 2004.

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Fårösund

Fårösund is a locality situated on the Swedish island of Gotland with 800 inhabitants in 2014.

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Fårösund Fortress

Fårösund Fortress (Fårösunds fästning) is a decommissioned fortification in Fårösund on Gotland, Sweden, which was built from 1885 to 1886.

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Femöre battery

Femöre battery (Femörefortet) is a facility previously operated by the Swedish Coastal Artillery arm of Swedish Armed Forces. Swedish Coastal Artillery and Femöre battery are coastal artillery.

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Gothenburg

Gothenburg (abbreviated Gbg; Göteborg) is the capital of Västra Götaland County in Sweden.

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Gothenburg Coastal Artillery Defence

Gothenburg Coastal Artillery Defence (Göteborgs kustartilleriförsvar, GbK) was a unit of the Swedish Coastal Artillery which operated from 1942 to 1980.

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Gotland

Gotland (Gutland in Gutnish), also historically spelled Gottland or Gothland, is Sweden's largest island.

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Gotland Coastal Artillery Regiment

The Gotland Coastal Artillery Regiment (Gotlands kustartilleriregemente), designation KA 3, was a Swedish Navy coastal artillery regiment of the Swedish Armed Forces which operated between 1937 and 2000. Swedish Coastal Artillery and Gotland Coastal Artillery Regiment are military units and formations disestablished in 2000.

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Härnösand Coastal Artillery Regiment

The Härnösand Coastal Artillery Regiment (Härnösands kustartilleriregemente), designation KA 5, was a Swedish Navy coastal artillery regiment of the Swedish Armed Forces which operated between 1943 and 1998.

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Henrik Lange

Lieutenant General Henrik Lange (27 May 1908 – 5 November 2000) was a Swedish Coastal Artillery officer.

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Herman Wrangel (1859–1938)

Lieutenant General Herman Georg Waldemar Wrangel (30 March 1859 – 13 January 1938) was a senior officer in the Swedish Coastal Artillery.

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Hjalmar Åström

Lieutenant General Jakob Hjalmar Åström (22 August 1888 – 28 April 1957) was a Swedish Coastal Artillery officer.

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Karlskrona Artillery Corps

Karlskrona Artillery Corps (Karlskrona artillerikår) was a coastal artillery unit of the Swedish Navy which operated between 1893 and 1902.

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Karlskrona Coastal Artillery Regiment

The Karlskrona Coastal Artillery Regiment (Karlskrona kustartilleriregemente), designation KA 2, was a Swedish Navy coastal artillery regiment of the Swedish Armed Forces which operated between 1902 and 2000. Swedish Coastal Artillery and Karlskrona Coastal Artillery Regiment are 2000 disestablishments in Sweden and military units and formations disestablished in 2000.

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Kustjägarna

The 202nd Coastal Ranger Company (202., or Kustjägarna, KJ) is an marines commandos (special operations capable) unit within the Swedish Amphibious Corps, which is the infantry marines arm of the Swedish Navy.

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Landsort

Landsort is a Swedish village with a lighthouse on the island of Öja.

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Löjtnant

Löjtnant (Lieutenant in the Swedish Army/Air Force, Sub-lieutenant in the Navy) is a company grade officer rank.

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List of Swedish artillery regiments

This is a list of Swedish artillery regiments, battalions, corps and companies that have existed in the Swedish Army. Swedish Coastal Artillery and list of Swedish artillery regiments are artillery regiments of Sweden.

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Luleå

Luleå (locally; Luleju; Luulaja) is a city on the coast of northern Sweden, and the capital of Norrbotten County, the northernmost county in Sweden.

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Major (Sweden)

Major (Maj) (Major, Mj) is a field grade military officer rank in the Swedish Armed Forces, above the rank of captain and below the rank of lieutenant colonel.

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Marine Regiment (Sweden)

The Marine Regiment (Marinregementet) was a naval artillery unit within the Swedish Navy that operated from 1824 to 1886.

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Marines

Marines (or naval infantry) are soldiers who primarily operate in littoral zones, both on land and at sea.

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Naval Base (Sweden)

The Naval Base (Marinbasen, MarinB) is a naval unit within the Swedish Navy that has operated in various forms since 1928.

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Otto Ludvig Beckman

Major General Otto Ludvig Beckman (29 April 1856 – 27 June 1909) was a Swedish Navy officer and commanding officer of the Swedish Coastal Artillery.

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Oxelösund

Oxelösund is a locality and the seat of Oxelösund Municipality in Södermanland County, Sweden with 11,488 inhabitants in 2018.

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Raid (military)

Raiding, also known as depredation, is a military tactic or operational warfare "smash and grab" mission which has a specific purpose.

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RBS 15

The RBS 15 (Robotsystem 15) is a long-range fire-and-forget surface-to-surface and air-to-surface anti-ship missile.

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Reconnaissance

In military operations, military reconnaissance or scouting is the exploration of an area by military forces to obtain information about enemy forces, the terrain, and civil activities in the area of operations.

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Robot 17

Robot 17 (Robotsystem 17) is a Swedish anti-ship missile based on the American AGM-114C Hellfire, further developed by Bofors to work against sea targets and be transported and fired on land.

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Roslagen Marine Regiment

Roslagen Marine Regiment (Roslagens marinregemente, designation RMR, was a Swedish Navy coastal artillery unit which operated between from 1956 to 2000. The unit was based at Hamnholmen in Norrtälje Municipality. Swedish Coastal Artillery and Roslagen Marine Regiment are 2000 disestablishments in Sweden and military units and formations disestablished in 2000.

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Rudolf Kolmodin

Lieutenant General Karl Rudolf Kolmodin (17 January 1896 – 29 August 1978) was a Swedish Coastal Artillery officer.

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Rustmästare

Rustmästare is a former Swedish rank that literally means the one responsible for the armory.

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Sam Rydberg

Sam Hjalmar Rydberg (27 October 1885 – 25 March 1956) was a Swedish composer.

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Södertörn Marine Regiment

Södertörn Marine Regiment (Södertörns marinregemente, designation SMR, was a Swedish Navy coastal artillery unit which operated from 1956 to 2000. The unit was based on Järflotta south of Nynäshamn. Swedish Coastal Artillery and Södertörn Marine Regiment are 2000 disestablishments in Sweden and military units and formations disestablished in 2000.

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Sergeant (Sweden and Finland)

Sergeant (Kersantti in Finnish) is a Swedish (OR6) and Finnish (OR5) military rank above överfurir in Sweden and alikersantti in Finland; and below översergeant in Sweden and ylikersantti in Finland.

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Skåne Line

The Skåne Line (Skånelinjen), popularly known as the Per Albin Line (Per Albin-linjen) after then-Prime Minister Per Albin Hansson, was a 500 kilometer long line of light fortifications erected during World War II around the coast of southern Sweden to protect the country from a possible German or Soviet invasion. Swedish Coastal Artillery and Skåne Line are World War II defensive lines.

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Stellan Fagrell

Senior Colonel Karl Stellan Fagrell (21 July 1943 – 30 April 2022) was an officer in the Swedish Amphibious Corps.

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STRIL

Tactical (Fighting Command) and Air Defence Control System (Combat control and air surveillance) in forms of STRIL 50 (operational in the 1950s) and STRIL 60 (operational in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s) were integrated systems for aerial warfare control including early warning radar and ground-controlled interception.

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Sweden

Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.

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Swedish Amphibious Corps

The Amphibious Corps (Amfibiekåren, Amf) is the infantry marines arm of the Swedish Navy, with an emphasis on coastal defence.

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Swedish Armed Forces

The Swedish Armed Forces (help|lit.

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Swedish Armed Forces Logistics

The Swedish Armed Forces Logistics (Försvarsmaktens logistik, FMLOG) is a part of the Swedish Armed Forces, which is responsible for military logistics, maintenance and support for units, staffs and schools.

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Swedish Navy

The Swedish Navy (Svenska marinen) is the maritime service branch of the Swedish Armed Forces.

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Swedish submarine incidents

The submarine hunts or submarine incidents were a series of several incidents involving foreign submarines that occurred in Swedish territorial waters during the Cold War, attributed in Swedish media to the Soviet Union. Swedish Coastal Artillery and Swedish submarine incidents are military history of Sweden.

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Tor Wahlman

Lieutenant General Tor Carl Nicolaus Wahlman (10 August 1878 – 7 August 1954) was a senior officer in the Swedish Coastal Artillery.

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Underlöjtnant

Underlöjtnant (from the German word Unterleutnant) was the lowest officer rank in the Swedish Army from 1835 to 1937 instead of the previous ranks of fänrik and cornet.

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Vaxholm Artillery Corps

The Vaxholm Artillery Corps (Vaxholms artillerikår) was a corps-level artillery formation of the Swedish Army which operated between 1889 and 1901.

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Vaxholm Coastal Artillery Regiment

The Vaxholm Coastal Artillery Regiment (Vaxholms kustartilleriregemente), designation KA 1, was a Swedish Navy coastal artillery regiment of the Swedish Armed Forces which operated between 1902 and 2000. Swedish Coastal Artillery and Vaxholm Coastal Artillery Regiment are 2000 disestablishments in Sweden and military units and formations disestablished in 2000.

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Vaxholm Fortress

Vaxholm Fortress (Vaxholms fästning), also known as Vaxholm Castle, is a historic fortification on the island of Vaxholmen in the Stockholm archipelago just east of the Swedish town of Vaxholm.

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Väddö

Väddö is an island in the Baltic Sea in Roslagen district, Sweden.

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Warsaw Pact

The Warsaw Pact (WP), formally the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance (TFCMA), was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland, between the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Bloc socialist republics of Central and Eastern Europe in May 1955, during the Cold War.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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12 cm mobile coastal artillery gun m/80

The 12 cm mobile coastal artillery gun m/80 (12 cm rörlig kustartilleripjäs m/80 or R Kapj 12/80), also known as KARIN, was a 120 mm Swedish coastal artillery gun developed by Bofors. Swedish Coastal Artillery and 12 cm mobile coastal artillery gun m/80 are coastal artillery.

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12 cm tornautomatpjäs m/70

The 12 cm tornautomatpjäs m/70 ("12 cm automatic turret gun model 1970"), also known as ERSTA (Ersättning Tungt Artilleri or "Replacement Heavy Artillery") was developed to defend vital points like seaports from enemy landing ships, as well as area denial and fire support, even on a nuclear battlefield. Swedish Coastal Artillery and 12 cm tornautomatpjäs m/70 are coastal artillery.

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1st Marine Regiment (Sweden)

The 1st Marine Regiment (Stockholms amfibieregemente, Amf 1) is a marine regiment of the Swedish Amphibious Corps based at the Berga Naval Base in Berga, Haninge Municipality.

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4th Marine Regiment (Sweden)

The 4th Marine Regiment (Älvsborgs amfibieregemente, Amf 4) is one of two marine regiments of the Swedish Amphibious Corps based in Gothenburg.

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7.5 cm tornpjäs m/57

The 7.5 cm tornpjäs m/57 (75 mm turret gun model 1957) was developed for the Swedish Coastal Artillery in the 1950s as a light and comparatively cheap gun that would replace a large number of mostly obsolete systems for short-range coastal defense. Swedish Coastal Artillery and 7.5 cm tornpjäs m/57 are coastal artillery.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Coastal_Artillery

Also known as Kustartilleriet, Swedish Coast artillery.

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See also

1901 establishments in Sweden

2000 disestablishments in Sweden

Artillery regiments of Sweden

Fortifications in Sweden

Marine regiments

Military history of Sweden

Swedish Navy

References