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3 unusual facts about Svea artilleriregemente


Carl Axel Arrhenius

He was promoted to Feldzeugmeister and Lieutenant-Colonel at the Svea artilleriregemente and was handed the command in 1816 of the manufacture of powder in the kingdom.

Arrhenius was a lieutenant at the Svea artilleriregemente stationed in Vaxholm; he took part in the campaign in Finland in 1788.

Garnisonen

Garnisonen ("Garrison") is a district in Linköping, which was previously the site of the two military units closed down in July 1997, Livgrenadjärregementet (I 4) and Svea artilleriregemente (A 1).



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