In 1914, construction began on Hemsö Fortress. After World War I ended in 1918, the coastal artillery corps that was planned was never raised, and the newly built barracks in Härnösand was instead handed over to the health service. For a period of years, however, operations at Hemsö Fortress were strengthened by various other coastal artillery detachments. Among other things, the 12 cm batteries were manned in the mid-1930s by the 1st Company and the 6th Company from Vaxholm Coastal Artillery Regiment (KA 1). At the outbreak of World War II in 1939, 125 conscripts were transferred from Vaxholm Coastal Artillery Regiment. Two years later, another 400 conscripts and about 10 officers from Karlskrona Coastal Artillery Regiment (KA 2) were stationed on Hemsön. The Defence Act of 1942 stated that the detachment in Hemsö Fortress would replace the detached division from KA 1 and on 1 October 1943 the Defence Act would be enforced. This formed the Härnösand Coastal Artillery Detachment (KA 4 H). The designation KA 4 H did not indicate a military command relationship between the two troop units Älvsborg Coastal Artillery Regiment (KA 4) and Härnösand Coastal Artillery Detachment (KA 4 H), but only indicated that KA 4 would provide some support to the finance, machinery and craft departments.[2]
The last round of training ended in the autumn of 1997, with the entire 6th Amphibious Battalion then fully trained.[3] The disbandment ceremony for HMG/KA 5 was held on 14 August 1998. The ceremony began with the last acting commander of HMG/KA 5, Major Gunnar Hällgren, handing over the regimental colour to the commander of the Norrland Coast Naval Command, Senior Captain Olov Andersson. The management of the traditions of the Härnösand Marine Group (Härnösands maringrupp) with Härnösand Coastal Artillery Regiment was thus passed to the Norrland Coast Naval Command (MKN). The only military presence left on Härnön is located to the chancellery and the northern part of the barracks area.[4]
Location and training areasedit
When Härnösand Coastal Artillery Regiment was formed, the unit was located to Kusthöjden in northeastern Härnösand. The construction of the establishment at Kusthöjden started in 1944 after the drawings of the 1940 Military Building Investigation. On 19 June 1945, the double swallow-tailed Swedish flag was hoisted for the first time at the top of the new chancellery in Härnösand. In total, about 30 buildings were built in the area. At the end of the 1960s, an annex was built to the chancellery, after Norrland Coastal Artillery Defence with Härnösand Coastal Artillery Corps was amalgamated into a joint administrative unit. Furthermore, new buildings were also built at the garage area.[5] After Norrland Coastal Artillery Defence was disbanded, the area was managed by the Norrland Coast Naval Command. In 2000, most of the area was sold to Vasallen, but most of the buildings still house military units and staffs.[6]
Barracks during the 1940s.
Barracks in 2018
Guard house
Building
Building
Building
Heraldry and traditionsedit
Coat of armsedit
The coat of arms of the Härnösand Coastal Artillery Regiment (KA 5) was used by KA 5 from 1975 to 1994, by the Norrland kustartilleriförsvar med Härnösands kustartilleriregemente (NK/KA 5) from 1975 to 1994, by the Härnösands maringrupp med Härnösands kustartilleriregemente (HMG) from 1994 to 1997 and by the Härnösandsgruppen since 1997.[7]Blazon: "Argent, the town badge of Härnösand, a beaver, a pike in the mouth, both sable. The shield surmounted two gunbarrels of older pattern in saltire above a flaming grenade and waves".[7]
Colours, standards and guidonsedit
The colour of the regiment was presented to the regiment on 1 June 1945 by His Majesty the King Gustaf V at a ceremony at Stockholm Palace. It was used as regimental colour by KA 5 until 1 January 1998. The colour is drawn by Brita Grep and embroidered by hand in insertion technique probably by the company Libraria.[8]Blazon: "On red cloth in the centre the badge of the former Coastal Artillery; two gunbarrels of older pattern in saltire under a royal crown proper and over a blazing grenade and waves, all yellow. In the first corner the town badge of Härnösand; a beaver with a pike in its mouth, all white."[8]
Medalsedit
In 1999, the Härnösands kustartilleriregementes (KA 5) minnesmedalj ("Härnösand Coastal Artillery Regiment (KA 5) Commemorative Medal") in silver (HärnkaregSMM) of the 8th size was established. The medal ribbon is of red moiré with a broad yellow stripe on each side.[9]
Commanding officersedit
Corps and regimental commanders active in Härnösand Coastal Artillery Regiment.[10] From 1961, the unit commander was also head of the Norrland Coast Coastal Artillery Defence and from 1986 of the Norrland Coast Naval Command.
Berg, Ejnar (2004). Vyer från kastaler, kastell och kaserner: guide över Sveriges militära byggnader : illustrerad med vykort (in Swedish). Stockholm: Probus. ISBN9187184753. SELIBR 9818451.
Braunstein, Christian (2004). [The flags and standards of the Swedish armed forces after the turn of the millennium] (PDF). Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 7 [dvs 8] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. ISBN91-971584-7-X. SELIBR 9815350. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-05-22. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
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Braunstein, Christian (2007). [Decorations on Swedish military uniforms] (PDF). Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 12 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. ISBN978-91-976220-2-8. SELIBR 10423295. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-08-19. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
Birke, Sune; Braunstein, Christian (2011). Sveriges marina förband och skolor under 1900-talet. Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 13 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. SELIBR 12638815.
Jansson, Nils-Ove; Johansson, Christer (2001). Marinkommando Väst: kronologi över marin verksamhet på västkusten (in Swedish). Partille: Warne. ISBN9186425307. SELIBR 8402344.
Sandberg, Bo (2007). Försvarets marscher och signaler förr och nu: marscher antagna av svenska militära förband, skolor och staber samt igenkännings-, tjänstgörings- och exercissignaler (in Swedish) (New ed.). Stockholm: Militärmusiksamfundet med Svenskt marscharkiv. ISBN978-91-631-8699-8. SELIBR 10413065.
Kustförsvar: från kustbefästningar till amfibiekår : Kustartilleriet-Amfibiekåren 1902-2002 (in Swedish). Hårsfjärden: Marintaktiska kommandot. 2002. ISBN9163122855. SELIBR 8555135.
Further readingedit
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KA 5, 25 år: Kungl. Härnösands kustartillerikår, 1943-1968 (in Swedish). [Härnösand]: [KA 5]. 1968. SELIBR 1707447.
Hedberg, Jonas (1945). Blad ur norrlandsartilleriets historia (in Swedish). Östersund. SELIBR 865353.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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härnösand, coastal, artillery, regiment, swedish, härnösands, kustartilleriregemente, designation, swedish, navy, coastal, artillery, regiment, swedish, armed, forces, which, operated, between, 1943, 1998, unit, based, härnösand, härnösands, kustartilleriregem. The Harnosand Coastal Artillery Regiment Swedish Harnosands kustartilleriregemente designation KA 5 was a Swedish Navy coastal artillery regiment of the Swedish Armed Forces which operated between 1943 and 1998 The unit was based in Harnosand Harnosand Coastal Artillery RegimentHarnosands kustartilleriregementeActive1943 1998CountrySwedenAllegianceSwedish Armed ForcesBranchSwedish NavyTypeCoastal artillerySizeRegimentPart ofKa 5 1943 1953 MKN 1953 1957 NK 1957 1986 MKN 1986 1994 Milo N 1994 1998 Garrison HQHarnosandColorsBlue yellow and redMarch General Cederschiold Per Grundstrom a InsigniaBranch insigniaCap badgeShoulder sleeve insignia Contents 1 History 2 Location and training areas 3 Heraldry and traditions 3 1 Coat of arms 3 2 Colours standards and guidons 3 3 Medals 4 Commanding officers 5 Names designations and locations 6 See also 7 Footnotes 8 References 8 1 Notes 8 2 Print 9 Further readingHistory editIn 1914 construction began on Hemso Fortress After World War I ended in 1918 the coastal artillery corps that was planned was never raised and the newly built barracks in Harnosand was instead handed over to the health service For a period of years however operations at Hemso Fortress were strengthened by various other coastal artillery detachments Among other things the 12 cm batteries were manned in the mid 1930s by the 1st Company and the 6th Company from Vaxholm Coastal Artillery Regiment KA 1 At the outbreak of World War II in 1939 125 conscripts were transferred from Vaxholm Coastal Artillery Regiment Two years later another 400 conscripts and about 10 officers from Karlskrona Coastal Artillery Regiment KA 2 were stationed on Hemson The Defence Act of 1942 stated that the detachment in Hemso Fortress would replace the detached division from KA 1 and on 1 October 1943 the Defence Act would be enforced This formed the Harnosand Coastal Artillery Detachment KA 4 H The designation KA 4 H did not indicate a military command relationship between the two troop units Alvsborg Coastal Artillery Regiment KA 4 and Harnosand Coastal Artillery Detachment KA 4 H but only indicated that KA 4 would provide some support to the finance machinery and craft departments 2 The last round of training ended in the autumn of 1997 with the entire 6th Amphibious Battalion then fully trained 3 The disbandment ceremony for HMG KA 5 was held on 14 August 1998 The ceremony began with the last acting commander of HMG KA 5 Major Gunnar Hallgren handing over the regimental colour to the commander of the Norrland Coast Naval Command Senior Captain Olov Andersson The management of the traditions of the Harnosand Marine Group Harnosands maringrupp with Harnosand Coastal Artillery Regiment was thus passed to the Norrland Coast Naval Command MKN The only military presence left on Harnon is located to the chancellery and the northern part of the barracks area 4 Location and training areas editWhen Harnosand Coastal Artillery Regiment was formed the unit was located to Kusthojden in northeastern Harnosand The construction of the establishment at Kusthojden started in 1944 after the drawings of the 1940 Military Building Investigation On 19 June 1945 the double swallow tailed Swedish flag was hoisted for the first time at the top of the new chancellery in Harnosand In total about 30 buildings were built in the area At the end of the 1960s an annex was built to the chancellery after Norrland Coastal Artillery Defence with Harnosand Coastal Artillery Corps was amalgamated into a joint administrative unit Furthermore new buildings were also built at the garage area 5 After Norrland Coastal Artillery Defence was disbanded the area was managed by the Norrland Coast Naval Command In 2000 most of the area was sold to Vasallen but most of the buildings still house military units and staffs 6 nbsp Barracks during the 1940s nbsp Barracks in 2018 nbsp Guard house nbsp Building nbsp Building nbsp BuildingHeraldry and traditions editCoat of arms edit The coat of arms of the Harnosand Coastal Artillery Regiment KA 5 was used by KA 5 from 1975 to 1994 by the Norrland kustartilleriforsvar med Harnosands kustartilleriregemente NK KA 5 from 1975 to 1994 by the Harnosands maringrupp med Harnosands kustartilleriregemente HMG from 1994 to 1997 and by the Harnosandsgruppen since 1997 7 Blazon Argent the town badge of Harnosand a beaver a pike in the mouth both sable The shield surmounted two gunbarrels of older pattern in saltire above a flaming grenade and waves 7 Colours standards and guidons edit The colour of the regiment was presented to the regiment on 1 June 1945 by His Majesty the King Gustaf V at a ceremony at Stockholm Palace It was used as regimental colour by KA 5 until 1 January 1998 The colour is drawn by Brita Grep and embroidered by hand in insertion technique probably by the company Libraria 8 Blazon On red cloth in the centre the badge of the former Coastal Artillery two gunbarrels of older pattern in saltire under a royal crown proper and over a blazing grenade and waves all yellow In the first corner the town badge of Harnosand a beaver with a pike in its mouth all white 8 Medals edit In 1999 the Harnosands kustartilleriregementes KA 5 minnesmedalj Harnosand Coastal Artillery Regiment KA 5 Commemorative Medal in silver HarnkaregSMM of the 8th size was established The medal ribbon is of red moire with a broad yellow stripe on each side 9 Commanding officers editCorps and regimental commanders active in Harnosand Coastal Artillery Regiment 10 From 1961 the unit commander was also head of the Norrland Coast Coastal Artillery Defence and from 1986 of the Norrland Coast Naval Command 1942 1950 Ragnar Isaacsson 1950 1957 Swen Lagerberg 1957 1964 Stig Stade 1964 1966 Gunnar Eklund 1966 1974 Jan Beckman 1974 1977 Eric Jarneberg 1977 1981 Per Erik Bergstrand 1981 1983 Lars Ahlstrom 1983 1985 Lars G Persson 1985 1991 Karl Wilhelm Hansen 1991 1994 Ulf Rubarth 1994 1996 Claes Goran Heden 1996 1998 Olov AnderssonNames designations and locations editName Translation From ToHarnosands kustartilleridetachement Harnosand Coastal Artillery Detachment 1943 10 01 1953 06 30Kungl Harnosands kustartillerikar Royal Harnosand Coastal Artillery Corps 1953 07 01 1974 12 31Harnosands kustartillerikar Harnosand Coastal Artillery Corps 1975 01 01 1975 06 30Norrlandskustens kustartilleriforsvar med Harnosands kustartilleriregemente Norrland Coast Coastal Artillery Defence with Harnosand Coastal Artillery Regiment 1975 07 01 1986 06 30Norrlandskustens marinkommando Norrland Coast Naval Command 1986 07 01 1994 06 30Harnosands maringrupp med Harnosands kustartilleriregemente Gothenburg Marine Group with Harnosand Coastal Artillery Regiment 1994 07 01 1998 08 14Designation From ToKA 4H 1943 10 01 1953 06 30KA 5 1953 07 01 1975 06 30NK KA 5 1975 07 01 1986 06 30MKV 1986 07 01 1994 06 30HMG KA 5 1994 07 01 1998 08 14Location From ToKusthojden Harnosand Garrison 1945 06 19 1998 08 14See also editList of Swedish coastal artillery regimentsFootnotes edit The march was adopted in 1954 and established on 10 February 1976 The march was used by the MKN from 1994 to 2000 1 References editNotes edit Sandberg 2007 p 34 Kustforsvar 2002 p 369 Gradin Uno 1 December 2008 Minnesvard soldaterinran i Harnosand in Swedish Swedish Armed Forces Retrieved 24 November 2009 Eriksson Tim 16 December 2008 Harnosands Kustartilleriregemente KA5 www kustartilleriet se in Swedish Archived from the original on 30 May 2010 Retrieved 24 November 2009 Kungl Maj ts proposition nr 1 ar 1966 in Swedish Riksdag 1966 Retrieved 8 December 2018 Berg 2004 p 444 a b Braunstein 2006 p 54 a b Braunstein 2004 p 95 Braunstein 2007 p 106 Birke amp Braunstein 2011 pp 134 135 Print edit Berg Ejnar 2004 Vyer fran kastaler kastell och kaserner guide over Sveriges militara byggnader illustrerad med vykort in Swedish Stockholm Probus ISBN 9187184753 SELIBR 9818451 Braunstein Christian 2004 Svenska forsvarsmaktens falttecken efter millennieskiftet The flags and standards of the Swedish armed forces after the turn of the millennium PDF Skrift Statens forsvarshistoriska museer 1101 7023 7 dvs 8 in Swedish Stockholm Statens forsvarshistoriska museer ISBN 91 971584 7 X SELIBR 9815350 Archived from the original PDF on 2018 05 22 Retrieved 2020 09 24 Braunstein Christian 2006 Heraldiska vapen inom det svenska forsvaret Heraldry of the Swedish Armed Forces PDF Skrift Statens forsvarshistoriska museer 1101 7023 9 in Swedish Stockholm Statens forsvarshistoriska museer ISBN 91 971584 9 6 SELIBR 10099224 Archived from the original PDF on 2018 11 25 Retrieved 2020 09 24 Braunstein Christian 2007 Utmarkelsetecken pa militara uniformer Decorations on Swedish military uniforms PDF Skrift Statens forsvarshistoriska museer 1101 7023 12 in Swedish Stockholm Statens forsvarshistoriska museer ISBN 978 91 976220 2 8 SELIBR 10423295 Archived from the original PDF on 2021 08 19 Retrieved 2020 09 24 Birke Sune Braunstein Christian 2011 Sveriges marina forband och skolor under 1900 talet Skrift Statens forsvarshistoriska museer 1101 7023 13 in Swedish Stockholm Statens forsvarshistoriska museer SELIBR 12638815 Jansson Nils Ove Johansson Christer 2001 Marinkommando Vast kronologi over marin verksamhet pa vastkusten in Swedish Partille Warne ISBN 9186425307 SELIBR 8402344 Sandberg Bo 2007 Forsvarets marscher och signaler forr och nu marscher antagna av svenska militara forband skolor och staber samt igenkannings tjanstgorings och exercissignaler in Swedish New ed Stockholm Militarmusiksamfundet med Svenskt marscharkiv ISBN 978 91 631 8699 8 SELIBR 10413065 Kustforsvar fran kustbefastningar till amfibiekar Kustartilleriet Amfibiekaren 1902 2002 in Swedish Harsfjarden Marintaktiska kommandot 2002 ISBN 9163122855 SELIBR 8555135 Further reading edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Harnosand Coastal Artillery Regiment KA 5 25 ar Kungl Harnosands kustartillerikar 1943 1968 in Swedish Harnosand KA 5 1968 SELIBR 1707447 Hedberg 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