Current units

• 21st Engineer Battalion (21. ingenjörbataljonen) is one of the Göta Engineer Regiment's war units. The battalion includes four companies with different orientations; 211th Staff and Support Company (211. stab- och trosskompaniet), 212th Engineer Company (212. ingenjörkompaniet), 213th Machine/Bridge Company (213. maskin/brokompaniet) and the 214th Engineer Company (214. ingenjörkompaniet). The main task of the engineer battalion is to support the combat battalions' battle with field work for mobility, for example mine reconnaissance and mine clearance, and the establishment of temporary connections. Other tasks include fieldwork for survival or other fieldwork such as fortification and munitions clearance. The battalion is equipped with, among other things, the AEV 3 Kodiak (Ingenjörbandvagn 120), the BvS 10, the Patria Pasi and splitter-protected machines. The battalion must be able to carry out qualified field works at all levels of conflict in and outside Sweden. The battalion consists of professional officers and reserve officers. A large part of the soldiers in the 21st Engineer Battalion are full-time employees, but there are also part-time employees serving during exercises and operations. The soldiers have a variety of functions such as general engineering service, ammunition clearing, bridging systems, staff support, maintenance service, medical service, technical service and as driver of heavy vehicles and machines. In addition, there are part-time civilians, mainly doctors and nurses.^[3]

• 22nd Engineer Battalion (22. ingenjörbataljonen) is one of the Göta Engineer Regiment's war units. The battalion includes four companies with different orientations; 221st Staff and Support Company (221. stab- och trosskompaniet), 222nd Engineer Company (222. ingenjörkompaniet), 223rd Machine/Bridge Company (223. maskin/brokompaniet) and the 224th Engineer Company (224. ingenjörkompaniet). The main task of the engineer battalion is to support the combat battalions' battle with field work for mobility, for example mine reconnaissance and mine clearance, and the establishment of temporary connections. Other tasks include fieldwork for survival or other fieldwork such as fortification and munitions clearance. The battalion is equipped with, among other things, the AEV 3 Kodiak (Ingenjörbandvagn 120), the BvS 10, the Patria Pasi and splitter-protected machines. The battalion must be able to carry out qualified field works at all levels of conflict in and outside Sweden. The battalion consists of professional officers and reserve officers. The soldiers in the 22nd Engineer Battalion are mainly part-time employees who serve during exercises and operation. The soldiers have a variety of functions such as general engineering service, ammunition clearing, bridging systems, staff support, maintenance service, medical service, technical service and as driver of heavy vehicles and machines. In addition, there are part-time civilians, mainly doctors and nurses.^[4]

• 33rd Home Guard Battalion (33. hemvärnsbataljonen) also called the Northern Småland Battalion (Norra Smålandsbataljonens) is a Home Guard battalion whose area includes Jönköping County. The majority of all personnel in the unit are resident in the catchment area. The battalion belongs to the Göta Engineer Regiment (Ing 2). The battalion include to a pioneer platoon, the first of the four existing ones raised. The platoon can carry out a variety of forms of field work, including mine reconnaissance, fortification work, blasting, and building connections with military bridges. The battalion also has an aviation group that, with the help of smaller aircraft, gives the battalion invaluable intelligence via observations from the air. The aviation group can also make quick transports of personnel and important equipment. The unit has two associated music bands and its most important tasks are state ceremonial activities such as playing at the guard parade and the changing of the Royal Guards at Stockholm Palace. The battalion is administered and trained by the Northern Småland Group (Norra Smålandsgruppen), which is grouped with other military activities within Eksjö Garrison. The commanding officer of the Northern Småland Group is directly subordinate to the regimental commander of Göta Engineer Regiment (Ing 2). The current tasks of the Northern Småland Group are to train and administer Home Guard units in Jönköping County. The group will also support voluntary defense organizations and be prepared to lead operations to support society in general.^[5]

• Swedish Army Field Work School (Fältarbetsskolan) is a part of Göta Engineer Regiment and is responsible for training engineer and pioneer officers for the operational organization, for tasks both nationally and internationally. The school also develops new field work equipment as well as new organizations and methods, primarily for the engineer battalions. The school also manages experimental activities regarding new equipment and organizations with the aim of developing future operational organizations.^[6]

Colours, standards and guidons

Göta Engineer Regiment presents one regimental colour and one traditional colour.

Coat of arms

The coat of the arms of the Göta Engineer Regiment (Ing 2) 1977–1994, the Göta Engineer Corps (Ing 2) 1994–2000 and Göta Engineer Regiment (Ing 2) since 2000. Blazon: "Azur, the regimental badge, three waves bendy-sinister argent, charged with a double-tailed crowned lion rampant or, armed and langued gules. The shield surmounted a cluster of rays coming down from a mullet, or".^[9]

Notes

Print

• Braunstein, Christian (2004). Svenska försvarsmaktens fälttecken efter millennieskiftet [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. ISBN 978-91-971584-7-3. SELIBR 9815350. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-05-22. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
• Braunstein, Christian (2006). Heraldiska vapen inom det svenska försvaret [Heraldry of the Swedish Armed Forces] (PDF). Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 9 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. ISBN 91-971584-9-6. SELIBR 10099224. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-11-25. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
• Johannson, Curt (1999). "I spetsen för götaingenjörerna". In Lundström, Per-Anders (ed.). Göta ingenjörkår. Bd 2 (in Swedish). Eksjö: Göta ingenjörkår. ISBN 978-91-630-7189-8. SELIBR 2831918.
• 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. ISBN 978-91-631-8699-8. SELIBR 10413065.
• Handbok: parad 6: traditionsvård : H PARAD 6 2016 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Försvarsmakten. 2017. SELIBR 22459606.

Web

• "Försvarsmaktens gemensamma identitet – direktiv för användandet av Försvarsmaktens namn, profil och bild" (PDF). 1.3 (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 2013-09-16. Retrieved 14 May 2019.