Artillery Regiment (2000)

What spoke in favor of a disbandment was large distances and limited opportunities to co-operate with the majority of the ground forces and schools for officer training.

[4] In the government's consideration regarding the artillery of the future, it was considered that Kristinehamn had a limited activity in one place.

Regarding Boden, the Swedish government considered that the site had a more suitable infrastructure and general competence for artillery training.

Thus, the government proposed to the Riksdag in its Bill 2004/05:5 that the Artillery Regiment should be relocated from Kristinehamn to Boden.

The Defence Commission proposed, among other things, that artillery training be established in Kristinehamn and in Villingsberg.

That is, the Swedish Armed Forces did not share the Defence Commission's view on re-establishing the artillery in Kristinehamn.

The Swedish government's goal was for the establishment to begin in the period 2021–2025 and reach full capacity before 2030.

In Kristinehamn, there were risks regarding environmental permits regarding shooting and training activities and that the former garrison area is owned by a private player and thus used for other purposes.

In the event that an establishment in Kristinehamn was to be implemented, the Swedish Armed Forces considered that a feasible proposal must first be concretized, which they themselves reported to the budget base in 2022.

[10] Prior to Defence Act of 2020, the Swedish government presented an agreement on 12 October 2020, regarding the re-establishment of Bergslagen Artillery Regiment in Kristinehamn with Villingsberg as the training area.

[11][12] By 1 March 2021, the Swedish Armed Forces would report the agency's planning to the Government Offices (Ministry of Defence) on the re-establishment of Bergslagen Artillery Regiment.

One was re-established in Kristinehamn with unchanged traditional responsibility under the new old name Bergslagen Artillery Regiment (A 9).

The first standard was drawn by Kristina Holmgård-Åkerberg and embroidered by hand in insertion technique by Maj-Britt Salander/company Blå Kusten.

Blazon:[17] "On blue cloth in the centre the lesser coat of arms of Sweden, three open yellow crowns placed two and one.

On the reverse side battle honours (Breitenfeld 1631, Lech 1632, Lützen 1632, Jankowitz 1645, Tåget över Bält 1658, Helsingborg 1710, Gadebusch 1712, Svensksund 1790) and in each corner two gunbarrels of older pattern in saltire, all yellow.

"[17] The colour of the Artillery Combat School (Artilleriets stridsskolas, ArtSS) is a double swallow-tailed Swedish flag.

[18] In 2001, the Artilleriregementets (A 9) förtjänstmedalj ("Artillery Regiment (A 9) Medal of Merit") in gold and silver (ArtregGM/SM) was established.

Swedish Artillery Regiment (A 9) demonstrates the highly mobile Archer Artillery System on 15 Nov. 2021, at Camp Atterbury .
The Artillery Regiment (A 9) Medal of Merit in silver.