Artillery Staff

Artillery Staff (Swedish: Artilleristaben) in the Swedish Army consisted of commanding officers from the artillery units and had the task of assisting the Master-General of the Ordnance and the Inspector of Artillery in all his activities related questions.

[3] The Artillery Staff was at first mainly an administrative corps but in 1868 received the character of a government agency when a design office for drawing up the plans and regulations regarding the equipment was transferred to the staff.

The office was transferred in 1890 to the Deputy Chief of Ordnance and in 1908 to the Artillery Department of the Royal Swedish Army Materiel Administration.

[3] In 1874, a Statistical Department was added that would follow the artillery developments in Sweden and abroad, and in 1881 an Equipment Department was added which drew up lists of equipment.

was worn on the right shoulder and a blue and yellow plume in the bicorne.