Väg- och vattenbyggnadskåren

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Väg- och vattenbyggnadskåren (VVK) was a semi-military authority in Sweden that existed from 1851 to 2010. It had the task of training specially trained personnel for times of crisis or war , who were deployed in positions where detailed knowledge of the construction industry was required. The officers of the VVK were also deployed from 1944 to 2007 in a construction and repair standby ( Swedish Byggnads- och Reparationsberedskapen ). The corps was in recent years directly to the Högkvarteret (HCD) , the central management of the Swedish armed forces in the district of Gärdet in Stockholm assumed and insisted on termination of 84 active officers.

history

Väg- och vattenbyggnadskåren was founded in 1851 as a permanent officer corps with the purpose of providing assistance with public works. The corps initially consisted of officers of the mechanical marine corps ( Swedish Flottans mekaniska kår ), the army and the navy who had worked in the general labor market and had acquired practical skills. The head of the authority was a colonel, the first head was Axel Erik von Sydow . The training of the corps members took place from 1846 to 1878 at the higher artillery school in Marieberg in Stockholm. From 1885 special courses were held. The admission requirement for this course was the examination at the Kungliga Tekniska högskolans avdelning för väg- och vattenbyggnadskonst , a technical university with the department of civil engineering .

The corps was under the government's communications department ( Regeringskansliet in Swedish ) and had its heyday during the construction of the Swedish rail network. In the period from 1860 to 1920, the construction of the trunk lines and the inland line was planned by members of the corps.

On September 30, 2010, civil-military competence was transferred to Göta ingenjörregemente (Ing 2) in Eksjö .

Known members

  • Colonel Nils Ericson (January 31, 1802 - September 8, 1870), who as a young man managed several canal works before he was commissioned by Parliament to build Sweden's railways. He later became general director of the Swedish State Railways ( Swedish Sveriges Statsbanor ), later Statens Järnvägar
  • First Colonel Sven E. Hamberg (September 22, 1928 - August 20, 2013), later Vice President of the NCC construction company

uniform

From 1886 the members of the corps were provided with uniform uniforms, which changed over the years.

  • Epaulets from 1851, changed in 1899
  • Pants from 1886
  • black scarf to the jacket
  • Hat between 1854 and 1859
  • Cap from 1904
  • Uniform skirt from 1888 (used instead of the tunic)
  • Pointed cap between 1865 and 1899
  • Fur hat from 1885 to 1904 (in cold weather)
  • Overcoat from 1829 to 1854
  • Tabard from 1886
  • Vest (dark blue and white)
  • Protective cover for cap

Head of Väg- och vattenbyggnadsstyrelsen

Until 1934 the head of the VVK was the chairman of the board of the Väg- och vattenbyggnadsstyrelsen .

  • 1851–1856: Axel Erik von Sydow
  • 1858–1877: Otto Modig
  • 1877–1887: Carl Gottreich Beijer
  • 1887: Rudolf Cronstedt
  • 1887–1893: Josef Richert
  • 1893–1903: Lars Berg
  • 1903–1924: Fridolf Wijnbladh
  • 1924–1928: Carl Meurling
  • 1926-1932: Fredrik Enblom
  • 1932: Richard Ekwall (died shortly after taking office)
  • 1933–1934: Nils Bolinder
  • 1934–1946: Ernst Lindh
  • 1946–1951: Agne Sandberg
  • 1952–1963: Tord Lindblad
  • 1963–1971: Torsten R. Åström
  • 1971–1982: Anders Lilja
  • 1982–1987: Harald Alexandersson
  • 2000-2007: Hans Engebretsen
  • 2008–2010: Sven-Erik Delsenius

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Väg- och vattenbyggnadskåren. Uggleupplagan. 33. Väderlek - Äänekoski. In: Project Runeberg . 1922, Retrieved July 22, 2013 (Swedish).
  2. ↑ Peter Gustafsson: Kårkompetens lever vidare. Försvarsmakten, September 17, 2010, accessed February 11, 2016 (Swedish).
  3. ↑ MINNESALBUM FOR SVEN E HAMBERG. DÖDSANNONS. Retrieved April 3, 2014 (Swedish).
  4. ↑ Simon Olsson: Svenska arméns uniformer 1875-2000 . Ed .: Medströms bokförlag. Stockholm 2011, ISBN 978-91-7329-103-3 , pp. 23 .

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