Nils Östlund
Who commanded Eastern Army Division from 1968 to 1970?
Eastern Army Division The Eastern Army Division ( , 4 . förd ) , was a division of the Swedish Army that operated in various forms from 1941 to 2000 . Its staff was located in Strängnäs Garrison in Strängnäs . The unit was disbanded as a result of the disarmament policies set forward in the Defence Act of 2000 . History . The Eastern Army Division was raised on 1 August 1941 as the IV Division ( IV . fördelningen ) . The division was together with the XIV Division directly subordinate to the military commander of the IV Military District , while the Svea Life Guards was responsible for raising and mobilization of the army division staff . In 1957 , the mobilization responsibility for the division was transferred to the Göta Life Guards , and in 1970 to the Uppland Regiment . However , the peace organization of the army division was co-located with the military district staff . On 1 October 1966 , the designation was changed from being given in Roman numerals to Arabic numerals , that is , the division was termed the 4th Division ( 4 . fördelningen ) . On 1 July 1991 , the Bergslagen Military District and the Eastern Military District merged and formed the Middle Military District . The army division , together with the Middle Army Division , thus came to be subordinate to the military commander of the Middle Military District . Through the Defence Act of 1992 , the Riksdag decided that the Swedish Armed Forces war organization should reflect the peace organization . As of 1 July 1994 , the army division staff , together with the Middle Army Division , came to be organized as cadre-organized units within the Middle Military District . Prior to the Defence Act of 1996 , the Swedish government proposed to the Riksdag that the war organization to be reduced . Where , among other things , the three military districts would be covered by each division staff . Of the six division staffs , three with division units and 13 army brigades would be maintained . Within the Middle Military District , the government proposed that the Middle Army Division should be disbanded . On 13 December 1996 , the Riksdag adopted the governments bill , which meant that the Middle Army Division was disbanded on 31 December 1997 . By the disbandment of the Middle Army Division , the Eastern Army Division became the only remaining army division in Svealand . Prior to Defence Act of 2000 , the government proposed in its bill to the Riksdag that the tactical level would be reduced by the disbandment of divisions , and defense district staffs as well as naval commands and air force commands . This was to design an Army Tactical Command , Naval Tactical Command and an Air Force Tactical Command which would be co-located with the Joint Forces Command . The proposal meant that all territorial staffs would be disbanded , which meant , among other things , that the three army division staffs were disbanded on 30 June 2000 . In its place on 1 July 2000 , the 1st Mechanized Division ( 1 . mekaniserade divisionen ) , was raised which gathered all field units within the army.<ref proposition 1999/2000:30></ref> Barracks and training areas . Although the division was mobilized by other units , it was in peace time grouped together with the military district staff . When the division staff was raised , it came to be co-located with the Eastern Military District Staff at Stureplan in Stockholm . In 1949 , the two staffs were moved to the barracks of the Life Regiment of Horse ( K 1 ) at Lidingövägen 28 in Stockholm . On 14 June 1963 , both staff were transferred to a new property complex in Strängnäs Garrison , where it was located in various forms until 2005 . Heraldry and traditions . Coat of arms . The coat of arms of the Eastern Army Division used from 1994 to 2000 . Blazon : Or , from a wavy base azure , a demigriffon issuant sable , armed and langued gules . The shield surmounted two batons , charged with open crowns azure in saltire or . Medals . In 2000 , the Östra arméfördelningens ( 4.förd ) minnesmedalj ( Eastern Army Division ( 4.förd ) Commemorative Merit ) in silver ( ÖFördSMM ) of the 8th size was established . The medal ribbon is of blue moiré with a broad red stripe on the middle followed on both sides by a white line and with two yellow lines on each side . Commanding officers . - 1941–1968 : ? - 1968–1970 : Colonel Nils Östlund - 1970–1976 : Senior Colonel Sten Ljungqvist - 1976–1979 : Senior Colonel Bengt Selander - 1979–1990 : Senior Colonel Åke Lundin - 1990–1994 : Senior Colonel Nils Rosenqvist - 1994–1999 : Senior Colonel Ulf Henricsson - 1999–2000 : Senior Colonel Roland Ekenberg