Swedish Coastal Artillery

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Swedish Coastal Artillery
Kustartilleriet
Coat of arms.
Active	1901–2000
Country	Sweden
Allegiance	Swedish Armed Forces (1901–2000)
Branch	Swedish Navy
Type	Coastal troops Marines
Role	Amphibious warfare Anti-aircraft warfare Coastal defence and fortification Cold-weather warfare Counter-battery fire Raiding Reconnaissance
Size	Five regiments
March	"För kustartilleriet" (Åke Dohlin)[1]
Insignia
Insignia m/60

The Swedish Coastal Artillery (Swedish: Kustartilleriet, KA) has its origin in the Archipelago Artillery that was raised in 1866. The Coastal Artillery was formed from the Archipelago Artillery, the Marine Regiment and parts of the Artillery in 1902. Kustartilleriet, abbreviated KA, was an independent branch within the Swedish Navy until July 1, 2000, when the Swedish Coastal Artillery was disbanded and reorganised as the Swedish Amphibious Corps. The changed name and new structure were to reflect the new tasks that the old Coastal Artillery had moved to after the end of the Cold War and the demise of the Warsaw Pact.