Berga Naval Base
59°05′N 18°08′E / 59.08°N 18.14°E Berga Naval Base (Swedish: Berga örlogsbas) is a naval base of the Swedish Navy located in the Hårsfjärden fjard near Berga, Haninge Municipality. Today it is the home of the 4th Naval Warfare Flotilla, the 1st Marine Regiment and Home Guard unit Södertörn Group (Södertörnsgruppen).
History
In the late 1800s, the Swedish Navy began using Hårsfjärden as a training area. Shooting warnings were read in the area's churches and a shooting target workshop was built in a bay on Vitsgarn opposite Märsgarn at Hårsfjärden. From 1904, Hårsfjärden began to be used more permanently as a base for the Coastal Fleet's combat and signal schools and for naval mine training and more. In 1905 it was decided to set up a target depot for a combat school at Vitsgarn. The depot met a great need and grew steadily. From 1911 to 1921, the Swedish state gradually acquired more land for the navy, including at western Vitsgarn. The experience of the navy's preparedness and exercises during the World War I meant that the depot at Hårsfjärden largely came to serve as an forward operating base for the entire mobilized part of the navy. Predecessors to the Artillery School at Berga were schools and training facilities on the islands of Alvsta Långholmar, Vitsgarn and Märsgarn outside Hårsfjärden. During World War I, target depots were developed and bridges and other facilities were built at Märsgarn. The exercises on Horsfjärden were intensified. Heavy artillery was now used and a few larger decommissioned ships were sunk as targets in Hårsfjärden.[1]
Before the
The Berga Naval Training Schools had the main task of training personnel, both conscripts and regular staff, in
Current units
- 4th Naval Warfare Flotilla (4. sjöstridsflj)
- 1st Marine Regiment (Amf 1)
- Södertörn Group (Södertörnsgruppen, UGS)
References
- ^ a b c Bjurer, Johan (9 August 2016). "100 år av militär marin utbildning". Skägården (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 October 2019.
Further reading
- de Wendel, Gilbert, ed. (1999). Berga örlogsskolor 50 år (in Swedish). [Horsfjärden]: [Örlogsskolan, Försvarsmakten]. SELIBR 7454172.