Wendes Artillery Regiment

Wendes Artillery Regiment
Wendes artilleriregemente
Insignia
Active	1794–2000
Country	Sweden
Branch	Swedish Army
Type	Artillery
Size	Regiment
Colours	White
March	"Siegestrophäen" (1906–2000)
Battle honours	Grossbehren (1813), Dennewitz (1813), Leipzig (1813)

The Wendes Artillery Regiment (Swedish: Wendes artilleriregemente), designation A 3, was a Swedish Army artillery regiment that traced its origins back to the 17th century. The regiment's soldiers were originally recruited from Scania, where it was garrisoned. The unit was disbanded as a result of the disarmament policies set forward in the Defence Act of 2000.

The regiment has its origins in the Artillery Regiment raised in 1636. That regiment was split into four new regiments in 1794 of which Wendes Artillery Regiment was one. The regiment was given the designation A 3 (3rd Artillery Regiment) in 1830. In 1893 two companies were split off to form 2nd Svea Artillery Regiment and 2nd Göta Artillery Regiment. The regiment was garrisoned in Kristianstad but moved to Norra Åsum in 1953 and to Hässleholm in 1994 before being disbanded in 2000.

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