The Swedish Army Signal School ( sv, Arméns signalskola, SignS) was established in 1942 and had the task of training personnel from the

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in terms of staff and troop signal unit technology, training methodology and tactical use. The unit was amalgamated into the Swedish Army School of Staff Work and Communications in 1965.

History

The Swedish Army Signal School was established in 1942 in ,

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, moved in 1945 to Marieberg in Stockholm and in 1958 to

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. In 1960, the Swedish School of Communication Security (''Signalskyddskolan'') was attached to the school. The school's tasks were to further train officers and technical personnel within the

, to train other permanently employed officers and conscripts in

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and in the maintenance and repair of signal equipment and to be responsible for communication security training for the Swedish

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. The school ceased in 1965 and was reorganized into the Swedish Army School of Staff Work and Communications (''Arméns stabs- och sambandsskola'', StabSbS).

Commanding officers

*1942–1945: Colonel *1945–1953: Colonel *1954–1963: Colonel *1963–1965: Colonel Bertil Hedberg

History

Commanding officers

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