Through the
Defence Act of 2000, the Swedish government considered that only four artillery battalions were needed in the future "operational defence" (). What was clear before the Defence Act was that
Wendes Artillery Regiment (A 3) and
Gotland Artillery Regiment (A 7) would be disbanded. Which regiment was to be retained in the future organisation was between
Norrland Artillery Regiment (A 8) and
Bergslagen Artillery Regiment (A 9). What spoke in favor of retaining A 8, was the direct proximity to training areas, as well as a possible garrison coordination and collaboration with mainly
Norrbotten Regiment and Norrbotten Brigade (MekB 19). What spoke in favor of a disbandment was large distances and limited opportunities to co-operate with the majority of the ground forces and schools for officer training. What spoke in favor of maintaining A 9 in
Kristinehamn was the proximity to Älvdalen's training area and the possibility of joint training with a large number of units in southern and central Sweden but also that Kristinehamn already constituted a competence center for the artillery branch through the Artillery Combat School (
Artilleriets stridsskola, ArtSS) which was already located in Kristinehamn. The government thus chose to propose a disbandment of Norrland Artillery Regiment (A 8). In the same proposal, the government considered it important that artillery units were also given winter capability. Thus, an artillery battalion would be retained in
Boden, and placed under
Norrbotten Regiment (I 19). In the government's consideration regarding the artillery of the future, it was considered that Kristinehamn had a limited activity in one place. Kristinehamn thus had limited opportunities for joint exercise with other functions within the army. Regarding Boden, the Swedish government considered that the site had a more suitable infrastructure and general competence for artillery training. Furthermore, Boden with Norrbotten Regiment (I 19) was an integrated platform with training of several functions, and had a proximity to
Norrbotten Wing (F 21) in
Luleå. Furthermore, it was considered that locating the artillery to Boden would secure the troop's subarctic capability. Thus, the government proposed to the
Riksdag in its Bill 2004/05:5 that the Artillery Regiment should be relocated from Kristinehamn to Boden. Furthermore, the artillery battalion at Norrbotten Regiment (I 19) was to be disbanded and placed in the Artillery Regiment. The remaining operations in Kristinehamn were transferred to a decommissioning organization, which was to be completely disbanded on 31 December 2005. From 1 September 2005, the regimental staff worked from Boden. On 2 September 2005, a ceremony was held at the regiment's new barracks area. The purpose of the ceremony was to mark that a new regiment was located at Boden, and that it was not an old regiment that had re-emerged. The Swedish Armed Forces carried out an analysis of the Defence Commission's final report
Värnkraft, in which the Swedish Armed Forces also proposed that artillery training be expanded. However, the Swedish Armed Forces considered that
Skövde garrison with Villingsbergs training area would be the basis for training artillery units in southern Sweden. That is, the Swedish Armed Forces did not share the Defence Commission's view on re-establishing the artillery in Kristinehamn. On 7 July 2020, the Swedish government announced that it had requested a supplementary budget document for 2021 from the Swedish Armed Forces. In the assignment, the Swedish Armed Forces would adjust the budget base for 2021, including that a divisional artillery battalion with artillery guns would be located from 2021 to Kristinehamn and Villingsberg. Kristinehamn was pointed out as the place of training and Villingsberg as the training area. The Swedish government's goal was for the establishment to begin in the period 2021–2025 and reach full capacity before 2030. On 17 July 2020, the Swedish Armed Forces responded to the government's assignment, where it was proposed regarding the basic organization to locate artillery training entirely to Villingsberg, instead of a shared location with Kristinehamn, as Villingsberg largely already has existing infrastructure, training areas, locations and training facilities which may correspond to the scope of the training. In Kristinehamn, there were risks regarding environmental permits regarding shooting and training activities and that the former garrison area is owned by a private player and thus used for other purposes. In the event that an establishment in Kristinehamn was to be implemented, the Swedish Armed Forces considered that a feasible proposal must first be concretized, which they themselves reported to the budget base in 2022. Prior to
Defence Act of 2020, the Swedish government presented an agreement on 12 October 2020, regarding the re-establishment of
Bergslagen Artillery Regiment in Kristinehamn with Villingsberg as the training area. The government stated that Bergslagen's Artillery Regiment (A 9) in Kristinehamn would be re-established to train two to three artillery battalions for, among others, the brigades in southern Sweden. Bergslagen Artillery Regiment was proposed by the government to begin re-establishment in the years 2021–2025, in order to reach full capacity during the years 2026–2030. It was further proposed that the Artillery Regiment in Boden should be named
Boden Artillery Regiment (A 8). By 1 March 2021, the Swedish Armed Forces would report the agency's planning to the Government Offices (
Ministry of Defence) on the re-establishment of Bergslagen Artillery Regiment. On 26 February 2021, the Swedish Armed Forces presented its budget documentation for 2022, in which the Swedish Armed Forces presented its planning, preparations and activities in order to be able to re-establish the regiments designated by the Defence Act. Bergslagen Artillery Regiment was proposed to be established from 1 January 2025. Furthermore, the Swedish Armed Forces proposed that the Artillery Regiment (A 9) in Boden, from 1 January 2022, change its name to Boden Artillery Regiment (A 8). The Defence Act of 2020, however, meant that the Artillery Regiment was divided into two regiments. One was re-established in
Kristinehamn with unchanged traditional responsibility under the new old name
Bergslagen Artillery Regiment (A 9). The second regiment regains the name Boden Artillery Regiment (A 8) with unchanged traditional responsibility from the older regiment from 1919. The Artillery Regiment will thus be disbanded on 31 December 2021 and on 1 January 2022 re-established Boden Artillery Regiment. == Organisation ==