At this time, a full artillery battalion of Haubits FH77 B was trained each year. Three battalions were trained in Kristinehamn, Bergslagens, Svea and Wendes artillery battalion. On 30 June, Norrland Artillery Regiment (A 8) was also disbanded as an independent unit. From 1 July 2000, the artillery battalion was incorporated as a training battalion in the Norrbotten Regiment (I 19). The new battalion adopted the name Norrland Artillery Battalion (Artbat/I 19). The battalion consisted of a battalion staff, an artillery company and a staff company. According to the Defence Act, the activities of the artillery battalion should, as far as possible, be a mirror image of the Artillery Regiment (A 9) but on a smaller scale. The new artillery battalion came to consist of twelve towed Haubits FH77 B. Bandkanon 1 was never adopted in the new organization, but began to be phased out and was completely phased out in 2003. The Defence Act of 2004 decided that the artillery regiment staff would be disbanded and that the organization would be reduced by three 77B artillery battalions, and that only one geographical location would be retained for artillery training. In organization, one 77B howitzer battalion would be maintained in low readiness, and that the 77BD howitzer battalion would be organized no earlier than 2010. 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. On 31 August 2005, the regimental staff left Kristinehamn, this through a disbandment ceremony. The ceremony also marked the end of the military operations in Värmland, when personnel from the Swedish Armed Forces Logistics and the Swedish Armed Forces Medical Center also took part in