 Since the establishment of the fixed mine defence units during the 19th century, the question of an independent branch of the Swedish Armed Forces was again raised.This resulted in the creation of the modern Coastal Artillery in 1902 as an independent branch within the Royal Swedish Navy through a merge of Vaxholm Artillery Corps, Karlskrona Artillery Corps and the fixed mine defence units.The units created out of the Fortress artillery corps from the army at Vaxholm Fortress and Karlskrona Fortress were merged with the Navy’s fixed mine companies and elements of the disbanded Marine Regiment ("Marinregementet").