Jönköping Regiment
| Jönköping Regiment | |
|---|---|
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Jönköpings regemente (I 12) | |
| Active | 1623–1927 |
| Country | Sweden |
| Branch | Swedish Army |
| Type | Infantry |
| Size | Regiment |
| Colours | Red and yellow |
| March | "Napoleon-marsch" |
| Battle honours | Lützen (1632), Wittstock (1636), Malatitze (1708), Helsingborg (1710) |
The Jönköping Regiment (Swedish: Jönköpings regemente), designation I 12, was a Swedish Army infantry regiment that traced its origins back to the 16th century. It was merged with another unit to form a new regiment in 1927. The regiment's soldiers were originally recruited from Jönköping County, and it was later garrisoned there.
History
The regiment has its origins in fänikor (companies) raised in Jönköping County in the 1550s and 1560s. In 1619, these units—along with fänikor from the nearby province of Östergötland—were organised by Gustav II Adolf into Östergötlands storregemente, of which eleven of the total 24 companies were recruited in Jönköping County. Östergötlands storregemente consisted of three field regiments, of which Jönköpings regemente was one. Sometime between 1623 and 1628, the grand regiment was permanently split into three smaller regiments, of which Jönköpings regemente was one.
Jönköpings regemente was one of the original 20 Swedish infantry regiments mentioned in the Swedish constitution of 1634, although it was mentioned as one of two regiments that should merge to form Smålands regemente, but that regiment was never formed and instead Jönköpings regemente and Kronobergs regemente were kept separate. The regiment's first commander was Lars Kagg. The regiment was allotted in 1684. The regiment was given the designation I 12 (12th Infantry Regiment) in a general order in 1816. Jönköpings regemente was garrisoned in Jönköping from 1909, before it was merged with Kalmar regemente to form Jönköpings-Kalmar regemente in 1927.
Campaigns
- The Polish War (1600–1629)
- The Thirty Years' War (1630–1648)
- The Northern Wars (1655–1661)
- The Scanian War (1674–1679)
- The Great Northern War (1700–1721)
- The Seven Years' War (1757–1762)
- The First War against Napoleon (1805–1810)
- The Finnish War (1808–1809)
- The Second War against Napoleon (1813–1814)
- The Campaign against Norway (1814)
Organisation
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Name, designation and garrison
| Name | Translation | From | To | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jönköpings regemente | Jönköping Regiment | 27 June 1623 | – | 31 December 1927 |
| Designation | From | To | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 12 | 1816 | – | 31 December 1927 |
| Training ground or garrison town | From | To | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skillingaryd | 1777 | – | 1913 |
| Jönköping (G) | 1913 | – | 31 December 1927 |
See also
References
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- Holmberg, Björn (1993). Arméns regementen, skolor och staber: en sammanställning. Arvidsjaur: Svenskt militärhistoriskt bibliotek. ISBN 91-972209-0-6.
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- Nelsson, Bertil (1993). Från Brunkeberg till Nordanvind: 500 år med svenskt infanteri. Stockholm: Probus. ISBN 91-87184-23-0.
- Svensk rikskalender 1908. Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt & Söner. 1908.
- Online
- Holmén, Pelle; Sjöberg, Jan (2007). "Swedish Armed Forces 1900-2000". Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved 20 August 2007.
- Högman, Hans (2007). "Militaria - Svensk militärhistoria". Retrieved 20 August 2007.
- Persson, Mats (1998). "Swedish Army Regiments". Archived from the original on 30 August 2007. Retrieved 20 August 2007.
- Sharman, Ken (2000). "Swedish military administrative division as per 1629". Retrieved 20 August 2007.
Coordinates: 57°46′10″N 14°11′43″E / 57.76944°N 14.19528°E