Skaraborgs regemente (infantry)

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= Skaraborgs regemente
(I 9)


dates= 1624–1942
country= Sweden
branch= Swedish Army
type= Infantry
size= Regiment
motto= "Arvet förpliktar" ("The heritage obligates")
colors= Black and yellow
colors_label= Colours
march= "Geschwindmarsch" (mid 19th century–1942)
battle_honours= Varberg (1565), Narva (1581), Lützen (1632), Leipzig (1642), Warsaw (1656), Lund (1676), Landskrona (1677), Malatitze (1708)

Skaraborgs regemente (Skaraborg Regiment), designation I 9, was a Swedish Army infantry regiment that traced its origins back to the 16th century. It was converted to an armoured regiment in 1942. The regiment's soldiers were recruited from Skaraborg County, and it was later garrisoned there.

History

The regiment has its origins in fänikor (companies) raised in Skaraborg in the 16th century. In 1613, these units—along with fänikor from the nearby province of Dalsland and Älvsborg County—were organised by Gustav II Adolf into Västergötlands storregemente, of which eight of the total 24 companies were recruited in Skaraborg County. Västergötlands storregemente consisted of three field regiments, of which Skaraborgs regemente was one. Sometime between 1621 and 1624, the grand regiment was permanently split into three smaller regiments, of which Skaraborgs regemente was one.

Skaraborgs regemente was one of the original 20 Swedish infantry regiments mentioned in the Swedish constitution of 1634. The regiment's first commander was Bengt Pilefelt. The regiment was allotted in 1684. It was given the designation I 9 (9th Infantry Regiment) in a general order in 1816. Skaraborgs regemente was garrisoned in Skövde from 1913. The regiment was expanded with an armoured battalion in 1939, and the regiment was converted to an armoured regiment, Skaraborgs pansarregemente, in 1942.

Campaigns

* ?

Organisation

;1684(?)
*Livkompaniet
*Överstelöjtnantens kompani
*Majorens kompani
*Vartofta kompani
*Skåninge kompani
*Kåkinds kompani
*Willska kompani
*Norra Wassbo kompani;1854(?)
*Livkompaniet
*Höjentorps kompani
*Vartofta kompani
*Vilska kompani
*Södra Vadsbo kompani
*Norra Vadsbo kompani
*Kåkinds kompani
*Skånings kompani

Name, designation and garrison

See also

*List of Swedish regiments
*Provinces of Sweden

References

;Print
*cite book |last=Braunstein |first=Christian |title=Sveriges arméförband under 1900-talet |year=2003 |publisher=Statens Försvarshistoriska Museer |location=Stockholm |id=ISBN 91-971584-4-5
*cite book |last=Holmberg |first=Björn |title=Arméns regementen, skolor och staber: en sammanställning |year=1993 |publisher=Svenskt militärhistoriskt bibliotek |location=Arvidsjaur |id=ISBN 91-972209-0-6
*cite book |last=Kjellander |first=Rune |title=Sveriges regementschefer 1700-2000: chefsbiografier och förbandsöversikter |year=2003 |publisher=Probus |location=Stockholm |id=ISBN 91-87184-74-5
*cite book |last=Nelsson |first=Bertil |title=Från Brunkeberg till Nordanvind: 500 år med svenskt infanteri |year=1993 |publisher=Probus |location=Stockholm |id=ISBN 91-87184-23-0
*cite book |title=Svensk rikskalender 1908 |url=http://www.runeberg.org/rikskal/1908/ |year=1908 |publisher=P.A. Norstedt & Söner |location=Stockholm

;Online
*cite web |last=Holmén |first=Pelle |coauthors=Sjöberg, Jan |url=http://www.tdg.nu/swedish_armed_forces/ |title=Swedish Armed Forces 1900-2000 |accessdate=2007-08-20 |year=2007
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*cite web |last=Persson |first=Mats |url=http://www.mvs.chalmers.se/~m95perm_2/forband/ |title=Swedish Army Regiments |accessdate=2007-08-20 |year=1998
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