Östgöta kavalleriregemente

Östgöta kavalleriregemente
Active	1636–1791
Country	Sweden
Branch	Swedish Army
Type	Cavalry
Size	Regiment
Colours	Red
Battle honours	None[1]

Östgöta kavalleriregemente (Östergötland Cavalry Regiment) was a Swedish Army cavalry regiment that traced its origins back to the 16th century. It was merged with another unit to form a new regiment in 1791. The regiment's soldiers were recruited from the province of Östergötland.

History

The regiment has its origins in fänikor (companies) raised in Östergötland in the 16th century. In 1619, these units—along with fänikor from the nearby Jönköping County—were organised by Gustav II Adolf into Östergötlands storregemente. Sometime between 1623 and 1628, the grand regiment was permanently split into three smaller regiments, of which Östgöta kavalleriregemente was one.

The regiment was officially raised in 1636 although it had existed since the 1620s. Östgöta kavalleriregemente was one of the original 8 Swedish cavalry regiments mentioned in the Swedish constitution of 1634. The regiment's first commander was Hans Rotkirch. It was allotted in 1687.

Östgöta kavalleriregemente was merged with Östgöta infanteriregemente in 1791 to form Livgrenadjärregementet. The reorganisation and renaming to a "life grenadier" title of honour was conducted in regard to the regiment's achievements during Gustav III's Russian War. Östgöta kavalleriregemente was renamed to Livgrenadjärregementets rusthållsdivision and retained some form of semi-independence.

Campaigns

• ?

Organisation

1634(?) Livkompaniet Överstelöjtnantens kompani Majorens kompani Vadstena kompani Vifolka kompani Skänninge kompani Västanstångs kompani Tjusts kompani

17?? Livkompaniet Tjusts kompani Linköpings kompani Västanstångs kompani Bergslags kompani Vifolka Klosters kompani Skänninge kompani Vadstena kompani

Name, designation and garrison

Name	Translation	From		To
Östgöta kavalleriregemente	Östergötland Cavalry Regiment	1636	–	1791

Designation	From		To
No designation		–

Training ground or garrison town	From		To
Malmen	17th century	–	1791

See also

• List of Swedish regiments
• Provinces of Sweden

References

Print

• Braunstein, Christian (2003). Sveriges arméförband under 1900-talet. Stockholm: Statens Försvarshistoriska Museer. ISBN 91-971584-4-5. 
• Holmberg, Björn (1993). Arméns regementen, skolor och staber: en sammanställning. Arvidsjaur: Svenskt militärhistoriskt bibliotek. ISBN 91-972209-0-6. 
• Kjellander, Rune (2003). Sveriges regementschefer 1700-2000: chefsbiografier och förbandsöversikter. Stockholm: Probus. ISBN 91-87184-74-5. 
• 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. http://runeberg.org/rikskal/1908/. 

Online

• Holmén, Pelle; Sjöberg, Jan (2007). "Swedish Armed Forces 1900-2000". http://www.tdg.nu/swedish_armed_forces/. Retrieved 2007-08-20. 
• Högman, Hans (2007). "Militaria - Svensk militärhistoria". http://www.algonet.se/~hogman/militaria.htm. Retrieved 2007-08-20. 
• Persson, Mats (1998). "Swedish Army Regiments". Archived from the original on 2007-08-30. http://web.archive.org/web/20070830204348/http://www.mvs.chalmers.se/~m95perm_2/forband/. Retrieved 2007-08-20. 
• Sharman, Ken (2000). "Swedish military administrative division as per 1629". http://home.golden.net/~ksharman/gnw/Indel.html. Retrieved 2007-08-20. 

Notes

1. ^ Östgöta kavalleriregemente was never awarded any battle honours, but the successor unit Andra livgrenadjärregementet was awarded five such honours, of which all five battles were fought under the name of Östgöta kavalleriregemente. These five battle honours were Breitenfeld (1631), Lützen (1632), Kliszow (1702), Warszawa (1705) and Malatitze (1708). The successor unit to Andra livgrenadjärregementet, Livgrenadjärregementet, in turn was awarded another six honours for battle that were fought under the name of Östgöta kavalleriregemente. These six battle honours were Wittstock (1636), Leipzig (1642), Warszawa (1656), Fredriksodde (1657), Tåget över Bält (1658) and Svensksund (1790).