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Bohuslän Regiment

April 07, 2024

The Bohuslän Regiment (Swedish: Bohusläns regemente), designation I 17, was a Swedish Army infantry regiment that traces its origins back 1661. It was disbanded in 1992. The regiment's soldiers were originally recruited from the provinces of Bohuslän, and it was later garrisoned there in the town Uddevalla.

Bohuslän Regiment
Bohusläns regemente
Active1720–1992
Country Sweden
AllegianceSwedish Armed Forces
BranchSwedish Army
TypeInfantry
SizeRegiment
Part of3rd Military District (1833–1893)
3rd Army Division (1893–1901)
III Army Division (1902–1927)
Western Army Division (1928–1936)
III Army Division (1937–1943)
III Military District (1943–1966)
Western Military District (1966-1992)
Garrison/HQUddevalla
Nickname(s)Green Dragoons (Gröna dragonerna)
Motto(s)Gärningar – Inte ord[note 1]
("Deeds - Not words")
Mod, tapperhet och uthållighet - en krigsmans förnämsta dygder
("Courage, bravery and perseverance - the greatest virtues of a warrior")
ColorsGreen
March"Bohusläns regementes marsch" (Bagge/Speich)
"Deutschland auf der Wacht" (Franke)[note 2]
Battle honoursLund (1676)
Landskrona (1677)
Hälsingborg (1710)
Gadebusch (1712)
Svensksund (1790)
Insignia
Branch insignia m/60
Unit insignia m/60
Shoulder sleeve insignia

Heraldry and traditions edit

Colours, standards and guidons edit

The colour was presented to the former Royal Bohuslän Regiment (I 17) in Uddevalla by King Gustaf VI Adolf on 27 August 1961. The colour was drawn by Brita Grep and embroidered by hand in insertion technique by the company Libraria. It was used as regimental colour by I 17 until 1 July 1992 and as a National Home Guard colour (Uddevalla Northern Home Guard District) 1992–1997. Blazon: "On white cloth the provincial badge of Bohuslän; a red tower em-battled with two yellow portcullis with black hinges and locks, between dexter an erect blue sword and sinister a yellow lion rampant. On a red border at the upper side of the colour, battle honours in white." Battle honours: Lund (1676), Landskrona (1677), Hälsingborg (1710), Gadebusch (1712) and Svensksund (1790).[3]

Coat of arms edit

The coat of the arms of the Bohuslän Regiment (I 17) 1977–1992 and the Bohus-Dal Group (Bohus-Dalsgruppen) since 1997. Blazon: "Argent, the provincial badge of Bohuslän, a castle with a tower both embattled gules; masoned sable, two portcullis or charged with hinges and locks sable between a sword erect azure and a lion rampant of the last, armed and langued or. The shield surmounted two muskets in saltire or".[4]

Memorial stones edit

In 1901, the regiment raised a memorial stone of the Battle of Svensksund at its former military camp, Backamo, in connection with a visit by the German regiment Graf Roon. This German regiment is derives from the former Psilanderhielmska Regiment based in Pomerania, which in 1796 became named after the newly arrived commander von Engelbrechten.[5] When the regiment moved in to Uddevalla, the monument was moved to the adjacent regiment park at the present Bohuslän Defense Museum.[6][7]

Heritage edit

In connection with the decommissioning of Bohuslän Regiment, its traditions came from 1 July 1992 onwards to be kept by the Bohus Group (Bohusgruppen).[8]

Commanding officers edit

Regimental commanders:[9]

Commanders edit

  • 1720–1728: Ture Gabriel Bielke
  • 1720–1721: Jean Louis Bousquet (acting)
  • 1722–1724: Johan Fredrik Didron (acting)
  • 1728–1740: Axel Erik Roos
  • 1740–1746: Anders Tungelfeldt
  • 1746–1758: Georg Reinhold von Köhler
  • 1759–1763: Lars Åkerhielm
  • 1763–1769: Georg Gustaf Wrangel
  • 1769–1775: Mauritz Casimir Lewenhaupt
  • 1775–1781: Axel Didrik Meijendorff von Yxkull
  • 1781–1790: Jan Verner Tranefelt
  • 1789–1792: Hans Henric von Essen (acting)
  • 1790–1792: Gustav Wachtmeister
  • 1792–1793: Fredrik Adolf von Numers
  • 1793–1796: Adolf Fredrik Påhlman
  • 1796–1810: Johan Leonard Belfrage
  • 1810–1821: Erik Wilhelm Haij
  • 1818–1821: Philip von Mecklenburg (acting)
  • 1821–1838: Philip von Mecklenburg
  • 1838–1856: Georg Gillis von Heideman
  • 1856–1868: Henrik Nauckhoff
  • 1868–1881: Georg Fleetwood
  • 1881–1882: Otto Taube
  • 1881–1882: Axel Rappe (acting)
  • 1882–1885: Axel Rappe
  • 1885–1890: Axel Rudenschöld
  • 1890–1892: Christer Oxehufvud
  • 1890–1892: Mathias Fjellman (acting)
  • 1892–1898: Mathias Fjellman
  • 1898–1907: Olof Malm
  • 1907–1915: Charles Tottie
  • 1914–1915: Olof Melin (acting)
  • 1915–1921: Olof Melin
  • 1921–1923: Bengt Ribbing
  • 1923–1930: Victor Landegren
  • 1930–1936: Harald Malmberg
  • 1936–1937: Thorsten Rudenschiöld (acting)
  • 1937–1942: Thorsten Rudenschiöld
  • 1942–1948: Sven Öberg
  • 1948–1957: Erik Sellin
  • 1957–1963: Gunnar Smedmark
  • 1963–1966: Claës Skoglund
  • 1966–1971: Bertil Kamph
  • 1971–1977: Gunnar Åberg
  • 1977–1980: Åke von Schéele
  • 1980–1982: Lars Löfberg
  • 1982–1983: Arne Rolff (acting)
  • 1983–1985: Arne Rolff
  • 1985–1987: Jan-Olof Borgén
  • 1987–1990: Kaj Sjösten
  • 1990–1990: Lennart Bergqvist
  • 1991–1992: Lars Andréasson

Deputy commanders edit

  • 1969–19??: Lieutenant colonel Arne Rolff
  • 1982–1983: Colonel Arne Rolff

Names, designations and locations edit

Name Translation From To
Kungl Bohusläns kavalleri- och dragonregemente Royal Bohuslän Cavalry and Dragoon Regiment 1720-12-21 – 1727-??-??
Kungl Bohusläns dragonregemente Royal Bohuslän Dragoon Regiment 1727-??-?? – 1776-??-??
Kungl Bohusläns lätta dragonregemente Royal Bohuslän Light Dragoon Regiment 1776-??-?? – 1791-??-??
Kungl Bohusläns regemente Royal Bohuslän Regiment 1791-??-?? – 1974-12-31
Bohusläns regemente Bohuslän Regiment 1975-01-01 – 1992-06-30
Designation From To
No. 17 1816-10-01 – 1914-09-30
I 17 1914-10-01 – 1992-06-30
Location From To
Backamo 1770-??-?? – 1913-09-27
Uddevalla 1913-10-14 – 1992-06-30

See also edit

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ Later used by the 14th Home Guard Battalion.[1]
  2. ^ The march replaced "Bohusläns regementes marsch" (Bagge/Speich) in 1889 and was established by Army Order 33/1953.[2]

References edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Handbok: parad 6: traditionsvård 2017, p. 49
  2. ^ Sandberg 2007, p. 31
  3. ^ Braunstein 2004, pp. 79–80
  4. ^ Braunstein 2006, p. 25
  5. ^ Gabrielsson 2004, p. 166
  6. ^ (in Swedish). Svenska militära minnesmärken. Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  7. ^ Gabrielsson 2004, p. 98
  8. ^ Braunstein 2003, pp. 77–80
  9. ^ Kjellander 2003, p. 251

Print edit

  • Braunstein, Christian (2003). Sveriges arméförband under 1900-talet. Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 5 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. ISBN 91-971584-4-5. SELIBR 8902928.
  • Braunstein, Christian (2004). [The flags and standards of the Swedish armed forces after the turn of the millennium] (PDF). Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 7 [dvs 8] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. ISBN 91-971584-7-X. SELIBR 9815350. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-05-22. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  • Braunstein, Christian (2006). [Heraldry of the Swedish Armed Forces] (PDF). Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 9 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. ISBN 91-971584-9-6. SELIBR 10099224. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-11-25. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  • Gabrielsson, Lennart, ed. (2004). Konglig Bohus läns regemente. I fält och till sjöss 1676-1814 (in Swedish). Kungälv: Backamo vänners förlag. ISBN 91-972930-4-0. SELIBR 9818473.
  • Kjellander, Rune (2003). Sveriges regementschefer 1700-2000: chefsbiografier och förbandsöversikter (in Swedish). Stockholm: Probus. ISBN 91-87184-74-5. SELIBR 8981272.
  • Sandberg, Bo (2007). Försvarets marscher och signaler förr och nu: marscher antagna av svenska militära förband, skolor och staber samt igenkännings-, tjänstgörings- och exercissignaler (in Swedish) (New ed.). Stockholm: Militärmusiksamfundet med Svenskt marscharkiv. ISBN 978-91-631-8699-8. SELIBR 10413065.
  • Handbok: parad 6: traditionsvård : H PARAD 6 2016 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Försvarsmakten. 2017. SELIBR 22459606.

Further reading edit

 
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  • Bergstrand, Carl-Martin; Åberg, Alf; Uddgren, Hugo Edvard, eds. (1953). Kungl. Bohusläns regemente och dess hembygd: inför ett trehundraårsminne. D. 1 (in Swedish). Uddevalla: Kungl. Bohusläns regementes historiekomm. SELIBR 1245675.
  • Alm, Josef; Berglund, Carl-Axel, eds. (1956). Kungl. Bohusläns regemente och dess hembygd: inför ett trehundraårsminne. D. 2 (in Swedish). Uddevalla: Kungl. Bohusläns regementes historiekomm. SELIBR 1245674.
  • Berglund, Carl-Axel, ed. (1961). Kungl. Bohusläns regemente och dess hembygd: inför ett trehundraårsminne. D. 3 (in Swedish). Uddevalla: Kungl. Bohusläns regementes historiekomm. SELIBR 1245672.
  • Bernstone, Kristian; Ekberg, Lennart; Klasson, Gunnar, eds. (1992). Kungl. Bohusläns regemente och dess hembygd: inför ett trehundraårsminne. D. 4, [Tiden 1946-1992] (in Swedish). Uddevalla: Bohusläns regementes historiekomm. SELIBR 1245676.
  • Mankell, Julius (1866). Anteckningar rörande svenska regementernas historia (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Örebro: Lindh. pp. 325–330. SELIBR 1549756.

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The Bohuslan Regiment Swedish Bohuslans regemente designation I 17 was a Swedish Army infantry regiment that traces its origins back 1661 It was disbanded in 1992 The regiment s soldiers were originally recruited from the provinces of Bohuslan and it was later garrisoned there in the town Uddevalla Bohuslan RegimentBohuslans regementeActive1720 1992Country SwedenAllegianceSwedish Armed ForcesBranchSwedish ArmyTypeInfantrySizeRegimentPart of3rd Military District 1833 1893 3rd Army Division 1893 1901 III Army Division 1902 1927 Western Army Division 1928 1936 III Army Division 1937 1943 III Military District 1943 1966 Western Military District 1966 1992 Garrison HQUddevallaNickname s Green Dragoons Grona dragonerna Motto s Garningar Inte ord note 1 Deeds Not words Mod tapperhet och uthallighet en krigsmans fornamsta dygder Courage bravery and perseverance the greatest virtues of a warrior ColorsGreenMarch Bohuslans regementes marsch Bagge Speich Deutschland auf der Wacht Franke note 2 Battle honoursLund 1676 Landskrona 1677 Halsingborg 1710 Gadebusch 1712 Svensksund 1790 InsigniaBranch insignia m 60Unit insignia m 60Shoulder sleeve insignia Contents 1 Heraldry and traditions 1 1 Colours standards and guidons 1 2 Coat of arms 1 3 Memorial stones 1 4 Heritage 2 Commanding officers 2 1 Commanders 2 2 Deputy commanders 3 Names designations and locations 4 See also 5 Footnotes 6 References 6 1 Notes 6 2 Print 7 Further readingHeraldry and traditions editColours standards and guidons edit The colour was presented to the former Royal Bohuslan Regiment I 17 in Uddevalla by King Gustaf VI Adolf on 27 August 1961 The colour was drawn by Brita Grep and embroidered by hand in insertion technique by the company Libraria It was used as regimental colour by I 17 until 1 July 1992 and as a National Home Guard colour Uddevalla Northern Home Guard District 1992 1997 Blazon On white cloth the provincial badge of Bohuslan a red tower em battled with two yellow portcullis with black hinges and locks between dexter an erect blue sword and sinister a yellow lion rampant On a red border at the upper side of the colour battle honours in white Battle honours Lund 1676 Landskrona 1677 Halsingborg 1710 Gadebusch 1712 and Svensksund 1790 3 Coat of arms edit The coat of the arms of the Bohuslan Regiment I 17 1977 1992 and the Bohus Dal Group Bohus Dalsgruppen since 1997 Blazon Argent the provincial badge of Bohuslan a castle with a tower both embattled gules masoned sable two portcullis or charged with hinges and locks sable between a sword erect azure and a lion rampant of the last armed and langued or The shield surmounted two muskets in saltire or 4 Memorial stones edit In 1901 the regiment raised a memorial stone of the Battle of Svensksund at its former military camp Backamo in connection with a visit by the German regiment Graf Roon This German regiment is derives from the former Psilanderhielmska Regiment based in Pomerania which in 1796 became named after the newly arrived commander von Engelbrechten 5 When the regiment moved in to Uddevalla the monument was moved to the adjacent regiment park at the present Bohuslan Defense Museum 6 7 Heritage edit In connection with the decommissioning of Bohuslan Regiment its traditions came from 1 July 1992 onwards to be kept by the Bohus Group Bohusgruppen 8 Commanding officers editRegimental commanders 9 Commanders edit 1720 1728 Ture Gabriel Bielke 1720 1721 Jean Louis Bousquet acting 1722 1724 Johan Fredrik Didron acting 1728 1740 Axel Erik Roos 1740 1746 Anders Tungelfeldt 1746 1758 Georg Reinhold von Kohler 1759 1763 Lars Akerhielm 1763 1769 Georg Gustaf Wrangel 1769 1775 Mauritz Casimir Lewenhaupt 1775 1781 Axel Didrik Meijendorff von Yxkull 1781 1790 Jan Verner Tranefelt 1789 1792 Hans Henric von Essen acting 1790 1792 Gustav Wachtmeister 1792 1793 Fredrik Adolf von Numers 1793 1796 Adolf Fredrik Pahlman 1796 1810 Johan Leonard Belfrage 1810 1821 Erik Wilhelm Haij 1818 1821 Philip von Mecklenburg acting 1821 1838 Philip von Mecklenburg 1838 1856 Georg Gillis von Heideman 1856 1868 Henrik Nauckhoff 1868 1881 Georg Fleetwood 1881 1882 Otto Taube 1881 1882 Axel Rappe acting 1882 1885 Axel Rappe 1885 1890 Axel Rudenschold 1890 1892 Christer Oxehufvud 1890 1892 Mathias Fjellman acting 1892 1898 Mathias Fjellman 1898 1907 Olof Malm 1907 1915 Charles Tottie 1914 1915 Olof Melin acting 1915 1921 Olof Melin 1921 1923 Bengt Ribbing 1923 1930 Victor Landegren 1930 1936 Harald Malmberg 1936 1937 Thorsten Rudenschiold acting 1937 1942 Thorsten Rudenschiold 1942 1948 Sven Oberg 1948 1957 Erik Sellin 1957 1963 Gunnar Smedmark 1963 1966 Claes Skoglund 1966 1971 Bertil Kamph 1971 1977 Gunnar Aberg 1977 1980 Ake von Scheele 1980 1982 Lars Lofberg 1982 1983 Arne Rolff acting 1983 1985 Arne Rolff 1985 1987 Jan Olof Borgen 1987 1990 Kaj Sjosten 1990 1990 Lennart Bergqvist 1991 1992 Lars Andreasson Deputy commanders edit 1969 19 Lieutenant colonel Arne Rolff 1982 1983 Colonel Arne RolffNames designations and locations editName Translation From ToKungl Bohuslans kavalleri och dragonregemente Royal Bohuslan Cavalry and Dragoon Regiment 1720 12 21 1727 Kungl Bohuslans dragonregemente Royal Bohuslan Dragoon Regiment 1727 1776 Kungl Bohuslans latta dragonregemente Royal Bohuslan Light Dragoon Regiment 1776 1791 Kungl Bohuslans regemente Royal Bohuslan Regiment 1791 1974 12 31Bohuslans regemente Bohuslan Regiment 1975 01 01 1992 06 30Designation From ToNo 17 1816 10 01 1914 09 30I 17 1914 10 01 1992 06 30Location From ToBackamo 1770 1913 09 27Uddevalla 1913 10 14 1992 06 30See also editList of Swedish infantry regimentsFootnotes edit Later used by the 14th Home Guard Battalion 1 The march replaced Bohuslans regementes marsch Bagge Speich in 1889 and was established by Army Order 33 1953 2 References editNotes edit Handbok parad 6 traditionsvard 2017 p 49 Sandberg 2007 p 31 Braunstein 2004 pp 79 80 Braunstein 2006 p 25 Gabrielsson 2004 p 166 Registerkort Nr O07 in Swedish Svenska militara minnesmarken Archived from the original on 13 January 2017 Retrieved 13 January 2017 Gabrielsson 2004 p 98 Braunstein 2003 pp 77 80 Kjellander 2003 p 251 Print edit Braunstein Christian 2003 Sveriges armeforband under 1900 talet Skrift Statens forsvarshistoriska museer 1101 7023 5 in Swedish Stockholm Statens forsvarshistoriska museer ISBN 91 971584 4 5 SELIBR 8902928 Braunstein Christian 2004 Svenska forsvarsmaktens falttecken efter millennieskiftet The flags and standards of the Swedish armed forces after the turn of the millennium PDF Skrift Statens forsvarshistoriska museer 1101 7023 7 dvs 8 in Swedish Stockholm Statens forsvarshistoriska museer ISBN 91 971584 7 X SELIBR 9815350 Archived from the original PDF on 2018 05 22 Retrieved 2018 05 22 Braunstein Christian 2006 Heraldiska vapen inom det svenska forsvaret Heraldry of the Swedish Armed Forces PDF Skrift Statens forsvarshistoriska museer 1101 7023 9 in Swedish Stockholm Statens forsvarshistoriska museer ISBN 91 971584 9 6 SELIBR 10099224 Archived from the original PDF on 2018 11 25 Retrieved 2018 11 26 Gabrielsson Lennart ed 2004 Konglig Bohus lans regemente I falt och till sjoss 1676 1814 in Swedish Kungalv Backamo vanners forlag ISBN 91 972930 4 0 SELIBR 9818473 Kjellander Rune 2003 Sveriges regementschefer 1700 2000 chefsbiografier och forbandsoversikter in Swedish Stockholm Probus ISBN 91 87184 74 5 SELIBR 8981272 Sandberg Bo 2007 Forsvarets marscher och signaler forr och nu marscher antagna av svenska militara forband skolor och staber samt igenkannings tjanstgorings och exercissignaler in Swedish New ed Stockholm Militarmusiksamfundet med Svenskt marscharkiv ISBN 978 91 631 8699 8 SELIBR 10413065 Handbok parad 6 traditionsvard H PARAD 6 2016 PDF in Swedish Stockholm Forsvarsmakten 2017 SELIBR 22459606 Further reading edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bohuslan Regiment Bergstrand Carl Martin Aberg Alf Uddgren Hugo Edvard eds 1953 Kungl Bohuslans regemente och dess hembygd infor ett trehundraarsminne D 1 in Swedish Uddevalla Kungl Bohuslans regementes historiekomm SELIBR 1245675 Alm Josef Berglund Carl Axel eds 1956 Kungl Bohuslans regemente och dess hembygd infor ett trehundraarsminne D 2 in Swedish Uddevalla Kungl Bohuslans regementes historiekomm SELIBR 1245674 Berglund Carl Axel ed 1961 Kungl Bohuslans regemente och dess hembygd infor ett trehundraarsminne D 3 in Swedish Uddevalla Kungl Bohuslans regementes historiekomm SELIBR 1245672 Bernstone Kristian Ekberg Lennart Klasson Gunnar eds 1992 Kungl Bohuslans regemente och dess hembygd infor ett trehundraarsminne D 4 Tiden 1946 1992 in Swedish Uddevalla Bohuslans regementes historiekomm SELIBR 1245676 Mankell Julius 1866 Anteckningar rorande svenska regementernas historia in Swedish 2nd ed Orebro Lindh pp 325 330 SELIBR 1549756 58 20 52 N 11 57 26 E 58 34778 N 11 95722 E 58 34778 11 95722 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bohuslan Regiment amp oldid 1213319414, wikipedia, wiki, book, 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