The Uppland Regiment (Swedish: Upplands regemente), designation I 8, was a Swedish Armyinfantryregiment that traced its origins back to the 16th century. It was disbanded in 1957. The regiment's soldiers were originally recruited from the province of Uppland, and it was later garrisoned there.
4th Military District (1833–1888) 5th Military District (1888–1893) 5th Army Division (1893–1901) V Army Division (1902–1927) Eastern Army Division (1928–1936) IV Army Division (1937–1942) IV Military District (1942–1957)
The regiment has its origins in fänikor (companies) raised in Uppland in the 1550s and 1560s. In 1617, these units—along with fänikor from the nearby provinces of Dalarna and Västmanland—were organised by Gustav II Adolf into Upplands storregemente, of which eight of the total 24 companies were recruited in Uppland. Upplands storregemente consisted of three field regiments, of which Uppland Regiment was one. Sometime around 1623, the grand regiment was permanently split into 3 smaller regiments, of which Uppland Regiment was one.
The regiment was officially raised in 1626 although it had existed since 1623. Upplands regemente was one of the original 20 Swedish infantry regiments mentioned in the Swedish constitution of 1634. The regiment's first commander was Nils Brahe. It was allotted in 1682 as one of the first regiments to be so.
The regiment was given the designation I 8 (8th Infantry Regiment) in a general order in 1816. Uppland Regiment was renamed Uppland Infantry Regiment in 1904 to distinguish it from Uppland Artillery Regiment. The regiment was garrisoned in Uppsala from 1912. In 1928, the regiment regained its old name. The regiment was disbanded in 1957. The signal regiment Uppland Signal Regiment was renamed to Uppland Regiment in 1974, but does not trace its origins from the original regiment, even though the victory names have been transferred to it.
The regiment has carried a number of colour over the years. On 3 July 1855, His Majesty the King Oscar I presented a new colour to the regiment's two battalions. The two colours only had two battle honours, Lützen and Kliszow. On 27 September 1955, His Majesty the King Gustaf VI Adolf presented a colour, which replaced the 1855 colours. The new colour had 12 battle honours. The colour was on 30 March 1957 handed over to the Uppland Signal Regiment, which carried it alongside its original colour.[2]
The 1935 colour. The provincial badge of Uppland was added in 1959 in the upper inner corner, where initially the lesser coat of arms of Sweden was.
The 1955 colour
Coat of armsedit
The coat of the arms of the Uppland Regiment (I 8). It was used by Uppland Group (Upplandsgruppen) 2000–2005 and by the Uppland and Västmanland Group (Upplands- och Västmanlandsgruppen) since 2005. Blazon: "Gules, the provincial badge of Uppland, an orb or, banded and ensigned with a cross-crosslet. The shield surmounted two swords in saltire or".[3]
Medalsedit
In 1934, the Kungl. Upplands regementes (I 8) förtjänstmedalj ("Royal Uppland Regiment (I 8) Medal of Merit") in gold, silver and bronze (UpplregGM/UpplregSM/UpplregBM) were established.[4][5][6]
Royal Uppland Regiment Medal of Merit from 1938.
Royal Uppland Regiment Medal of Merit from 1938.
Heritageedit
Following the decision of the Riksdag on the disbandment of the regiment, a ceremony was held on 10 March 1957.[7] After the regiment was disbanded, the regiment's traditions were continued Uppland Signal Regiment, which also assumed the name of Uppland Regiment.[2] From 2007, the traditions of the regiment were passed on to the Command and Control Regiment. From 1 July 2013, the regimental traditions will be continued by the Uppland Battalion, part of the Uppland and Västmanland Group (Upplands- och Västmanlandsgruppen).[8]
Braunstein, Christian (2003). Sveriges arméförband under 1900-talet. Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 5 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. ISBN91-971584-4-5. SELIBR 8902928.
Braunstein, Christian (2006). Heraldiska vapen inom det svenska försvaret [Heraldry of the Swedish Armed Forces] (PDF). Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 9 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. ISBN91-971584-9-6. SELIBR 10099224.
Holmberg, Björn (1993). Arméns regementen, skolor och staber: [en uppslagsbok] : en sammanställning (in Swedish). Arvidsjaur: Svenskt militärhistoriskt bibliotek (SMB). ISBN91-972209-0-6. SELIBR 7796532.
Kjellander, Rune (2003). Sveriges regementschefer 1700-2000: chefsbiografier och förbandsöversikter (in Swedish). Stockholm: Probus. ISBN91-87184-74-5. 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. ISBN978-91-631-8699-8. SELIBR 10413065.
Further readingedit
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Asker, Björn (1981). Upplands regemente och Karl XI:s uniformsreformer (in Swedish). Uddevalla. SELIBR 3198487.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Gillgren, Sten (2008). Kungl. Upplands regementes officerare: biografiska uppgifter över officerare, reservofficerare samt officerares vederlikar vid Kungl. Upplands regemente (in Swedish). Enköping: Upplands regementes historiekommitté. ISBN978-91-633-2585-4. SELIBR 10954446.
Helmfrid, Curt W., ed. (1982). Polacksbacken: en gammal lägerplats (in Swedish). Uppsala: Lundequistska bokh. (distr.). ISBN91-7260-640-1. SELIBR 7629267.
Holm, Torsten, ed. (1958). Kungl. Upplands regementes historia (in Swedish). Uppsala. SELIBR 8218605.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Karlsson, Åsa; Palm, Håkan (1998). Med Upplands regemente under fyra sekler (in Swedish). Enköping: Historiekomm., Upplands regemente [distributör]. ISBN91-630-7154-1. SELIBR 7453198.
Mankell, Julius (1866). Anteckningar rörande svenska regementernas historia (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Örebro: Lindh. pp. 219–229. SELIBR 1549756.
Westergren, Per-Olof (1998). Upplands regemente: berättelser och historier (in Swedish). [Enköping]: Upplands regemente. ISBN91-630-6448-0. SELIBR 7452693.
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For the signals regiment see Uppland Regiment signals The Uppland Regiment Swedish Upplands regemente designation I 8 was a Swedish Army infantry regiment that traced its origins back to the 16th century It was disbanded in 1957 The regiment s soldiers were originally recruited from the province of Uppland and it was later garrisoned there Uppland RegimentUpplands regementeActive1626 1709 1709 1957Country SwedenAllegianceSwedish Armed ForcesBranchSwedish ArmyTypeInfantrySizeRegimentPart of4th Military District 1833 1888 5th Military District 1888 1893 5th Army Division 1893 1901 V Army Division 1902 1927 Eastern Army Division 1928 1936 IV Army Division 1937 1942 IV Military District 1942 1957 Garrison HQUppsalaColorsRed and yellowMarch Utgangsmarsch Bergstrom note 1 Battle honoursVarberg 1565 Narva 1581 Lutzen 1632 Warszawa 1656 Fredriksodde 1657 Taget over Balt 1658 Rugen 1678 Duna 1701 Kliszow 1702 Holovczyn 1708 Helsingborg 1710 Svensksund 1790 Contents 1 History 2 Campaigns 3 Organisation 4 Heraldry and traditions 4 1 Colours standards and guidons 4 2 Coat of arms 4 3 Medals 4 4 Heritage 5 Commanding officers 6 Names designations and locations 7 See also 8 Footnotes 9 References 9 1 Notes 9 2 Print 10 Further readingHistory edit nbsp Uniforms of the regiment 1765 1845 Lithography by Adolf Ulrik Schutzercrantz The regiment has its origins in fanikor companies raised in Uppland in the 1550s and 1560s In 1617 these units along with fanikor from the nearby provinces of Dalarna and Vastmanland were organised by Gustav II Adolf into Upplands storregemente of which eight of the total 24 companies were recruited in Uppland Upplands storregemente consisted of three field regiments of which Uppland Regiment was one Sometime around 1623 the grand regiment was permanently split into 3 smaller regiments of which Uppland Regiment was one The regiment was officially raised in 1626 although it had existed since 1623 Upplands regemente was one of the original 20 Swedish infantry regiments mentioned in the Swedish constitution of 1634 The regiment s first commander was Nils Brahe It was allotted in 1682 as one of the first regiments to be so The regiment was given the designation I 8 8th Infantry Regiment in a general order in 1816 Uppland Regiment was renamed Uppland Infantry Regiment in 1904 to distinguish it from Uppland Artillery Regiment The regiment was garrisoned in Uppsala from 1912 In 1928 the regiment regained its old name The regiment was disbanded in 1957 The signal regiment Uppland Signal Regiment was renamed to Uppland Regiment in 1974 but does not trace its origins from the original regiment even though the victory names have been transferred to it Campaigns edit Organisation edit1682 Livkompaniet Overstelojtnantens kompani Majorens kompani Hundra harads kompani Rasbo kompani Sigtuna kompani Hagunda kompani Balings kompani 18 Livkompanie Rasbo kompani Olands kompani Uppsala kompani Hundra Harads kompani Sigtuna kompani Hagunda kompani Enkopings kompaniHeraldry and traditions editColours standards and guidons edit The regiment has carried a number of colour over the years On 3 July 1855 His Majesty the King Oscar I presented a new colour to the regiment s two battalions The two colours only had two battle honours Lutzen and Kliszow On 27 September 1955 His Majesty the King Gustaf VI Adolf presented a colour which replaced the 1855 colours The new colour had 12 battle honours The colour was on 30 March 1957 handed over to the Uppland Signal Regiment which carried it alongside its original colour 2 nbsp The 1935 colour The provincial badge of Uppland was added in 1959 in the upper inner corner where initially the lesser coat of arms of Sweden was nbsp The 1955 colour Coat of arms edit The coat of the arms of the Uppland Regiment I 8 It was used by Uppland Group Upplandsgruppen 2000 2005 and by the Uppland and Vastmanland Group Upplands och Vastmanlandsgruppen since 2005 Blazon Gules the provincial badge of Uppland an orb or banded and ensigned with a cross crosslet The shield surmounted two swords in saltire or 3 Medals edit In 1934 the Kungl Upplands regementes I 8 fortjanstmedalj Royal Uppland Regiment I 8 Medal of Merit in gold silver and bronze UpplregGM UpplregSM UpplregBM were established 4 5 6 nbsp Royal Uppland Regiment Medal of Merit from 1938 nbsp Royal Uppland Regiment Medal of Merit from 1938 Heritage edit Following the decision of the Riksdag on the disbandment of the regiment a ceremony was held on 10 March 1957 7 After the regiment was disbanded the regiment s traditions were continued Uppland Signal Regiment which also assumed the name of Uppland Regiment 2 From 2007 the traditions of the regiment were passed on to the Command and Control Regiment From 1 July 2013 the regimental traditions will be continued by the Uppland Battalion part of the Uppland and Vastmanland Group Upplands och Vastmanlandsgruppen 8 Commanding officers editRegimental commander active from 1698 to 1957 9 1698 1705 O W Lowe n 1705 1706 J V von Daldorff 1706 1709 G F de Frietzcyk 1709 1709 G Stiernhook 1709 1710 J Braun 1710 1710 C Ekeblad 1710 1711 G Ribbing 1711 1721 G W Fleetwood 1721 1723 G Oxenstierna 1723 1728 O J Koskull 1728 1730 O W Stael von Holstein 1730 1737 O M Wolffelt 1737 1741 W L Taube 1741 1748 C M de Laval 1748 1757 Fredrik Henrik Sparre 1757 1759 C J Morner 1759 1772 T G Rudbeck 1772 1772 Per Scheffer 1772 1788 Fabian Casimir Wrede 1788 1791 Fabian Wrede 1791 1794 Adam Ludvig Lewenhaupt 1794 1810 Adolf Ludvig von Schwerin 1810 1816 Gustaf Olof Lagerbring 1816 1825 C A Hard 1825 1837 S D Sparre 1837 1854 C L Daevel 1854 1860 A L Rappe 1860 1862 A F Z Reuterskiold 1862 1865 J A Sundmark 1865 1881 Otto Mauritz von Knorring 1881 1888 S G R von Bahr 1888 1899 L W Stiernstedt 1899 1905 Bengt Erland Eberhard von Hofsten 1905 1911 Curt Johan Elof Rosenblad 1911 1923 Claes Sundin 1923 1928 Bo Boustedt 1928 1935 Carl Schoning 1935 1940 Helmer Bratt 1940 1942 Sven Ryman 1942 1950 Olle Norman 1950 1957 Carl Axel GrewellNames designations and locations editName Translation From To Kungl Upplands regemente Royal Uppland Regiment 1626 1709 07 01 Kungl Upplands regemente Royal Uppland Regiment 1709 1904 12 07 Kungl Upplands infanteriregemente Royal Uppland Infantry Regiment 1904 12 08 1927 12 31 Kungl Upplands regemente Royal Uppland Regiment 1928 01 01 1957 03 31 Avvecklingsorganisation Decommissioning Organisation 1957 04 01 1957 09 30 Designation From To No 8 1816 10 01 1914 09 30 I 8 1914 10 01 1957 03 31 Locations From To Kronoparken 1600s 1912 09 09 Orsundsbro 1680 1912 09 09 Polacksbacken 1681 1912 09 09 Soderby Uppsala Nas 1881 1912 09 09 Uppsala Garrison 1912 09 10 1957 09 30See also editList of Swedish infantry regimentsFootnotes edit The march was adopted around 1890 established in 1953 by Army Order 33 1953 The march was used by Uppland Signal Regiment from 1976 to 2006 1 References editNotes edit Sandberg 2007 p 18 a b Braunstein 2003 pp 47 49 Braunstein 2006 p 38 UpplregGM www medalj nu in Swedish Retrieved 18 June 2018 UpplregSM www medalj nu in Swedish Retrieved 18 June 2018 UpplregBM www medalj nu in Swedish Retrieved 18 June 2018 Holmberg 1993 p 10 Forsvarets traditioner i framtiden Bilaga 3 PDF in Swedish Statens forsvarshistoriska museer Forsvarets traditionsnamnd 2012 07 01 p 1 Retrieved 18 June 2018 Kjellander 2003 p 319 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 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 Holmberg Bjorn 1993 Armens regementen skolor och staber en uppslagsbok en sammanstallning in Swedish Arvidsjaur Svenskt militarhistoriskt bibliotek SMB ISBN 91 972209 0 6 SELIBR 7796532 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 Further reading edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Uppland Regiment Asker Bjorn 1981 Upplands regemente och Karl XI s uniformsreformer in Swedish Uddevalla SELIBR 3198487 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link Gillgren Sten 2008 Kungl Upplands regementes officerare biografiska uppgifter over officerare reservofficerare samt officerares vederlikar vid Kungl Upplands regemente in Swedish Enkoping Upplands regementes historiekommitte ISBN 978 91 633 2585 4 SELIBR 10954446 Helmfrid Curt W ed 1982 Polacksbacken en gammal lagerplats in Swedish Uppsala Lundequistska bokh distr ISBN 91 7260 640 1 SELIBR 7629267 Holm Torsten ed 1958 Kungl Upplands regementes historia in Swedish Uppsala SELIBR 8218605 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link Karlsson Asa Palm Hakan 1998 Med Upplands regemente under fyra sekler in Swedish Enkoping Historiekomm Upplands regemente distributor ISBN 91 630 7154 1 SELIBR 7453198 Mankell Julius 1866 Anteckningar rorande svenska regementernas historia in Swedish 2nd ed Orebro Lindh pp 219 229 SELIBR 1549756 Westergren Per Olof 1998 Upplands regemente berattelser och historier in Swedish Enkoping Upplands regemente ISBN 91 630 6448 0 SELIBR 7452693 59 50 27 N 17 38 54 E 59 84083 N 17 64833 E 59 84083 17 64833 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Uppland Regiment amp oldid 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