Jönköping Regiment

Jönköping Regiment
Jönköpings regemente
Active 1623–1709, 1709–1715, 1716–1927
Country  Sweden
Allegiance Swedish Armed Forces
Branch Swedish Army
Type Infantry regiment
Size Regiment
Part of 2nd Military District (1833–1893)
2nd Army Division (1893–1901)
II Army Division (1902–1927)
Garrison/HQ Jönköping
Colors Red and yellow
March "Napoleon-marschen" (Parlow)[1]
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 Jönköping Regiment was one. Sometime between 1623 and 1628, the grand regiment was permanently split into three smaller regiments, of which Jönköping Regiment was one.

Jönköping Regiment 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 Småland Regiment, but that regiment was never formed and instead Jönköping Regiment and Kronoberg Regiment 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. Jönköping Regiment was garrisoned in Jönköping from 1909, before it was merged with Kalmar Regiment to form Jönköping-Kalmar Regiment in 1927.

Campaigns

Material storehouse for a company of Jönköping Regiment

Organisation

Commanding officers

Regimental commander active at the regiment during the years 1623–1927.[2]

  • 1623–1631: Lars Kagg
  • 1631–1700: ???
  • 1700–1706: L Clerck
  • 1706–1706: E Hillebard
  • 1706–1710: Georg von Buchwaldt  †
  • 1709–1710: G W Fleetwood (acting)
  • 1710–1710: H Hamilton
  • 1710–1712: Anders Eriksson Leijonhielm
  • 1712–1714: Carl Breitholtz (acting)
  • 1714–1725: Henrik Otto von Albedyl
  • 1725–1736: Christer Henrik d'Albedyhll
  • 1736–1739: B Horn
  • 1739–1747: P Silfversparre
  • 1747–1761: Erik Gustaf Queckfeldt
  • 1761–1772: Carl Fredrik Pechlin
  • 1773–1774: Hugo Herman von Saltza
  • 1774–1774: Hans Gustaf Gyllengranat
  • 1774–1782: Germund Carl von Braunjohan
  • 1782–1785: Otto Jacob Zöge von Manteuffel
  • 1785–1790: Curt Philip Carl von Schwerin
  • 1790–1797: A L von Friesendorff
  • 1797–1810: W Bennet
  • 1810–1816: Gustaf Bergenstråhle
  • 1816–1818: C S von Hartmansdorff
  • 1818–1849: H Stierngranat
  • 1849–1857: Enar Nordenfelt
  • 1857–1867: C J Munck
  • 1867–1884: A M Leuhusen
  • 1884–1892: H O E d'Ailly
  • 1892–1901: Fredrik August Åstrand
  • 1901–1909: Otto Ewert Mauritz Wolffelt
  • 1909–1917: Per Ludwig Henrik Alexander Tham
  • 1917–1926: Axel Steuch
  • 1926–1927: Fredrik Lovén

Name, designation and garrison

NameTranslationFromTo
Jönköpings regementeJönköping Regiment27 June 1623–31 December 1927
DesignationFromTo
I 121816–31 December 1927
Training ground
or garrison town		FromTo
Skillingaryd1777–1913
Jönköping (G)1913–31 December 1927

See also

References

Notes
  1. ↑ 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. p. 203. ISBN 978-91-631-8699-8. LIBRIS 10413065.
  2. ↑ Kjellander, Rune (2003). Sveriges regementschefer 1700-2000: chefsbiografier och förbandsöversikter (in Swedish). Stockholm: Probus. pp. 272–273. ISBN 91-87184-74-5. LIBRIS 8981272.
Print
  • Braunstein, Christian (2003). Sveriges arméförband under 1900-talet. Stockholm: Statens Försvarshistoriska Museer. ISBN 91-971584-4-5.
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  • Kjellander, Rune (2003). Sveriges regementschefer 1700-2000: chefsbiografier och förbandsöversikter. Stockholm: Probus. ISBN 91-87184-74-5.
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  • 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 / 57.76944; 14.19528

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