Jönköping Regiment

Jönköping Regiment
Jönköpings regemente
(I 12)
Active 16231927
Country Sweden
Branch Swedish Army
Type Infantry
Size Regiment
Colours Red and yellow
March "Napoleon-marsch"
Battle honours Lützen (1632), Wittstock (1636), Malatitze (1708), Helsingborg (1710)
Material storehouse for a company of Jönköping Regiment

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 unitsalong with fänikor from the nearby province of Östergötlandwere 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 Jönköpings regemente was one. Sometime between 1623 and 1628, the grand regiment was permanently split into three smaller regiments, of which Jönköpings regemente was one.

Jönköpings regemente 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 Smålands regemente, but that regiment was never formed and instead Jönköpings regemente and Kronobergs regemente 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. Jönköpings regemente was garrisoned in Jönköping from 1909, before it was merged with Kalmar regemente to form Jönköpings-Kalmar regemente in 1927.

Campaigns

Organisation

M

1634(?)
  • Livkompaniet
  • Överstelöjtnantens kompani
  • Majorens kompani
  • Norra Wedbo kompani
  • Västra Härads kompani
  • Wässbo kompani
  • Ösbo härads kompani
  • Wista härads kompani

1814(?)
  • Livkompaniet
  • Norra Vedbo kompani
  • Västra Härads kompani
  • Vista kompani
  • Mo kompani
  • Norra Vestbo kompani
  • Östbo kompani
  • Södra Vestbo kompani

Name, designation and garrison

NameTranslationFrom To
Jönköpings regementeJönköping Regiment27 June 162331 December 1927
DesignationFrom To
I 12181631 December 1927
Training ground
or garrison town
From To
Skillingaryd17771913
Jönköping (G)191331 December 1927

See also

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. 
Online

Coordinates: 57°46′10″N 14°11′43″E / 57.76944°N 14.19528°E / 57.76944; 14.19528

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