List of Swedish cavalry regiments
A member of the Life Guards' Dragoon Music Corps.
This is a list of Swedish cavalry regiments, battalions, corps and companies that have existed in the Swedish Army. They are listed in three ways, first by the actual units that have existed, then by the various names these units have had, and last by the various designations these units have had.
By unit[]
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- (1571–1901)
- (1674–1720)
- (1762–1766)
- (1679–1720)
- (1661–1670)
- Bohusläns dragonregemente (1727–1776)
- Bohusläns kavalleri- och dragonregemente (1720–1727)
- (1670–1674)
- Bohusläns lätta dragonregemente (1776–1791)
- Cederströmska husarregementet (1816–1822)
- Finska lätta dragonkåren (1770–1772)
- (1762–1766)
- (1675–1679)
- Hornska husarregementet (1797–1801)
- Husarregementet (1766–1797)
- Husarregementet Konung Karl XV (1860–1882)
- (1721–1791)
- Jämtlands hästjägarkår (1830–1893)
- (1743–1780)
- (1735–1743)
- (1724–1735)
- Karl XII:s Drabantkår (1700–1718)
- Konungens värvade husarregemente (1859–1860)
- Kronprinsens husarregemente (1822–1859, 1882–1927)
- Livhusarregementet (1793–1797)
- (1667–1791)
- Livregementets dragonkår (1815–1893)
- Livregementets husarkår (1815–1893)
- (1791–1815)
- (1791–1815)
- (1772–1793)
- Lätta livdragonregementet (1797–1806)
- Mörnerska husarregementet (1801–1816)
- (1686–1801)
- (1803–1805)
- (1805–1809)
- Nylands och Tavastehus dragonregemente (1721–1791)
- Nylands och Tavastehus läns kavalleriregemente (1632–1721)
- (1674–1720)
- (1670–1675)
- Skånska linjedragonregementet (1801–1807)
- (1684–1801)
- (1801–1822)
- Svenska husarregementet (1758–1762)
- (1536-1620)
- (1634–1667)
- (1632–1724)
- Västgöta regemente till häst (1628–1655)
- Västgöta kavalleriregemente (1655–1802)
- Västgöta linjedragonregemente (1802–1806)
- Västgöta dragonregemente (1806–1811)
- (1632–1721)
- Östgöta kavalleriregemente (1634–1791)
By name[]
The original five Swedish provincial cavalry regiments:
- (Swedish Banner of Nobles)
- (Horse Life Regiment)
- (Småland Cavalry Regiment)
- Östgöta kavalleriregemente (Östergötland Cavalry Regiment)
- Västgöta kavalleriregemente (Västergötland Cavalry Regiment)
The original three Finnish provincial cavalry regiments:
- (Åbo and Björneborg Country Cavalry Regiment)
- Nylands och Tavastehus läns kavalleriregemente (Nyland and Tavastehus County Cavalry Regiment)
- (Viborg and Nyslott County Cavalry Regiment)
Later raised Swedish cavalry regiments:
- Bohusläns regemente (Bohuslän Regiment)
- (Carriage Company)
- (Görtz' Dragoon Regiment)
- Kronprinsens husarregemente (Crown Prince's Hussar Regiment)
- Livgardet till häst (Life Guards of Horse)
- (Life Dragoon Regiment)
- Livregementets husarer (Life Regiment's Hussars)
- (Meijerfelt's Dragoon Regiment)
- Norrlands dragonregemente (Norrland Dragoon Regiment)
- (Scanian Dragoon Regiment)
- Skånska husarregementet (Scanian Hussar Regiment)
- (Scanian Cavalry Regiment)
- (Stenbock's Dragoon Regiment)
Later raised Finnish cavalry regiments:
- (Finnish Banner of Nobles)
- (Karelian County Dragoon Squadron)
Later raised German cavalry regiments:
- (Bremen-Verdian Banner of Nobles)
- (Bremian Cavalry Regiment)
- (Bremian Dragoon Regiment)
- (Dragoon Regiment in Wismar)
- (Pomeranian Banner of Nobles)
- (Pomeranian Dragoon Regiment)
- (Pomeranian Cavalry Regiment)
- (Prussian Dragoon Regiment)
- (Silesian Dragoon Regiment)
- (Schwerin's Dragoon Regiment)
- (German Dragoon Regiment)
- (Verdian Dragoon Regiment)
- (Vietinghoff's Dragoon Regiment)
Later raised Baltic cavalry regiments:
- (Estonian County Dragoon Squadron)
- (Estonian Banner of Nobles)
- (Estonian Cavalry Regiment)
- (Ingrian Dragoon Regiment)
- (Laurentzen's Free Dragoons)
- (Lewenhaupt's Free Company)
- (Livonian Banner of Nobles)
- (Livonian Dragoon Squadron I)
- (Livonian Dragoon Squadron II)
- (Livonian Dragoon Regiment I)
- (Livonian Dragoon Regiment II)
- (Öselian County Dragoon Squadron)
Other later raised cavalry regiments:
- Benderska dragonregementet (Benderian Dragoon Regiment)
- (French Dragoon Regiment)
- (Polish Horse Regiment)
- (Smiegelski's Polish Dragoon Corps)
Later raised Swedish temporary cavalry regiments:
- (Gotland Rank Dragoon Company)
- (Scanian Rank Dragoons)
- (Scanian Third Man Horse Regiment)
- (Uppland Fifth Man Horse Regiment)
- (Uppland Rank Dragoons)
- (Uppland Third Man Horse Regiment)
- (Västergötland Rank Dragoons)
- (Västergötland Third Man Horse Regiment)
Later raised Finnish temporary cavalry regiments:
- (Finnish Rank Dragoon Battalion)
- (Åbo, Nyland and Viborg County Third Man Horse Regiment)
- (Österbotten Rank Dragoon Company)
Later raised Baltic temporary cavalry regiments:
- (Estonian Rank Dragoon Battalion)
- (Ingrian Rank Dragoons)
- (Livonian Rank Dragoon Battalion)
- (Ösel Rank Dragoon Battalion)
By designation[]
- K 1 Livgardet till häst (1806–1927)
- K 1 Livregementet till häst (1928–1949)
- K 1 Livgardesskvadronen (1949–1975)
- K 1 Livgardets dragoner (1975–1985, 1994–2000)
- K 2 Livregementets dragoner (1893–1927)
- K 2 (1928–1942, 1946–1952)
- K 3 Livregementets husarer (1893– present)
- K 4 (1822–1927)
- K 4 Norrlands dragonregemente (1928–1955, 1976–2005)
- K 4 Norrlands dragoner (1955–1976)
- K 5 Skånska husarregementet (1807–1927)
- K 6 (1822–1927)
- K 7 Kronprinsens husarregemente (1882–1927)
- K 8 Norrlands dragonregemente (1893–1927)
See also[]
References[]
- 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.
- Online
- Högman, Hans (2007). "Militaria - Svensk militärhistoria". Retrieved 2007-08-27.
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