The Crown Prince's Hussar Regiment ( sv, Kronprinsens husarregemente), designated K 7, was a

Swedish Army The Swedish Army ( sv, svenska armén) is the land force of the Swedish Armed Forces. History Svea Life Guards dates back to the year 1521, when the men of Dalarna chose 16 young able men as body guards for the insurgent nobleman Gustav Vas ...

cavalry Historically, cavalry (from the French word ''cavalerie'', itself derived from "cheval" meaning "horse") are soldiers or warriors who fight mounted on horseback. Cavalry were the most mobile of the combat arms, operating as light cavalry ...

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located in the province of

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that traced its origins back to the 18th century. It had a number of names over its history, most famously Mörner's Hussar Regiment (''Mörnerska husarregementet'') during the

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. It was disbanded in 1927.

History

The regiment has its origin in a

hussar A hussar ( , ; hu, huszár, pl, husarz, sh, husar / ) was a member of a class of light cavalry, originating in Central Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries. The title and distinctive dress of these horsemen were subsequently widely ...

corps raised in 1757. The following year, the corps was organized into ''Svenska husarregementet'' with Georg Gustaf Wrangel as commander. The regiment was split in two in 1762 forming ''Blå'' and ''Gula husarregementet'' (the ''Blue'' and ''Yellow'' regiments). These two were merged back to one in 1766 with the name ''Husarregementet''. Uniformer Husar-Regementet Konung Carl XV

Uniformer Husar-Regementet Konung Carl XV

The regiment changed name quite a few times during the years, being renamed ''Mörnerska husarregementet'' in 1801, ''Cederströmska husarregementet'' in 1816 and in 1822, when Crown Prince Oscar (the later King Oscar I) became colonel in the regiment, it was renamed ''Kronprinsens husarregemente''. For some months in 1859 and 1860 it was named ''Konungens värvade husarregemente'' before being renamed to ''Husarregimente Konung Karl XV''. And finally, as the crown prince

Gustaf VI Adolf Gustaf VI Adolf (Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf; 11 November 1882 – 15 September 1973) was King of Sweden from 29 October 1950 until his death in 1973. He was the eldest son of Gustaf V and his wife, Victoria of Baden. Before Gustaf Ado ...

was born in 1882 the regiment was renamed back to ''Kronprinsens husarregemente''. ''Kronprinsens husarregemente'' was given the designation K 7 (7th Cavalry Regiment) after a

general order A general order, in military and paramilitary organizations, is a published directive, originated by a commander and binding upon all personnel under his or her command. Its purpose is to enforce a policy or procedure unique to the unit's situatio ...

in 1816. It was a very special regiment because of two things. Firstly, it was the only unit in the Swedish Army without the prefix "Royal" (''Kungliga''), as it was the Crown Prince's, secondly, it was the largest (ten squadrons) cavalry regiment garrisoned in one town, in the world. It was disbanded in 1927 with personnel being transferred to

Norrland Dragoon Regiment The Norrland Dragoon Regiment ( sv, Norrlands dragonregemente), also K 4, is a Swedish Army unit specialized in arctic warfare and special operations. Located in the province of Lappland, it was historically a cavalry unit that traces its orig ...

and the newly created Scanian Cavalry Regiment, which also contained personnel from the Scanian Dragoon Regiment and the

Scanian Hussar Regiment The Scanian Hussar Regiment ( sv, Skånska husarregementet, K 5) was a Swedish Army cavalry unit which operated in various forms the years 1658–1709 and 1709–1927. Commanding officers Regimental commanders from 1658 to 1927. *1658–1659: ...

, also disbanded in 1927.

Campaigns

* The Second War against Napoleon 1813–1814

Commanding officers

Regimental commander from 1758 to 1927. From 1761 to 1766, the regiment was divided into two regiments. *1757–1758: F.U. von Putbus P.J.B. von Platen *1758–1759: Georg Gustaf Wrangel af Adinal *1759–1761: J. Sparre *1761–1764: Fredrik Ulrik von Putbus (Blue (Putbus) Hussar Regiment) *1764–1766: H.S. Mörner (Blue (Putbus) Hussar Regiment) *1761–1763: Georg Gustaf Wrangel af Adinal (Yellow (Wrangel) Hussar Regiment) *1763–1764: Lars Åkerhielm (Yellow (Wrangel) Hussar Regiment) *1764–1766: M.C. Lewenhaupt (Yellow (Wrangel) Hussar Regiment) *1766–1797: H.S. Mörner *1797–1801: S.H. Horn *1801–1816: Hampus Mörner *1816–1822: Bror Cederström *1822–1830: G.B.M. Stackelberg *1830–1849: Achates Carl von Platen *1849–1858: F.A. Sjöcrona *1858–1864: C.M.L. Björnstjerna *1864–1874: C.A.B. Cederström *1874–1883: G.F.A. Boy *1883–1891: Aron Siöcrona *1891–1893: R.W.T. Berg *1893–1902: G.A. von Platen *1902–1910: Christofer von Platen *1910–1913: Bror Munck *1913–1920: Bror Cederström *1920–1920: Edward af Sandeberg *1920–1927: Axel Braunerhjelm

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* {{Authority control Cavalry regiments of the Swedish Army 1757 establishments in Europe 1927 disestablishments in Europe Military units and formations established in 1757 Military units and formations disestablished in 1927 Disbanded units and formations of Sweden Helsingborg Garrison Malmö Garrison