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The Prince's Life Regiment ( da, Prinsens Livregiment) was a
1st battalion (I/PLR), raised in 1961 and disbanded in 2004. Mechanized Infantry Battalion.
** Saff Company
** 1st Armored Infantry Company
** 2nd Armored Infantry Company
** 3rd Tank Squadron
** 4th Motorised Infantry Company
* 
2nd battalion (II/PLR), raised in 1961 and disbanded in 2004. Mechanized Infantry Battalion from 1979.
** Saff Company
** 1st Armored Infantry Company
** 2nd Armored Infantry Company
** 3rd Tank Squadron
** 4th Motorised Infantry Company
* 3rd battalion (III/PLR), raised in 1961 and disbanded in 2004. Mechanized Infantry Battalion from 2000 to 2004.
** Saff Company
** 1st Armored Infantry Company
** 2nd Armored Infantry Company
** 3rd Tank Squadron
** 4th Motorised Infantry Company
* 4th battalion (IV/PLR), raised in 1961 and disbanded in 2004. Infantry Battalion. Mechanized Infantry Battalion from 2000 to 2004.
** Saff Company
** 1st Armored Infantry Company
** 2nd Armored Infantry Company
** 3rd Tank Squadron
** 4th Motorised Infantry Company
* 5th battalion (V/PLR), raised in 1961 and disbanded in 2004. Infantry Battalion. Mechanized Infantry Battalion from 2000 to 2004
** Saff Company
** 1st Armored Infantry Company
** 2nd Motorised Infantry Company
** 3rd Tank Squadron
** 4th Motorised Infantry Company
* 6th battalion (VI/PLR), raised in 2000 and disbanded in 2004. Infantry Battalion.
** Saff Company
** 1st Infantry Company
** 2nd Infantry Company
** 3rd Infantry Company
* 7th battalion (VII/PLR), raised in 2000 and disbanded in 2004. Infantry Battalion.
** Saff Company
** 1st Infantry Company
** 2nd Infantry Company
** 3rd Infantry Company
* Tank destroyer Squadron/2nd Territorial Region (1979-1983)
* 2nd Staff Company/Rear Combat Group/ 
Prince's Music Corps, (1961-2004)
Regimental flag of Prince Frederick's Infantry Regiment.svg, Prince Frederick's Recruited Infantry Regiment (Hereditary Prince)
Regimental flag of Prince Frederik's Armed Infantry Regiment.svg, Prince Frederick's Recruited Infantry Regiment (Hereditary Prince)
Royal Danish Army
The Royal Danish Army ( da, Hæren, fo, Herurin, kl, Sakkutuut) is the land-based branch of the Danish Defence, together with the Danish Home Guard. For the last decade, the Royal Danish Army has undergone a massive transformation of structures ...
infantry regiment. The motto of the regiment was "Gloria Finis" (Honor above all).
History
Because one of the regiment's antecedents was the life regiment ofQueen Ingrid
Ingrid of Sweden (born: Princess Ingrid Victoria Sofia Louise Margareta of Sweden; 28 March 1910 – 7 November 2000) was Queen of Denmark from 1947 until 1972 as the wife of King Frederick IX.
Born into the House of Bernadotte, she was the daug ...
, the Queen Mother, the regiment had both Prince Henrik's and the late Queen Mother's cyphers on its Regimental Colour
In military organizations, the practice of carrying colours (or colors), standards, flags, or guidons, both to act as a rallying point for troops and to mark the location of the commander, is thought to have originated in Ancient Egypt som ...
. The regiment was raised during the reign of King Frederik III in 1657 under the command of Ernst Albrecht von Eberstein
Ernst Albrecht von Eberstein (Gehofen, 6 June 1605 – Sangerhausen, 9 June 1676) was a German Army Commander, Electorate of Saxony, Saxon Generalfeldmarschall, Field Marshal and Knight in the Danish Order of the Elephant.
Career
Eberstein w ...
. Over the years it underwent many changes of name, the last taking place in 1961.
The Regiment participated in the Northern Wars
"Northern Wars" is a term used for a series of wars fought in northern and northeastern Europe from the 16th to the 18th century. An internationally agreed-on nomenclature for these wars has not yet been devised. While the Great Northern War is gen ...
(1657–1660), Scanian War
The Scanian War ( da, Skånske Krig, , sv, Skånska kriget, german: Schonischer Krieg) was a part of the Northern Wars involving the union of Denmark–Norway, Brandenburg and Sweden. It was fought from 1675 to 1679 mainly on Scanian soil, ...
(1675–1679), Great Northern War
The Great Northern War (1700–1721) was a conflict in which a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the anti-Swedi ...
(1709–1720), First Schleswig War (1848–1850) and Second Schleswig War
The Second Schleswig War ( da, Krigen i 1864; german: Deutsch-Dänischer Krieg) also sometimes known as the Dano-Prussian War or Prusso-Danish War was the second military conflict over the Schleswig-Holstein Question of the nineteenth century. T ...
(1864). It was furthermore in foreign service during 1689–1697 and 1701–1714. The regimental flag had the battle honours Nyborg 1659, Wismar
Wismar (; Low German: ''Wismer''), officially the Hanseatic City of Wismar (''Hansestadt Wismar'') is, with around 43,000 inhabitants, the sixth-largest city of the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and the fourth-largest city ...
1675, Rygen 1715, Treldeskansen 1849, Dybbøl 1849 and Dybbøl 1864.
From the 1960s to 2000 the regiment had two mechanised and two infantry battalions, from 2000 to 2004 it had four mechanised and three infantry battalions.
In 2000, two other regiments, Schleswig Regiment of Foot and Queen's Life Regiment
The Queen's Life Regiment ( da, Dronningens Livregiment) was a Royal Danish Army infantry regiment. On 1 January 2001, it was amalgamated with the Prince's Life Regiment.
History
After the siege and storming of Copenhagen, on 16 October 1659, Fre ...
, were merged into Prince's Life Regiment. In August 2005, the regiment was amalgamated with Jutland Dragoon Regiment and its battalions were disbanded.
Organisation
Disband units * 1st battalion (I/PLR), raised in 1961 and disbanded in 2004. Mechanized Infantry Battalion.
** Saff Company
** 1st Armored Infantry Company
** 2nd Armored Infantry Company
** 3rd Tank Squadron
** 4th Motorised Infantry Company
* 2nd battalion (II/PLR), raised in 1961 and disbanded in 2004. Mechanized Infantry Battalion from 1979.
** Saff Company
** 1st Armored Infantry Company
** 2nd Armored Infantry Company
** 3rd Tank Squadron
** 4th Motorised Infantry Company
* 3rd battalion (III/PLR), raised in 1961 and disbanded in 2004. Mechanized Infantry Battalion from 2000 to 2004.
** Saff Company
** 1st Armored Infantry Company
** 2nd Armored Infantry Company
** 3rd Tank Squadron
** 4th Motorised Infantry Company
* 4th battalion (IV/PLR), raised in 1961 and disbanded in 2004. Infantry Battalion. Mechanized Infantry Battalion from 2000 to 2004.
** Saff Company
** 1st Armored Infantry Company
** 2nd Armored Infantry Company
** 3rd Tank Squadron
** 4th Motorised Infantry Company
* 5th battalion (V/PLR), raised in 1961 and disbanded in 2004. Infantry Battalion. Mechanized Infantry Battalion from 2000 to 2004
** Saff Company
** 1st Armored Infantry Company
** 2nd Motorised Infantry Company
** 3rd Tank Squadron
** 4th Motorised Infantry Company
* 6th battalion (VI/PLR), raised in 2000 and disbanded in 2004. Infantry Battalion.
** Saff Company
** 1st Infantry Company
** 2nd Infantry Company
** 3rd Infantry Company
* 7th battalion (VII/PLR), raised in 2000 and disbanded in 2004. Infantry Battalion.
** Saff Company
** 1st Infantry Company
** 2nd Infantry Company
** 3rd Infantry Company
* Tank destroyer Squadron/2nd Territorial Region (1979-1983)
* 2nd Staff Company/Rear Combat Group/Danish Division
The Danish Division ( da, Danske Division), short DDIV, is the only remaining military land division in Denmark. It was created on 1 January 1997 as the successor of Jutland Division. It is one of the now-two Divisions of Multinational Corps Nort ...
(2000-2004)
* LRRP
A long-range reconnaissance patrol, or LRRP (pronounced "lurp"), is a small, well-armed reconnaissance team that patrols deep in enemy-held territory.Ankony, Robert C., ''Lurps: A Ranger's Diary of Tet, Khe Sanh, A Shau, and Quang Tri,'' revised ...
Company. (2000-2004) Part of Danish Division
The Danish Division ( da, Danske Division), short DDIV, is the only remaining military land division in Denmark. It was created on 1 January 1997 as the successor of Jutland Division. It is one of the now-two Divisions of Multinational Corps Nort ...
* Prince's Music Corps, (1961-2004)
Names of the regiment
Standards
Regimental flag of Prince Frederik's Armed Infantry Regiment.svg, Prince Frederick's Recruited Infantry Regiment (Hereditary Prince)
References