The Småland Regiment ( sv, Smålands regemente), designations I 12 and I 12/Fo 17, was a Swedish Army infantry regiment that traced its origins back to the 16th century. The unit was disbanded as a result of the disarmament policies set forward in the Defence Act of 2000.

History

The regiment was formed in 1928 as Jönköping-Kalmar Regiment (I 12), following a merger of

Jönköping Regiment The Jönköping Regiment ( sv, 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 soldier ...

(I 12), and the

Kalmar Regiment The Kalmar Regiment ( sv, Kalmar regemente), designations I 20, I 21 and Fo 18, 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 1928. It was later rer ...

(I 21). The regiment moved the same year to the Eksjö garrison. In 1948 the regiment changed its name to Northern Småland Regiment (I 12). On July 1, 1974 the regiment formed with Jonkopings defense area (Fo 17) a defensive field regiment to be known as The 12/Fo 17. When both the Kronoberg Regiment (I 11) and Kalmar Regiment (For 18) were dismantled in 1997, Smålands regiment took over responsibility for Kronobergs defense area (Fo 16) and Kalmar defense area (Fo 18) and integrated the Jönköping defense area, which then formed Smålands defense area (For 17).

Heraldry and traditions

Colours, standards and guidons

When the regiment was raised it carried two colours from the two disbanded regiments Jönköping Regiment and Kalmar Regiment. A new regimental colour was presented to the Northern Småland Regiment (I 12) in Eksjö by His Majesty the King

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 ...

on 11 September 1954 which replaced the two older ones. It was used as regimental colour by I 12 until 1 July 2000. The colour is drawn by Brita Grep and embroidered by hand in insertion technique probably by the company Libraria. The battle honours from the two previous regiments were now added to the new colour.

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: "On a quarterly cloth on the first and fourth bays the provincial badge of

Småland Småland () is a historical province () in southern Sweden. Småland borders Blekinge, Scania, Halland, Västergötland, Östergötland and the island Öland in the Baltic Sea. The name Småland literally means ''Small Lands''. The Latinized fo ...

; on yellow a red lion rampant, armed blue, in the forepaws a red crossbow with white arrowhead and black bow, string and trigger (a legacy from the former

, I 21), on the second and third bays the town badge of

Jönköping Jönköping (, ) is a city in southern Sweden with 112,766 inhabitants (2022). Jönköping is situated on the southern shore of Sweden's second largest lake, Vättern, in the province of Småland. The city is the seat of Jönköping Municipali ...

; on red, from a blue wavy base a tripletowered white castle embattled issuant, windows and gates black and a hoisted white gate grill (a legacy from the former

, I 12). On a red border at the upper side of the colour, battle honours (

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1632,

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1636,

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1656,

Landskrona Landskrona (old da, Landskrone) is a town in Scania, Sweden. Located on the shores of the Öresund, it occupies a natural port, which has lent the town at first military and subsequent commercial significance. Ferries operate from Landskrona t ...

1677, Klisow 1702, Malatitze 1708,

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1710 in yellow." File:AM.019925.jpg, The 1954 regimental colour.

Coat of arms

The coat of the arms of the Northern Småland Regiment (I 12/Fo 17) 1977–1994.

: "Quarterly: I and IV or, the provincial badge of Småland, a double-tailed lion rampant gules armed and langued azure, in the forepaws a crossbow gules, arrow-head argent, bow and string sable. II and III gules, the town badge of Jönköping, from a wavy base azure a castle triple-towered and embattled issuant argent; masoned of the first. Windows and portcullis sable and raised gate grill argent. The shield surmounted two muskets in saltire or". The coat of arms of the Northern Småland Regiment (I 12/Fo 17) 1994–1998, Småland Regiment (I 12/Fo 17) 1998–2000 and the Northern Småland Group (') since 2000. Blazon: "Quarterly: I and IV or, the provincial badge of Småland, a double-tailed lion rampant gules armed and langued azure, in the forepaws a crossbow gules, arrow-head argent, bow and string sable. II and III gules, the town badge of Jönköping, from a wavy base azure a castle triple towered and embattled issuant argent; masoned of the first. Windows and portcullis sable and raised gate grill argent. The shield surmounted two swords in saltire or". File:Norra Smålands regemente vapen.svg, Coat of arms of the Northern Småland Regiment (I 12/Fo 17) 1977–1994. File:Norra Smålandsgruppen vapen.svg, Coat of the arms of the Northern Småland Regiment (I 12/Fo 17) 1994–1998, Småland Regiment (I 12/Fo 17) 1998–2000 and the Northern Småland Group (') 2000–present.

Medals

In 2000, the ' ("Småland Regiment (I 12) and Småland Brigade (IB 12) Commemorative Medal") in silver (SmålregbrigSMM) of the 8th size was established. The medal has different obverses. The

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is of yellow moiré with broad red edges and a blue stripe on the middle and a red line on each side. File:AM.019828b.jpg, The Småland Regiment (I 12) and Småland Brigade (IB 12) Commemorative Medal File:AM.019828a.jpg, The Småland Regiment (I 12) and Småland Brigade (IB 12) Commemorative Medal File:Smålands regementes och Smålandsbrigadens minnesmedalj.svg, Ribbon bar

Heritage

The regiment continued the traditions of Jönköping Regiment and Kalmar Regiment, and from 1985 the memory of the

Småland Artillery Regiment The Småland Artillery Regiment ( sv, Smålands artilleriregemente), designation A 6, was a Swedish Army artillery regiment raised in 1895. It was disbanded in 1985. The regiment was based in Jönköping. Locations and training areas Barracks ...

was retained at the regiment. When Kalmar Regiment was raised again in 1994, the traditions were continued by the new regiment. After the regiment and the Småland Brigade (', IB 12) was disbanded, its traditions were continued by Northern Småland Group (', NSG). From 1 July 2013, Northern Småland Battalion, within the Northern Småland Group, is the traditional keeper of Småland Regiment.

Commanding officers

Regimental officers active at the regiment from 1928 to 2000.

Commanders

*1928–1935: Fredrik Lovén *1935–1938: Hjalmar Falk *1938–1942: Sixten Wockatz *1939–1940: Sven Ryman (acting) *1942–1945: Gunnar Hagbergh *1945–1949: Nils Ludvig Verner Göth *1949–1952: Hadar Folke Johannes Cars *1952–1958: Per Alvar Haldan Lindencrona *1958–1963: Gösta Vilhelm Sahlén *1963–1970: Carl Werner Robert Liborius von Mentzer *1970–1976: Nils Fredrik Haegerström *1976–1978: Stig Sjögren *1978–1984: Senior colonel Lars Anders Andersson *1984–1987: Sven Erik Anton Nilsson *1987–1991: Torbjörn Tillman *1991–1991: Karl Olof Eklöf *1992–1999: Wilhelm af Donner *1999–2000: Thore Ingvar Levin Bäckman

Deputy commanders

*1976–????: Colonel Tore Bremer

Names, designations and locations

Footnotes

References

Notes

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External links

www.skillingaryd.nu
(Swedish) {{DEFAULTSORT:Smaland Regiment Infantry regiments of the Swedish Army Disbanded units and formations of Sweden Military units and formations established in 1928 Military units and formations disestablished in 2000 1928 establishments in Sweden 2000 disestablishments in Sweden Eksjö Garrison