The Bohuslän Regiment ( sv, Bohusläns regemente), designation I 17, was a
Swedish Army
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History
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infantry
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regiment
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that traces its origins back 1661. It was disbanded in 1992. The regiment's soldiers were originally recruited from the provinces of
Bohuslän, and it was later garrisoned there in the town
Uddevalla
Uddevalla (old no, Oddevold) is a town and the seat of Uddevalla Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. In 2015, it had a population of 34 781.
It is located at a bay of the south-eastern part of Skagerrak. The beaches of Uddevalla ...
.
Heraldry and traditions
Colours, standards and guidons
The colour was presented to the former Royal Bohuslän Regiment (I 17) in Uddevalla by 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 ...
on 27 August 1961. The colour was drawn by Brita Grep and embroidered by hand in insertion technique by the company Libraria. It was used as regimental colour by I 17 until 1 July 1992 and as a
National Home Guard colour (Uddevalla Northern Home Guard District) 1992–1997.
Blazon
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: "On white cloth the provincial badge of
Bohuslän; a red tower em-battled with two yellow portcullis with black hinges and locks, between dexter an erect blue sword and sinister a yellow lion rampant. On a red border at the upper side of the colour, battle honours in white." Battle honours:
Lund (1676),
Landskrona
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(1677),
Hälsingborg (1710),
Gadebusch (1712) and
Svensksund (1790).
Coat of arms
The coat of the arms of the Bohuslän Regiment (I 17) 1977–1992 and the Bohus-Dal Group (') since 1997.
Blazon
In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct the appropriate image. The verb ''to blazon'' means to create such a description. The visua ...
: "Argent, the provincial badge of Bohuslän, a castle with a tower both embattled gules; masoned sable, two portcullis or charged with hinges and locks sable between a sword erect azure and a lion rampant of the last, armed and langued or. The shield surmounted two muskets in saltire or".
Memorial stones
In 1901, the regiment raised a memorial stone of the
Battle of Svensksund
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at its former military camp, Backamo, in connection with a visit by the German regiment Graf Roon. This German regiment is derives from the former Psilanderhielmska Regiment based in
Pomerania
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, which in 1796 became named after the newly arrived commander von Engelbrechten.
When the regiment moved in to Uddevalla, the monument was moved to the adjacent regiment park at the present Bohuslän Defense Museum.
Heritage
In connection with the decommissioning of Bohuslän Regiment, its traditions came from 1 July 1992 onwards to be kept by the Bohus Group (').
Commanding officers
Regimental commanders:
Commanders
*1720–1728: Ture Gabriel Bielke
*1720–1721: Jean Louis Bousquet (acting)
*1722–1724: Johan Fredrik Didron (acting)
*1728–1740:
Axel Erik Roos
*1740–1746: Anders Tungelfeldt
*1746–1758: Georg Reinhold von Köhler
*1759–1763: Lars Åkerhielm
*1763–1769: Georg Gustaf Wrangel
*1769–1775: Mauritz Casimir Lewenhaupt
*1775–1781: Axel Didrik Meijendorff von Yxkull
*1781–1790: Jan Verner Tranefelt
*1789–1792: Hans Henric von Essen (acting)
*1790–1792: Gustav Wachtmeister
*1792–1793: Fredrik Adolf von Numers
*1793–1796: Adolf Fredrik Påhlman
*1796–1810: Johan Leonard Belfrage
*1810–1821: Erik Wilhelm Haij
*1818–1821: Philip von Mecklenburg (acting)
*1821–1838: Philip von Mecklenburg
*1838–1856: Georg Gillis von Heideman
*1856–1868: Henrik Nauckhoff
*1868–1881: Georg Fleetwood
*1881–1882: Otto Taube
*1881–1882:
Axel Rappe (acting)
*1882–1885:
Axel Rappe
*1885–1890: Axel Rudenschöld
*1890–1892: Christer Oxehufvud
*1890–1892: Mathias Fjellman (acting)
*1892–1898: Mathias Fjellman
*1898–1907: Olof Malm
*1907–1915: Charles Tottie
*1914–1915:
Olof Werling Melin (acting)
*1915–1921:
Olof Werling Melin
*1921–1923: Bengt Ribbing
*1923–1930: Victor Landegren
*1930–1936: Harald Malmberg
*1936–1937: Thorsten Rudenschiöld (acting)
*1937–1942: Thorsten Rudenschiöld
*1942–1948: Sven Öberg
*1948–1957: Erik Sellin
*1957–1963: Gunnar Smedmark
*1963–1966: Claës Skoglund
*1966–1971: Bertil Kamph
*1971–1977: Gunnar Åberg
*1977–1980: Åke von Schéele
*1980–1982: Lars Löfberg
*1982–1983: Arne Rolff (acting)
*1983–1985: Arne Rolff
*1985–1987: Jan-Olof Borgén
*1987–1990: Kaj Sjösten
*1990–1990: Lennart Bergqvist
*1991–1992: Lars Andréasson
Deputy commanders
*1969–19??: Lieutenant colonel Arne Rolff
*1982–1983: Colonel Arne Rolff
Names, designations and locations
See also
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List of Swedish infantry regiments
This is a list of Swedish infantry regiments.
Original regiments
The original thirteen (fourteen) Swedish county regiments of Foot:
* '' Dalregementet'' (Dalarna Regiment)
* '' Hälsinge regemente'' (Hälsingland Regiment)
* '' Jönköpings ...
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