Jämtlands fältjägarregemente
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| Designation | I 5 |
| Type | infantry regiment |
| Existence | 1670–2004 |
| Colours | Blue |
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| "För Sverige ära, för Sveriges makt, över berg, över dal, skallar Jämtlands jakt" ("For Sweden's honour, for Sweden's might, over mountain, over valley, the Jemtian rangers resound") |
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| Nowodwor 1655 |
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Jämtlands fältjägarregemente (Jemtia Field Ranger Regiment), also I 5 or I 23, was a Swedish Army infantry regiment located in the province of Jämtland that traced its origins back to the 17th Century.
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[edit] History
The regiment has its origin in Ångermanlands, Medelpads och Jämtlands regemente raised in 1646 in the newly conquered province Jämtland, although the men were mostly recruited in the old Swedish provinces of Ångermanland and Medelpad. The regiment was also called Thomas Gärffelts regemente after the first commander.
The regiment was disbanded in 1661 as the recruitment provinces were transferred to the navy. But some companies of the regiment did exist until 1670, when they were incorporated in the newly raised Jämtlands regemente till fot (or Anders Plantings regemente). From 1689 on, the regiment was named Jämtlands dragonregemente, but had only one company of cavalry troops. This company was later organized into Norrlands dragonregemente.
The regiment was renamed Jämtlands infanteriregemente in 1770 before gaining the present name in 1820. The regiment also had the name Jämtlands fältjägarkår a short period between 1853 and 1892. Jämtlands fältjägarregemente was garrisoned in Östersund and was given the designation I 23 (23rd Infantry Regiment) after a general order in 1816. This was changed to I 5 in 1927. For a short time in the 1990s, the unit was merged with the wartime organized Fältjägarbrigaden before being reorganized in 2000 back to Jämtlands fältjägarregemente. The regiment was closed down in 2004, to be completely disbanded no later than August 2006.
[edit] Campaigns
- The Thirty Years' War 1647–1649
- The Northern Wars 1655–1658
- The Scanian War 1675–1679(?)
- The Great Northern War 1700–1721
- The Gustav III's Russian War 1788–1790
- The Finnish War 1808–1809
- The Campaign against Norway 1814
[edit] Organization
1689(?)
- Livkompaniet
- Överstelöjtnantens kompani
- Majorens kompani
- Brunflo kompani
- Hallens kompani
- Revsunds kompani
- Ovikens kompani
- Bergs kompani
1853
- Livkompaniet
- Bergs kompani
- Revsunds kompani
- Hammerdals kompani
[edit] Various
| Ångermanlands, Medelpads och Jämtlands regemente | Angermannia, Medelpadia and Jemtia Regiment | 1646-01-16 | – | 1670 |
| Jämtlands regemente till fot | Jemtia Foot Regiment | 1670 | – | 1689 |
| Jämtlands dragonregemente | Jemtia Dragoon Regiment | 1689 | – | 1770 |
| Jämtlands infanteriregemente | Jemtia Infantry Regiment | 1770 | – | 1820-02-07 |
| Jämtlands fältjägarregemente | Jemtia Field Ranger Regiment | 1820-02-08 | – | 1853-05-24 |
| Jämtlands fältjägarkår | Jemtia Field Ranger Corps | 1853-05-25 | – | 1892-12-31 |
| Jämtlands fältjägarregemente | Jemtia Field Ranger Regiment | 1893-01-01 | – | 1994-06-30 |
| Jämtlands fältjägarregemente och Fältjägarbrigaden |
Jemtia Field Ranger Regiment and Field Ranger Brigade |
1994-07-01] | – | 2000-06-30 |
| Jämtlands fältjägarregemente | Jemtia Field Ranger Regiment | 2000-07-01 | – | 2004-12-31 |
| I 23 | 1816 | – | 1927-12-31 |
| I 5 | 1928-01-01 | – | 1994-06-30 |
| NB 5 | 1994-07-01 | – | 2000-06-30 |
| I 5 | 2000-07-01 | – | 2004-12-31 |
| Frösö läger | 1682 | – | 1911-09-30 |
| Kronstad skans | 1713 | – | 1815 |
| Östersund (G) | 1911-10-01 | – | 2004-12-31 |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- See the Swedish regiments article for general references.
