Norrbotten Regiment

Norrbotten Regiment
Norrbottens regemente
Active 1841–present
Country  Sweden
Branch Swedish Army
Type Armoured, arctic light infantry
Role Recruit training
Size Regiment
Garrison/HQ Boden, Sweden
Motto "De hava aldrig svikit eller för egen del tappat" ("They have never betrayed or personally lost")
Colours Blue and white
March "Norrbottens fältjägare" (1890s–1916)
"Finska rytteriets marsch" (1916–)
Battle honours Landskrona (1677), Düna (1701), Kliszow (1702), Fraustadt (1706), Malatitze (1708), Strömstad (1717)

The Norrbotten Regiment (Swedish: Norrbottens regemente), designation I 19, is a Swedish Army arctic armoured, light infantry and ranger regiment that traces its origins back to the 19th century. The regiment's soldiers were originally recruited from the province of Norrbotten, and it is currently garrisoned in Boden, Norrbotten. The regiment has the responsibility for training two armoured and one ranger battalion as well as number of Arctic light infantry battalions from the home guard as well as running the army's winter unit.

History

The regiment was created in 1841 when Västerbottens fältjägarregemente was split into two corps units of battalion size, one of them being Norrbottens fältjägarkår. The unit was upgraded to regimental size and renamed to Norrbottens regemente in 1892. The regiment had its training grounds at various places in Norrbotten, but was eventually garrisoned in Boden in 1907. A skiing battalion was created in 1910, and in 1943 this ski battalion was split off from the regiment to later becoming The Army Ranger School and in 1975 as Lapplands jägarregemente.

The regiment merged with Norrbottens pansarbataljon (P 5) in 1975 to form Norrbottens regemente with Norrbottens pansarbataljon, and the unit gained the designation I 19/P 5. For a short time in the 1990s, the unit was then merged with the wartime-organised Norrbotten Brigade, designation MekB 19. In 2000, the unit was reorganised once again, and was redesignated back to its old designation I 19 despite being an armoured regiment, the name was also changed back to Norrbottens regemente.

Organisation

1841
  • Livkompaniet
  • Piteå kompani
  • Kalix kompani
  • Råneå kompani
2000
  • Norrbottens pansarbataljon
  • Norrlands artilleribataljon
  • Norrlands ingenjörbataljon
  • Norrlands luftvärnsbataljon
  • Norrlands signalbataljon
2007
  • Norrbottens pansarbataljon
  • Arméns Jägarbataljon
  • Lapplandsjägargruppen
  • Norrbottensgruppen
  • Västerbottensgruppen
  • Fältjägargruppen
  • Västernorrlandsgruppen
  • Försvarsmaktens vinterenhet (Armed Forces winter unit)

Name, designation and garrison

NameTranslationFrom To
Norrbottens fältjägarkårNorrbotten Field Jäger Corps1841–11 December 1892
Norrbottens regementeNorrbotten Regiment12 December 1892–30 June 1975
Norrbottens regemente med
Norrbottens pansarbataljon		Norrbotten Regiment with
Norrbotten Armoured Battalion		1 July 1975–30 June 1994
Norrbottens regemente och
Norrbottensbrigaden		Norrbotten Regiment and
Norrbotten Brigade		1 July 1994–30 June 2000
Norrbottens regementeNorrbotten Regiment1 July 2000–
DesignationFrom To
I 191841–30 June 1975
I 19/P 51 July 1975–30 June 1994
MekB 191 July 1994–30 June 2000
I 191 July 2000–
Training ground
or garrison town		From To
Pitholms hed1841–30 September 1907
Näsby hed1841–30 September 1907
Notvikens lägerplats2 May 1883–30 September 1907
Boden (G)1 October 1907–

See also

References

Print
  • Braunstein, Christian (2003). Sveriges arméförband under 1900-talet. Stockholm: Statens Försvarshistoriska Museer. ISBN 91-971584-4-5.
  • Holmberg, Björn (1993). Arméns regementen, skolor och staber: en sammanställning. Arvidsjaur: Svenskt militärhistoriskt bibliotek. ISBN 91-972209-0-6.
  • Kjellander, Rune (2003). Sveriges regementschefer 1700-2000: chefsbiografier och förbandsöversikter. Stockholm: Probus. ISBN 91-87184-74-5.
  • Nelsson, Bertil (1993). Från Brunkeberg till Nordanvind: 500 år med svenskt infanteri. Stockholm: Probus. ISBN 91-87184-23-0.
  • Svensk rikskalender 1908. Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt & Söner. 1908.
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Coordinates: 65°49′11″N 21°39′31″E / 65.8198°N 21.6587°E