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LIVREGIMENTETS GRENADJERGRUPP ØREBRO

HM Gustav Adolf VI, Representative of the Livregimentet, Harald Dahle

The Livregimentet Ørebro Sweden

The regiment traces its roots to the Arboga meeting in 1536, when King Gustav I of Sweden (Gustav Vasa) created the units' The Flag of Uppland (Upplandsfanan) "and 'The Flag of Södermanland (Södermanlandsfanan)'. Sweden had mostly relied on foreign soldiers mercenaries for any organized, large-scale war before this.The new scheme was based on volunteer farmers who kept horses and as an incentive to sign up received tax deductions.They had to practice alone, but organized practice almost never happened.This frustrated King Gustav Vasa and his son and possible successor, King Eric XIV of Sweden , who tried to motivate commanders to keep their units ready for war.

But this goal remained elusive, and the youngest son of Gustav I of Sweden (Gustav Vasa), Charles IX of Sweden , introduced a new rule in 1609, when he was king, that the units should be inspected and exercised at least monthly by their commandments. In 1612, when Charles IX of Sweden's son Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (Gustav II Adolf) had just been appointed king, the two units each had 200 cavalry riders each and were well trained and organized. These cavalry units became the backbone of the king's successful military tactics, inspired by the new Polish hussars from the effective lighthouse units during the Thirty Years' War and the Polish-Swedish War.

In 1626, he completely reorganized the Swedish army into independent combat units called squadrons consisting of four mounted-rider ( Hussar ) companies, with 100 riders each, fighting alongside infantry units Dragoon . The newly named "regiment" units were 'The Riders of Uppland ', who recruited from Uppland , Västmanland and Värmland , and 'The Riders of Södermanland ', who recruited from Södermanland and Närke . They had two squadrons each. At the Battle of Lützen (1632) the king himself commanded two of these squadrons, one from each regiment, on the left wing against the Roman Catholic general Wallenstein, where they were separated from the rest of the army due to heavy smoke and suffered heavy losses, including the king's life.

Sweden still won that battle, and today the name of this battle is included in the regiment's flag. These tactics, in which cavalry played the central role of rapid flanking maneuvers on the battlefield, required much more practice than previous styles, and Gustavus Adolphus has been called the "father of modern warfare" or the first great modern general. In 1634, in a larger army organization, the two regiments were merged into a regiment called 'The Riders of Uppland ' (Upplands ryttare). Commander Field Marshal Sir (Baron) Claes Christersson Horn of Åminne (1587–1651) was leader of Uppland's regiment during 1628–1634 and the merger, and his successors were Isak Axelsson Silversparre (1634–1638), Johan Mauritz Wrangel (1639–1657 )), Pontus Fredric De la Gardie (1658–1664), Eric Planting Gyllenbåga (1664–1667).

On November 26, 1667, the regiment was promoted and renamed the Mounted Royal Life Regiment 'Livregementet till häst' in reward for its achievements under King Karl X Gustav in the Second Northern War by his son Karl XI of Sweden . Count Otto Wilhelm von Königsmark was commander of the regiment.

Under Charles XI of Sweden , the regiment was praised for its great courage in the Scanian War and especially the Battle of Lund in 1676 under Commander Nils Bielke. After victory, King Charles XI said allegedly: "next to God I had to thank the brave Nils Bielke and his Life Regiment."

Nils Bjelke

Count Nils Bielke (7 February 1644 in Stockholm – 26 November 1716) was a member of the High Council of Sweden, military and politician. Born the eldest son of Baron Ture Nilsson Bielke, who died in 1648, Queen Christina granted the young boy the barony of Korpo in the archipelago of Finland Proper in 1649.[1] He married countess Eva Horn, one of the heiresses of the sonless field marshal Count Gustav Horn af Björneborg.

Nils Bielke entered the service of the Swedish Army and the Royal Court in the 1660s. He was appointed Lieutenant General in 1678, Governor-General of Swedish Estonia in 1687 and Swedish Pomerania (1687–98). He became Field Marshal in 1690. During the Scanian War (1675–1679), he made important contributions both as a troop organizer and as an officer on the field. He especially distinguished himself at the Battle of Lund in 1676 as the commander of the Royal Cavalry Guard (Livregementet till häst).

He was Sweden's ambassador in France from 1679–1682 and 1684–1687, he took part in Emperor Leopold I's Great Turkish War. He was created Reichsgraf in the Holy Roman Empire. Charles XI of Sweden later allowed him comital rank in Sweden. Nils Bielke was dissatisfied with Charles XI's despotic policy towards the old aristocracy. As the governor of Swedish Pomerania it was only reluctantly that he took part in the reduction of property belonging to the nobility. In addition to this, he undertook private negotiations in order to push Sweden towards a pro-French policy against the wishes of the Swedish government.

As a result of this, he lost his position in 1698 and after a long legal process, he was sentenced to death in 1705. He was, however, pardoned and in 1715, he was redeemed.

The town of Lund is still mentioned in the regiment's flag, and straw, which was used to identify members of the regiment in the foggy battle, still today decorates the regiment's emblem (the circle around the three crowns). By 1679 the regiment had 12 companies organized into three squadrons and had been continuously engaged in warfare for over 80 years. Under Charles XII of Sweden , son of Charles XI of Sweden , the regiment played a central role in the Swedish victories in the Great Northern War . An example is the Battle of Kliszów, when the Swedish army of 12,000 men defeated the Polish-Saxon army twice as large.

In the battle, the right wing, built around the regiment, which had 21 squadrons and 2,100 men and was led by Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld , was surrounded on three sides by the Saxon cavalry of 34 squadrons with 4,250 men. The back line recognized the situation, quickly returned and switched to attacking the enemy's flanks in a brutal battle, which they eventually won. Other battles in the Great Northern War, where the regiment played central roles were Crossing of the Düna , Battle of Pułtusk (1703) , Battle of Holowczyn , Battle of Poltava and Battle of Helsingborg .

All these city names can be found in the regiment's flag. The Mounted Life Regiment was the only regiment within the Stockholm Garrison that was not recruited. After 1780, the regiment had its training field at Utnäs Löt near Strömsholm. In 1785 a special detachment of light dragoons was formed by the regiment. It was formed by adding 18 men from each company to dragoons, forming four companies of 36 men each. This force was later expanded, and in 1789 during the Russian War they appeared as a separate unit of 300 men, six companies under the name The Light Dragoon Corps of His Majesty's Life Regiment.

In 1791 the regiment was reorganized into a brigade consisting of the Life Regiment Brigade Cuirassier Corps., Which consisted of the companies closest to the capital - heavy cavalry; Life Regiment Brigade Light Dragoon Corps., Which consisted of companies Örebro, Fellingsbro, Östra Nerike and Vadsbo; and Life Regiment Brigade Light Infantry Battalion, which consisted of the companies in Västmanland and from 1804 also Södermandland's company. In 1815 came Life Regiment Light Dragoon Corps. was declared independent and received the name Life Regiment Hussar Corps.

The corps was primarily divided into Närke and northern Västergötland and from 1836 had offices and schools in Örebro . The unit had its meeting place 1815–1836 at Utnös Lut near Strömsholm and from 1846 at Sanna Hed outside Hallsberg . In 1893 the name was replaced with the present name 'the Life Regiments Hussars'. In 1905, the regiment moved into the barracks in Skövde .

From 1942–1961, the Signal Release of Skövde S1 Sk was located in barracks within the K 3 regiment area. In 1955, it was decided to reorganize the Life Regiment hussars into a battalion and manage it together with Skaraborg Armored Regiment, P 4. At the battalion, an annual training of 150 motorcycle and bicycle guards and approx. 200 field policemen (MP). . The number of horses was reduced from 432 to 15. In connection with the transition from company training to battalion, the Life Regiment Hussars again became a regiment. The regiment was moved to the Karlsborg Fortress in Karlsborg on 1 July 1984, where it is still located.

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