Hälsingland Regiment

Hälsingland Regiment
Hälsinge regemente (I 14, I 14/Fo 49, I 14/Fo 21)
150x200px Insignia
Active	1630–1997
Country	Sweden
Branch	Swedish Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Regiment
Motto	"Fasthet, Förmåga, Förtroende" ("Solidity, Ability, Confidence")
Colours	Black and white
March	"Marcia militaris" (late 19th century–1997)
Battle honours	Novgorod (1611), Warszawa (1656), Fredriksodde (1657), Tåget över Bält (1658), Lund (1676), Landskrona (1677), Narva (1700), Düna (1701), Jakobstadt (1704), Gemäuerthof (1705), Gadebusch (1712)

The Hälsingland Regiment (Swedish: Hälsinge regemente), designations I 14, I 14/Fo 49 and I 14/Fo 21, was a Swedish Army infantry regiment that traced its origins back to the 16th century. It was disbanded in 1997. The regiment's soldiers were originally recruited from the provinces of Hälsingland and Gästrikland, and it was later garrisoned in Gästrikland.

History

The regiment has its origins in fänikor (companies) raised in Hälsingland and Gästrikland in the 1550s and 1560s. In 1615, these units—along with fänikor from the nearby provinces of Medelpad, Ångermanland and Västerbotten—were organised by Gustav II Adolf into Norrlands storregemente, of which eleven of the total 24 companies were recruited in Hälsingland and Gästrikland. Norrlands storregemente consisted of three field regiments, of which Hälsinge regemente was one. Sometime around 1624, the grand regiment was permanently split into three smaller regiments, of which Hälsinge regemente was one.

The regiment was officially raised in 1630 although it had existed since 1624. Hälsinge regemente was one of the original 20 Swedish infantry regiments mentioned in the Swedish constitution of 1634. The regiment was also called Joakim Brahes regemente after its first commander Joakim Brahe. It was allotted in 1682 as the second Swedish regiment to be so, after Dalregementet.

The regiment was given the designation I 14 (14th Infantry Regiment) in a general order in 1816. Hälsinge regemente was garrisoned in Gävle from 1909. In 1973, the regiment gained the new designation I 14/Fo 49 as a consequence of a merge with the local defence area Fo 49. When the local defence area changed designation to Fo 21 in 1982, the designation changed to I 14/Fo 21. The regiment was disbanded in 1997, and the barracks that had been refurbished in 1995–1996 were turned into a college campus for the University College of Gävle.

Campaigns

File:Minnesmärke över Hälsinge regemente.jpg

The Hälsinge regemente memorial monument in Gävle. The inscription reads: "Here at Kungsbäck soldiers of war were trained 1909–1993. Hälsinge regemente ceased in 1997. Solidity–Ability–Confidence."

• The Swedish War of Liberation (1521–1523)
• The Northern Seven Years' War (1563–1570)
• The War against Russia (1590–1595)
• The Polish War (1600–1629)
• The Thirty Years' War (1630–1648)
• The Torstenson War (1643–1645)
• The Northern Wars (1655–1661)
• The Scanian War (1674–1679)
• The Great Northern War (1700–1721)
• The Hats' Russian War (1741–1743)
• The Seven Years' War (1757–1762)
• The Gustav III's Russian War (1788–1790)
• The Finnish War (1808–1809)
• The Campaign against Norway (1814)

Organisation

1634(?)

• Livkompaniet
• Överstelöjtnantens kompani
• Majorens kompani
• Alsta kompani
• Delsbo kompani
• Ovansjö kompani
• Arbrå kompani
• Jervsö kompani

1814(?)

• Livkompaniet
• Forssa kompani
• Järvsö kompani
• Delsbo kompani
• Färnebo kompani
• Arbrå kompani
• Alfta kompani
• Ovansjö kompani

Name, designation and garrison

Name	Translation	From		To
Joakim Brahes regemente	Joakim Brahe's Regiment	1630	–	1634
Hälsinge regemente	Hälsingland Regiment	1633	–	31 December 1997

Designation	From		To
I 14	1816	–	30 June 1973
I 14/Fo 49	1 July 1973	–	30 June 1982
I 14/Fo 21	1 July 1982	–	31 December 1997

Training ground or garrison town	From		To
Florhed	1630	–	1689
Mohed	1689	–	14 February 1909
Gävle (G)	15 February 1909	–	31 December 1997

See also

• List of Swedish regiments
• Provinces of Sweden

References

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