The Marine Regiment ( da, Marineregimentet) was the naval infantry of the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy, and later an infantry regiment, established in 1672 by

Christian IV Christian IV (12 April 1577 – 28 February 1648) was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Holstein and Schleswig from 1588 until his death in 1648. His reign of 59 years, 330 days is the longest of Danish monarchs and Scandinavian monar ...

and based at

Glückstadt Glückstadt (; da, Lykstad) is a town in the Steinburg district of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is located on the right bank of the Lower Elbe at the confluence of the small Rhin river, about northwest of Altona. Glückstadt is part of th ...

Naval Station.

History

The Marine Regiment was a Danish-Norwegian unit, which was established in 1672 with Captain Vogel as commanding officer and its garrison at Naval Station Glückstadt in the town of

at the Elbe in Holstein. Before the regiment was raised, Danish warships always had a group of regular soldiers on board, whose job it was to fire on decks, rigging and the hallway of enemy ships and capture them. However, having Army and Navy troops on the same ship created command and organisational problems, as ships had two commanders, one commanding the ship and responsible for maneuvring and navigation and one commanding the soldiers. Raising the Marine Regiment under Navy command removed these problems. It was considered a punishment to be a mariner (Marine), and the recruitment base for the regiment included individuals who could not adapt to other regiments. This created a tradition of extremely hardy soldiers. Even among sailors these soldiers were feared and hated. But one thing you could not deprive them was their fighting spirit and courage. The unit fought honourably in many battles, regardless of the Danish efforts in general. In several battles the Regiment received permission to leave the battlefield with weapons in hand as recognition for their efforts. In 1741, it moved to

Rendsburg Rendsburg ( da, Rendsborg, also ''Rensborg'', nds, Rendsborg, also ''Rensborg'') is a town on the River Eider and the Kiel Canal in the central part of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is the capital of the ''Kreis'' (district) of Rendsburg-Ecke ...

and changed its name to Bornholm Infantry Regiment ( da, Bornholmske infanteriregiment).

Units

From 1951 the battalions from the Marineregiment was under the command of Bornholms Defends Disband units * Insigne incognitum

1st battalion (I/BV), Motorized infantry Battalion.(1951-2000) * Insigne incognitum

2nd battalion (II/BV), Motorized infantry Battalion. (1951-2000) * Insigne incognitum

3rd battalion (III/BV), Infantry Battalion. (1986-1996)

Names of the regiment

Standards

Regimental flag of Bornholm Infantry Regiment.svg, Bornholm Infantry Regiment
Regimental flag of Aarhus Infantry Regiment.svg, Aarhus Infantry Regiment
Regimental flag of 1st Jutland Infantry Regiment.svg, 1st Jutlandic Infantry Regiment

References

;Bibliography * * *

External links

Marineregimentets historyMarineregimentet and Denmark
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