The Jönköping Regiment ( sv, Jönköpings regemente), designation I 12, was a

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that traced its origins back to the 16th century. It was merged with another unit to form a new regiment in 1927. The regiment's soldiers were originally recruited from

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, and it was later garrisoned there.

History

The regiment has its origins in fänikor (companies) raised in Jönköping County in the 1550s and 1560s. In 1619, these units—along with fänikor from the nearby province of

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—were organised by

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into Östergötlands storregemente, of which eleven of the total 24 companies were recruited in Jönköping County. Östergötlands storregemente consisted of three field regiments, of which Jönköping Regiment was one. Sometime between 1623 and 1628, the grand regiment was permanently split into three smaller regiments, of which Jönköping Regiment was one. Jönköping Regiment was one of the original 20 Swedish infantry regiments mentioned in the Swedish

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of 1634, although it was mentioned as one of two regiments that should merge to form Småland Regiment, but that regiment was never formed and instead Jönköping Regiment and Kronoberg Regiment were kept separate. The regiment's first commander was Lars Kagg. The regiment was allotted in 1684. The regiment was given the designation I 12 (12th Infantry Regiment) in a general order in 1816. Jönköping Regiment was garrisoned in

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from 1909, before it was merged with

Kalmar Regiment The Kalmar Regiment ( sv, Kalmar regemente), designations I 20, I 21 and Fo 18, was a Swedish Army infantry regiment that traced its origins back to the 16th century. It was merged with another unit to form a new regiment in 1928. It was later rer ...

to form Jönköping-Kalmar Regiment in 1927.

Campaigns

*The

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(1655–1661) *The

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(1674–1679) *The

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(1757–1762) *The

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Finnish War The Finnish War ( sv, Finska kriget, russian: Финляндская война, fi, Suomen sota) was fought between the Kingdom of Sweden and the Russian Empire from 21 February 1808 to 17 September 1809 as part of the Napoleonic Wars. As a res ...

(1808–1809) *The

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(1814)

Organisation

;1634(?) * Livkompaniet *Överstelöjtnantens kompani *Majorens kompani *Norra Wedbo kompani *Västra Härads kompani *Wässbo kompani *Ösbo härads kompani *Wista härads kompani ;1814(?) *Livkompaniet *Norra Vedbo kompani *Västra Härads kompani *Vista kompani *Mo kompani *Norra Vestbo kompani *Östbo kompani *Södra Vestbo kompani

Commanding officers

Regimental commanders active at the regiment during the years 1623–1927. *1623–1631: Lars Kagg *1631–1700: ??? *1700–1706: L Clerck *1706–1706: E Hillebard *1706–1710: Georg von Buchwaldt *1709–1710: G W Fleetwood (acting) *1710–1710: H Hamilton *1710–1712: Anders Eriksson Leijonhielm *1712–1714: Carl Breitholtz (acting) *1714–1725: Henrik Otto von Albedyl *1725–1736: Christer Henrik d'Albedyhll *1736–1739: B Horn *1739–1747: P Silfversparre *1747–1761: Erik Gustaf Queckfeldt *1761–1772: Carl Fredrik Pechlin *1773–1774: Hugo Herman von Saltza *1774–1774: Hans Gustaf Gyllengranat *1774–1782: Germund Carl von Braunjohan *1782–1785: Otto Jacob Zöge von Manteuffel *1785–1790: Curt Philip Carl von Schwerin *1790–1797: A L von Friesendorff *1797–1810: W Bennet *1810–1816: Gustaf Bergenstråhle *1816–1818: C S von Hartmansdorff *1818–1849: H Stierngranat *1849–1857: Enar Nordenfelt *1857–1867: C J Munck *1867–1884: A M Leuhusen *1884–1892: H O E d'Ailly *1892–1901: Fredrik August Åstrand *1901–1909: Otto Ewert Mauritz Wolffelt *1909–1917: Per Ludwig Henrik Alexander Tham *1917–1926: Axel Steuch *1926–1927: Fredrik Lovén

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