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The Jönköping Regiment (), 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
Jönköping County Jönköping County () is a county or '' län'' in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Halland, Västra Götaland, Östergötland, Kalmar and Kronoberg. The total county population was 356,291 inhabitants in September 2017. The capita ...
, 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
Östergötland Östergötland (; English exonym: East Gothland) is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden (''landskap'' in Swedish) in the south of Sweden. It borders Småland, Västergötland, Närke, Södermanland and the Baltic Sea. In older English li ...
—were organised by
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into
Östergötlands storregemente ''Östergötlands storregemente'' or ''Landsregementet i Östergötland'' (Östergötland Grand Regiment, Regiment of the Land in Östergötland) was one of the nine grand regiments organized by Gustavus Adolphus in the late 1610s and split into ...
, 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 Lars Kagg (1 May 1595 – 19 November 1661) was a Swedish count and military officer. He was a political ally of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, a member of the Privy Council of Sweden and Field Marshal during the Thirty Years' War. Kagg was b ...
. The regiment was allotted in 1684. The regiment was given the designation I 12 (12th Infantry Regiment) in a
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in 1816. Jönköping Regiment was garrisoned in
Jönköping Jönköping (, ) is a Urban areas in Sweden, city in southern Sweden with 112,766 inhabitants (2022). Jönköping is situated on the southern shore of Sweden's second largest lake, Vättern, in the province of Småland. The city is the seat o ...
from 1909, before it was merged with Kalmar Regiment to form Jönköping-Kalmar Regiment in 1927.


Campaigns

*The Polish War (1600–1629) *The
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(1630–1648) *The
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(1655–1661) *The
Scanian War The Scanian War (; ; ; ) was a part of the Northern Wars involving the union of Denmark–Norway, Electorate of Brandenburg, Brandenburg and Swedish Empire, Sweden. It was fought from 1675 to 1679 mainly on Scanian soil, in the former Danish ...
(1674–1679) *The
Great Northern War In the Great Northern War (1700–1721) a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern Europe, Northern, Central Europe, Central and Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the ant ...
(1700–1721) *The
Seven Years' War The Seven Years' War, 1756 to 1763, was a Great Power conflict fought primarily in Europe, with significant subsidiary campaigns in North America and South Asia. The protagonists were Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain and Kingdom of Prus ...
(1757–1762) *The
Franco-Swedish War The Franco-Swedish War or Pomeranian War was the first involvement by Sweden in the Napoleonic Wars. The country joined the Third Coalition in an effort to defeat France under Napoleon Bonaparte. Background In 1803, the United Kingdom had dec ...
(1805–1810) *The
Finnish War The Finnish War (; ; ) was fought between the Gustavian era, Kingdom of Sweden and the Russian Empire from 21 February 1808 to 17 September 1809 as part of the Napoleonic Wars. As a result of the war, the eastern third of Sweden was established a ...
(1808–1809) *The
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(1813–1814) *The Campaign against Norway (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 Lars Kagg (1 May 1595 – 19 November 1661) was a Swedish count and military officer. He was a political ally of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, a member of the Privy Council of Sweden and Field Marshal during the Thirty Years' War. Kagg was b ...
*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


Names, designations and locations


See also

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