Småland Regiment

Småland Regiment
Smålands regemente

Active	1928–2000
Country	Sweden
Allegiance	Swedish Armed Forces
Branch	Swedish Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Regiment
Part of	Eastern Brigade (1928–1937) I Army Division (1938–1942) I Military District (1942–1966) Southern Military District (1966–2000)
Garrison/HQ	Eksjö
Motto(s)	Smålands söner – till rikets värn^[note 1] ("Småland's sons - to the defense of the kingdom")
Colours	Red and yellow
March	"Kaiser Friedrich-Marsch" (Friedemann)^[note 2]
Battle honours	Lützen (1632), Wittstock (1636), Warsaw (1656), Landskrona (1677), Klisow (1702), Malatitze (1708), Hälsingborg (1710)
Insignia
Branch insignia m/60
Unit insignia m/60
Shoulder sleeve insignia

The Småland Regiment (Swedish: Smålands regemente), designations I 12 and I 12/Fo 17, was a Swedish Army infantry regiment that traced its origins back to the 16th century. The unit was disbanded as a result of the disarmament policies set forward in the Defence Act of 2000.

History

The regiment was formed in 1928 as Jönköping-Kalmar Regiment (I 12), following a merger of Jönköping Regiment (I 12), and the Kalmar Regiment (I 21). The regiment moved the same year to the Eksjö garrison.

In 1948 the regiment changed its name to Northern Småland Regiment (I 12). On 1 July 1974, the regiment formed with Jönkoping Defence District (Jönköpings försvarsområde, Fo 17) a defensive field regiment to be known as the 12/Fo 17. When both the Kronoberg Regiment (I 11) and Kalmar Regiment (For 18) were disbanded in 1997, Småland Regiment took over responsibility for Kronoberg Defence District (Kronobergs försvarsområde, Fo 16) and Kalmar Defence District (Kalmar försvarsområde, Fo 18) and integrated the Jönkoping Defence District, which then formed Småland Defence District (Smålands försvarsområde, For 17).

Heraldry and traditions

Colours, standards and guidons

When the regiment was raised it carried two colours from the two disbanded regiments Jönköping Regiment and Kalmar Regiment.^[3] A new regimental colour was presented to the Northern Småland Regiment (I 12) in Eksjö by His Majesty the King Gustaf VI Adolf on 11 September 1954 which replaced the two older ones. It was used as regimental colour by I 12 until 1 July 2000.^[4] The colour is drawn by Brita Grep and embroidered by hand in insertion technique probably by the company Libraria.^[4] The battle honours from the two previous regiments were now added to the new colour.^[3] Blazon: "On a quarterly cloth on the first and fourth bays the provincial badge of Småland; on yellow a red lion rampant, armed blue, in the forepaws a red crossbow with white arrowhead and black bow, string and trigger (a legacy from the former Kalmar Regiment, I 21), on the second and third bays the town badge of Jönköping; on red, from a blue wavy base a tripletowered white castle embattled issuant, windows and gates black and a hoisted white gate grill (a legacy from the former Jönköping Regiment, I 12). On a red border at the upper side of the colour, battle honours (Lützen 1632, Wittstock 1636, Warsaw 1656, Landskrona 1677, Klisow 1702, Malatitze 1708, Hälsingborg 1710 in yellow."^[4]

The 1954 regimental colour.

Coat of arms

The coat of the arms of the Northern Småland Regiment (I 12/Fo 17) 1977–1994. Blazon: "Quarterly: I and IV or, the provincial badge of Småland, a double-tailed lion rampant gules armed and langued azure, in the forepaws a crossbow gules, arrow-head argent, bow and string sable. II and III gules, the town badge of Jönköping, from a wavy base azure a castle triple-towered and embattled issuant argent; masoned of the first. Windows and portcullis sable and raised gate grill argent. The shield surmounted two muskets in saltire or".^[5] The coat of arms of the Northern Småland Regiment (I 12/Fo 17) 1994–1998, Småland Regiment (I 12/Fo 17) 1998–2000 and the Northern Småland Group (Norra Smålandsgruppen) since 2000. Blazon: "Quarterly: I and IV or, the provincial badge of Småland, a double-tailed lion rampant gules armed and langued azure, in the forepaws a crossbow gules, arrow-head argent, bow and string sable. II and III gules, the town badge of Jönköping, from a wavy base azure a castle triple towered and embattled issuant argent; masoned of the first. Windows and portcullis sable and raised gate grill argent. The shield surmounted two swords in saltire or".^[5]

Coat of arms of the Northern Småland Regiment (I 12/Fo 17) 1977–1994.
Coat of the arms of the Northern Småland Regiment (I 12/Fo 17) 1994–1998, Småland Regiment (I 12/Fo 17) 1998–2000 and the Northern Småland Group (Norra Smålandsgruppen) 2000–present.

Medals

In 2000, the Smålands regementes (I 12) och Smålandsbrigadens (IB 12) minnesmedalj ("Småland Regiment (I 12) and Småland Brigade (IB 12) Commemorative Medal") in silver (SmålregbrigSMM) of the 8th size was established. The medal has different obverses. The medal ribbon is of yellow moiré with broad red edges and a blue stripe on the middle and a red line on each side.^[6]

The Småland Regiment (I 12) and Småland Brigade (IB 12) Commemorative Medal
The Småland Regiment (I 12) and Småland Brigade (IB 12) Commemorative Medal
Ribbon bar

Heritage

The regiment continued the traditions of Jönköping Regiment and Kalmar Regiment, and from 1985 the memory of the Småland Artillery Regiment was retained at the regiment. When Kalmar Regiment was raised again in 1994, the traditions were continued by the new regiment.^[3] After the regiment and the Småland Brigade (Smålandsbrigaden, IB 12) was disbanded, its traditions were continued by Northern Småland Group (Norra Smålandsgruppen, NSG). From 1 July 2013, Northern Småland Battalion, within the Northern Småland Group, is the traditional keeper of Småland Regiment.^[7]

Commanding officers

Regimental officers active at the regiment from 1928 to 2000.^[8]

Commanders

1928–1935: Fredrik Lovén
1935–1938: Hjalmar Falk
1938–1942: Sixten Wockatz
1939–1940: Sven Ryman (acting)
1942–1945: Gunnar Hagbergh
1945–1949: Nils Ludvig Verner Göth
1949–1952: Hadar Folke Johannes Cars
1952–1958: Per Alvar Haldan Lindencrona
1958–1963: Gösta Vilhelm Sahlén
1963–1970: Carl Werner Robert Liborius von Mentzer
1970–1976: Nils Fredrik Haegerström
1976–1978: Stig Sjögren
1978–1984: Senior colonel Lars Anders Andersson
1984–1987: Sven Erik Anton Nilsson
1987–1991: Torbjörn Tillman
1991–1991: Karl Olof Eklöf
1992–1999: Wilhelm af Donner
1999–2000: Thore Ingvar Levin Bäckman

Deputy commanders

1976–????: Colonel Tore Bremer

Names, designations and locations

Name	Translation	From		To
Kungl Jönköpings-Kalmar regemente	Royal Jönköping-Kalmar Regiment	1928-01-01	–	1948-06-30
Kungl Norra Smålands regemente	Royal Northern Småland Regiment	1948-07-01	–	1974-12-31
Norra Smålands regemente	Northern Småland Regiment	1975-01-01	–	1997-12-31
Smålands regemente	Småland Regiment	1998-01-01	–	2000-06-30
Avvecklingsorganisation Småland	Decommissioning Organisation Småland	2000-07-01	–	2001-03-31
Designation		From		To
I 12		1928-01-01	–	1974-06-30
I 12/Fo 17		1974-07-01	–	2000-06-30
AO Små		2000-07-01	–	2001-03-31
Locations		From		To
Eksjö Garrison/Regementsgatan		1928-01-01	–	1994-06-30
Eksjö Garrison/Stockholmsvägen		1994-07-01	–	2001-03-31

Footnotes

^ Was inherited by Ing 2. Also used by the 33rd Home Guard Battalion.^[1]
^ The march was inherited from Kalmar Regiment, and was established in 1953 by Army Order 33/1953.^[2]

References

Notes

^ Handbok: parad 6: traditionsvård 2017, p. 52
^ Sandberg 2007, p. 32
^ ^a ^b ^c Braunstein 2003, pp. 57–59
^ ^a ^b ^c Braunstein 2004, p. 59
^ ^a ^b Braunstein 2006, p. 23
^ Braunstein 2007, p. 110
^ Försvarets traditioner i framtiden med översiktlig historik från 1500-talet (PDF) (in Swedish). Statens försvarshistoriska museer TradN. 2015. p. 21. ISBN 9789197859554. SELIBR 17552963.
^ Kjellander 2003, p. 307

Print

Braunstein, Christian (2003). Sveriges arméförband under 1900-talet. Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 5 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. ISBN 91-971584-4-5. SELIBR 8902928.
Braunstein, Christian (2004). Svenska försvarsmaktens fälttecken efter millennieskiftet [The flags and standards of the Swedish armed forces after the turn of the millennium] (PDF). Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 7 [dvs 8] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. ISBN 91-971584-7-X. SELIBR 9815350.
Braunstein, Christian (2006). Heraldiska vapen inom det svenska försvaret [Heraldry of the Swedish Armed Forces] (PDF). Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 9 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. ISBN 91-971584-9-6. SELIBR 10099224.
Braunstein, Christian (2007). Utmärkelsetecken på militära uniformer [Decorations on Swedish military uniforms] (PDF). Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 12 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. ISBN 978-91-976220-2-8. SELIBR 10423295.
Kjellander, Rune (2003). Sveriges regementschefer 1700-2000: chefsbiografier och förbandsöversikter (in Swedish). Stockholm: Probus. ISBN 91-87184-74-5. SELIBR 8981272.
Sandberg, Bo (2007). Försvarets marscher och signaler förr och nu: marscher antagna av svenska militära förband, skolor och staber samt igenkännings-, tjänstgörings- och exercissignaler (in Swedish) (New ed.). Stockholm: Militärmusiksamfundet med Svenskt marscharkiv. ISBN 978-91-631-8699-8. SELIBR 10413065.
Handbok: parad 6: traditionsvård : H PARAD 6 2016 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Försvarsmakten. 2017. SELIBR 22459606.

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