Bohuslän Regiment

Bohuslän Regiment
Bohuslän Regiment
Bohusläns regemente
Active	1720–1992
Country	Sweden
Allegiance	Swedish Armed Forces
Branch	Swedish Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Regiment
Part of	3rd Military District (1833–1893); 3rd Army Division (1893–1901); III Army Division (1902–1927); Western Army Division (1928–1936); III Army Division (1937–1943); III Military District (1943–1966); Western Military District (1966-1992)
Garrison/HQ	Uddevalla
Nickname(s)	Green Dragoons (Gröna dragonerna)
Motto(s)	Gärningar – Inte ord; ("Deeds - Not words"); Mod, tapperhet och uthållighet - en krigsmans förnämsta dygder; ("Courage, bravery and perseverance - the greatest virtues of a warrior")
Colors	Green
March	"Bohusläns regementes marsch" (Bagge/Speich) ; "Deutschland auf der Wacht" (Franke)
Battle honours	Lund (1676); Landskrona (1677); Hälsingborg (1710); Gadebusch (1712); Svensksund (1790)
Insignia
Branch insignia m/60
Unit insignia m/60
Shoulder sleeve insignia

The Bohuslän Regiment (Swedish: Bohusläns regemente), designation I 17, was a Swedish Army infantry regiment that traces its origins back 1661. It was disbanded in 1992. The regiment's soldiers were originally recruited from the provinces of Bohuslän, and it was later garrisoned there in the town Uddevalla.

Heraldry and traditions

Colours, standards and guidons

The colour was presented to the former Royal Bohuslän Regiment (I 17) in Uddevalla by King Gustaf VI Adolf on 27 August 1961. The colour was drawn by Brita Grep and embroidered by hand in insertion technique by the company Libraria. It was used as regimental colour by I 17 until 1 July 1992 and as a National Home Guard colour (Uddevalla Northern Home Guard District) 1992–1997. Blazon: "On white cloth the provincial badge of Bohuslän; a red tower em-battled with two yellow portcullis with black hinges and locks, between dexter an erect blue sword and sinister a yellow lion rampant. On a red border at the upper side of the colour, battle honours in white." Battle honours: Lund (1676), Landskrona (1677), Hälsingborg (1710), Gadebusch (1712) and Svensksund (1790).^[3]

Coat of arms

The coat of the arms of the Bohuslän Regiment (I 17) 1977–1992 and the Bohus-Dal Group (Bohus-Dalsgruppen) since 1997. Blazon: "Argent, the provincial badge of Bohuslän, a castle with a tower both embattled gules; masoned sable, two portcullis or charged with hinges and locks sable between a sword erect azure and a lion rampant of the last, armed and langued or. The shield surmounted two muskets in saltire or".^[4]

Memorial stones

In 1901, the regiment raised a memorial stone of the Battle of Svensksund at its former military camp, Backamo, in connection with a visit by the German regiment Graf Roon. This German regiment is derives from the former Psilanderhielmska Regiment based in Pomerania, which in 1796 became named after the newly arrived commander von Engelbrechten.^[5] When the regiment moved in to Uddevalla, the monument was moved to the adjacent regiment park at the present Bohuslän Defense Museum.^[6]^[7]

Heritage

In connection with the decommissioning of Bohuslän Regiment, its traditions came from 1 July 1992 onwards to be kept by the Bohus Group (Bohusgruppen).^[8]

Commanding officers

Regimental commanders:^[9]

Commanders

1720–1728: Ture Gabriel Bielke
1720–1721: Jean Louis Bousquet (acting)
1722–1724: Johan Fredrik Didron (acting)
1728–1740: Axel Erik Roos
1740–1746: Anders Tungelfeldt
1746–1758: Georg Reinhold von Köhler
1759–1763: Lars Åkerhielm
1763–1769: Georg Gustaf Wrangel
1769–1775: Mauritz Casimir Lewenhaupt
1775–1781: Axel Didrik Meijendorff von Yxkull
1781–1790: Jan Verner Tranefelt
1789–1792: Hans Henric von Essen (acting)
1790–1792: Gustav Wachtmeister
1792–1793: Fredrik Adolf von Numers
1793–1796: Adolf Fredrik Påhlman
1796–1810: Johan Leonard Belfrage
1810–1821: Erik Wilhelm Haij
1818–1821: Philip von Mecklenburg (acting)
1821–1838: Philip von Mecklenburg
1838–1856: Georg Gillis von Heideman
1856–1868: Henrik Nauckhoff
1868–1881: Georg Fleetwood
1881–1882: Otto Taube
1881–1882: Axel Rappe (acting)
1882–1885: Axel Rappe
1885–1890: Axel Rudenschöld
1890–1892: Christer Oxehufvud
1890–1892: Mathias Fjellman (acting)
1892–1898: Mathias Fjellman
1898–1907: Olof Malm
1907–1915: Charles Tottie
1914–1915: Olof Melin (acting)
1915–1921: Olof Melin
1921–1923: Bengt Ribbing
1923–1930: Victor Landegren
1930–1936: Harald Malmberg
1936–1937: Thorsten Rudenschiöld (acting)
1937–1942: Thorsten Rudenschiöld
1942–1948: Sven Öberg
1948–1957: Erik Sellin
1957–1963: Gunnar Smedmark
1963–1966: Claës Skoglund
1966–1971: Bertil Kamph
1971–1977: Gunnar Åberg
1977–1980: Åke von Schéele
1980–1982: Lars Löfberg
1982–1983: Arne Rolff (acting)
1983–1985: Arne Rolff
1985–1987: Jan-Olof Borgén
1987–1990: Kaj Sjösten
1990–1990: Lennart Bergqvist
1991–1992: Lars Andréasson

Deputy commanders

1969–19??: Lieutenant colonel Arne Rolff
1982–1983: Colonel Arne Rolff

Names, designations and locations

Name	Translation	From		To
Kungl Bohusläns kavalleri- och dragonregemente	Royal Bohuslän Cavalry and Dragoon Regiment	1720-12-21	–	1727-??-??
Kungl Bohusläns dragonregemente	Royal Bohuslän Dragoon Regiment	1727-??-??	–	1776-??-??
Kungl Bohusläns lätta dragonregemente	Royal Bohuslän Light Dragoon Regiment	1776-??-??	–	1791-??-??
Kungl Bohusläns regemente	Royal Bohuslän Regiment	1791-??-??	–	1974-12-31
Bohusläns regemente	Bohuslän Regiment	1975-01-01	–	1992-06-30
Designation		From		To
No. 17		1816-10-01	–	1914-09-30
I 17		1914-10-01	–	1992-06-30
Location		From		To
Backamo		1770-??-??	–	1913-09-27
Uddevalla		1913-10-14	–	1992-06-30

Footnotes

^ Later used by the 14th Home Guard Battalion.^[1]
^ The march replaced "Bohusläns regementes marsch" (Bagge/Speich) in 1889 and was established by Army Order 33/1953.^[2]

References

Notes

^ Handbok: parad 6: traditionsvård 2017, p. 49
^ Sandberg 2007, p. 31
^ Braunstein 2004, pp. 79–80
^ Braunstein 2006, p. 25
^ Gabrielsson 2004, p. 166
^ "Registerkort Nr O07" (in Swedish). Svenska militära minnesmärken. Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
^ Gabrielsson 2004, p. 98
^ Braunstein 2003, pp. 77–80
^ Kjellander 2003, p. 251

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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-05-22. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-11-25. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
Gabrielsson, Lennart, ed. (2004). Konglig Bohus läns regemente. I fält och till sjöss 1676-1814 (in Swedish). Kungälv: Backamo vänners förlag. ISBN 91-972930-4-0. SELIBR 9818473.
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.