Swedish name: Kronobergs regemente,
The regiment was first established in 1623 as the
Kronoberg Regiment. The regiment was linked to the Allotment System in July
28th 1684.
The regiment's history goes back to the
"fänikor" that was raised in the province of Småland (the counties of
Kalmar and Kronoberg) in the 16th century. King Gustav II Adolf formed a
"landsregemente" - a Grand Regiment, from these Småland
"fänikor".
In 1623 the Grand Regiment was split up into two
independent regiments, The Kronoberg Regiment and the Kalmar Regiment. As a
result of the Constitution adopted in 1634 the Army was reorganized. The
Kronoberg regiment was then referred to as the "5th Regiment". The
regiment was allotted with 1100 "rotar". Hence, the Regiment had 1100
soldiers organized into 8 companies. All of the "rotar" were located
within the south of Småland (the county of Kronoberg).
Uniform before the standard uniform: Yellow coat with red
cuffs (1676). The regiment received the standard uniform (the blue and yellow
Carolean uniform) in 1692.
Victorious Battle Campaigns (segernamn):
Kliszow 1702
Warszawa 1705
Fraustadt 1706
Holovczyn 1708
Helsingborg 1710
Here is the flag I pulled from the web for this unit:
As per my previous post, the latest addition to my Swedish GNW collection is the Vastmanlands Regiment, sporting the near standard uniform of blue coat with yellow facings, although wearing blue stockings rather than yellow.
Brief history below:
Västmanlands regemente
The regiment was first established in 1623 as the
Västmanland Regiment. The regiment was linked to the Allotment System in 1682.
The regiment's history goes back to the "fänikor"
that was raised in the province of Västmanland in the 16th century. In 1617,
King Gustav II Adolf formed a "landsregemente" - a Grand Regiment,
from the Västmanland fänikor and from fänikor in the provinces of Dalarna and
Uppland.
In 1623 the Grand Regiment was split up into three
independent regiments, The Västmanland Regiment, The Uppland Regiment and The
Dalecarlia Regiment. As a result of the Constitution adopted in 1634 the Army
was reorganized. The Västmanland Regiment was then referred to as the
"15th Regiment". The regiment was allotted with 1200 rotar. Hence, the
Regiment had 1200 soldiers organized into 8 companies. The regiment's
"rotar" were located within the counties of Västmanland , Örebro and Kopparberg .
Uniform before the standard uniform: Red coat with yellow
cuffs (1675). The regiment received the standard uniform (the blue and yellow
Carolean uniform) in1691.
Victorious Battle Campaigns (segernamn):
•Narva 1700
•Düna 1701
•Kliszow 1702
•Fraustadt 1706
•Helsingborg 1710
•Gadebusch 1712
Here is the first of three elements of the Vastmanlands Regemente, the ninth infantry unit of a planned twelve (at this stage!) in my Great Northern War project. As usual, I have painted up the central command base, with an officer, two ensigns and the three pikemen. This unit is pretty much standard blue uniform faced yellow, but with blue stockings and the Karpus hat rather than tricorn (except for the officers) Once again, this regiment carries a rather attractive looking regimental colour!
Today Mark arranged a WotR game using mostly his figures but including contributions by both Nick and Julian. Basically eight players had a faction each, and there were a few scattered mercenary bands that any player could "recruit" to their side. Paul played King Richard and John was Henry Tudor - the rest of us could remain neutral or "declare" for either one side or the other. It was a long, hard slog and could have gone either way for much of the game but in the end, Richards forces were victorious, with the Welsh pretender sent packing with his tail between his legs!
