Halland Regiment

Halland Regiment
Hallands regemente (I 16, I 16/Fo 31)
Insignia
Active	1624–2000
Country	Sweden
Branch	Swedish Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Regiment
Motto(s)	None
Colours	Black and yellow (–1952), Blue and white (1952–2000)
March	"Friedrich-Wilhelm-marsch"
Battle honours	Lützen (1632), Leipzig (1642), Lund (1676), Gadebusch (1712)

The Halland Regiment (Swedish: Hallands regemente), designations I 16 and I 16/Fo 31, was a Swedish Army infantry regiment that traced its origins back to the 16th century. It was disbanded in 2000. The regiment's soldiers were originally recruited from the provinces of Västergötland and Dalsland, but it was later garrisoned in Halland.

History

The regiment has its origins in fänikor (companies) raised in Västergötland and Dalsland in the 16th century. In 1615, these units were organised by Gustav II Adolf into Västergötlands storregemente. Västergötlands storregemente consisted of three field regiments, of which Västgöta-Dals regemente was one. Sometime between 1621 and 1624, the grand regiment was permanently split into three smaller regiments, of which Västgöta-Dals regemente was one.

Västgöta-Dals regemente was one of the original 20 Swedish infantry regiments mentioned in the Swedish constitution of 1634. The regiment's first commander was Wilhelm von Salzburg. It was allotted in 1685. The regiment was given the designation I 16 (16th Infantry Regiment) in a general order in 1816.

In 1902 the regiment changed recruitment area to Halland and was garrisoned in Halmstad. The name was changed to Hallands regemente to reflect this. In 1975, the regiment gained the new designation I 16/Fo 31 as a consequence of a merge with the local defence area Fo 31. The regiment was disbanded in 2000.

Campaigns

• The Polish War (1600–1629)
• The Thirty Years' War (1630–1648)
• The Northern Wars (1655–1661)
• The Scanian War (1674–1679)
• The Great Northern War (1700–1721)
• The Seven Years' War (1757–1762)
• The Gustav III's Russian War (1788–1790)
• The First War against Napoleon (1805–1810)
• The Finnish War (1808–1809)
• The Campaign against Norway (1814)

Organisation

1685(?)

• Livkompaniet
• Överstelöjtnantens kompani
• Majorens kompani
• Sun- och Nordals kompani
• Tössbo kompani
• Kållands kompani
• Vedbo kompani
• Kullings kompani

1814(?)

• Livkompaniet
• Forssa kompani
• Järvsö kompani
• Delsbo kompani
• Färnebo kompani
• Arbrå kompani
• Alfta kompani
• Ovansjö kompani

Name, designation and garrison

Name	Translation	From		To
Västgöta-Dals regemente	Västergötland-Dalsland Regiment	1624	–	1901-12-31
Hallands regemente	Halland Regiment	1902-01-01	–	2000-06-30

Designation	From		To
I 16	1816	–	1975-06-30
I 16/Fo 31	1975-07-01	–	2000-06-30

Training ground or garrison town	From		To
Nygårdsängen	1685	–	1863-05-04
Halland (G)	1906-10-01	–	2000-06-30

See also

• List of Swedish regiments
• Provinces of Sweden

References

Print

• Braunstein, Christian (2003). Sveriges arméförband under 1900-talet. Stockholm: Statens Försvarshistoriska Museer. ISBN 91-971584-4-5.
• Holmberg, Björn (1993). Arméns regementen, skolor och staber: en sammanställning. Arvidsjaur: Svenskt militärhistoriskt bibliotek. ISBN 91-972209-0-6.
• Kjellander, Rune (2003). Sveriges regementschefer 1700-2000: chefsbiografier och förbandsöversikter. Stockholm: Probus. ISBN 91-87184-74-5.
• Nelsson, Bertil (1993). Från Brunkeberg till Nordanvind: 500 år med svenskt infanteri. Stockholm: Probus. ISBN 91-87184-23-0.
• Svensk rikskalender 1908. Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt & Söner. 1908.

Online

• Holmén, Pelle; Sjöberg, Jan (2007). "Swedish Armed Forces 1900-2000". Retrieved 2007-08-25.
• Högman, Hans (2007). "Militaria - Svensk militärhistoria". Retrieved 2007-08-25.
• Persson, Mats (1998). "Swedish Army Regiments". Archived from the original on 2007-08-30. Retrieved 2007-08-25.
• Sharman, Ken (2000). "Swedish military administrative division as per 1629". Retrieved 2007-08-25.