The regiment traces its heritage to the
fänika (a tactical unit used in the late dark ages) that was raised
during Gustav Vasa reign. The oldest document are from 1552. In 1615 these where
used to raise a regiment that was devided into two smaller regiments in 1624.
One of these was named Hälsinge regiment and had Lennart Torstensson,
later a famous commander of the thirty year war, as its first commander. The
other regiment became Västerbottens regiment. The regiment was located in Gävle
and was disbanded in 1994.
The regiments colors was black and
white.
Victory names:
NOVGOROD 1611 WARZAWA 1656 FREDERIKSODDE 1657
THE CROSSING OF THE BELT 1658 LUND 1676 LANDSKRONA 1677
NARVA 1700 DÜNA 1701 JAKOBSTADT 1704 GEMÄUERTHOF 1705
GADEBUSCH 1712
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