Jönköpings regemente designation I 12, was a Swedish Army

Swedish Army

The Swedish Army is one of the oldest standing armies in the world and a branch of the Swedish Armed Forces; it is in charge of land operations. General Sverker Göranson is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Army.- Organization :...

 infantry

Infantry

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 regiment

Regiment

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 that traced its origins back to the 16th century. It was merged with another unit to form a new regiment in 1927. The regiment's soldiers were originally recruited from Jönköping County

Jönköping County

Jönköping County is a county or län in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Halland, Västra Götaland, Östergötland, Kalmar and Kronoberg. The capital is Jönköping.- Provinces :...

, and it was later garrisoned there.

History

The regiment has its origins in fänikor (companies) raised in Jönköping County in the 1550s and 1560s. In 1619, these units—along with fänikor from the nearby province of Östergötland

Östergötland

Östergötland, English exonym: East Gothland, is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden in the south of Sweden. It borders Småland, Västergötland, Närke, Södermanland, and the Baltic Sea. In older English literature, one might also encounter the Latinized version, Ostrogothia...

—were organised by Gustav II Adolf into Östergötlands storregemente

Östergötlands storregemente

Östergötlands storregemente or Landsregementet i Östergötland was one of the nine grand regiments organized by Gustavus Adolphus in the late 1610s and split into smaller regiments in the 1620s.- History :Raised in Götaland from smaller units of 500 men called fänikor, more specifically from the...

, of which eleven of the total 24 companies were recruited in Jönköping County. Östergötlands storregemente consisted of three field regiments, of which Jönköpings regemente was one. Sometime between 1623 and 1628, the grand regiment was permanently split into three smaller regiments, of which Jönköpings regemente was one.

Jönköpings regemente was one of the original 20 Swedish infantry regiments mentioned in the Swedish constitution

Constitution

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 of 1634, although it was mentioned as one of two regiments that should merge to form Smålands regemente, but that regiment was never formed and instead Jönköpings regemente and Kronobergs regemente

Kronobergs regemente

Kronobergs regemente , designations I 11 and I 11/Fo 16, was a Swedish Army infantry regiment that traced its origins back to the 16th century. It was disbanded in 1997...

 were kept separate. The regiment's first commander was Lars Kagg

Lars Kagg

Count Lars Kagg was a Swedish soldier and politician. He was appointed Privy Councilor in 1641, Field Marshal in 1648 and Lord High Constable in 1660. In the Thirty Years' War , he commanded troops at the Battle of Oldendorf, in 1633....

. The regiment was allotted

Swedish allotment system

The allotment system was a system used in Sweden for keeping a trained army at all times. This system came into use in around 1640, and was replaced in the early 1900s by the Swedish Armed Forces conscription system...

 in 1684. The regiment was given the designation I 12 (12th Infantry Regiment) in a general order

General order

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 in 1816. Jönköpings regemente was garrisoned in Jönköping

Jönköping

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 from 1909, before it was merged with Kalmar regemente

Kalmar regemente

Kalmar regemente , designations I 20, I 21 and Fo 18, was a Swedish Army infantry regiment that traced its origins back to the 16th century. It was merged with another unit to form a new regiment in 1928. It was later reraised and disbanded again in 1997...

 to form Jönköpings-Kalmar regemente in 1927.

Campaigns

• The Polish War
  Polish–Swedish War (1600–1629)
  The Polish–Swedish War was twice interrupted by periods of truce and thus can be divided into:* Polish–Swedish War * Polish–Swedish War...
  
   (1600–1629)
• The Thirty Years' War
  Thirty Years' War
  The Thirty Years' War was fought primarily in what is now Germany, and at various points involved most countries in Europe. It was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history....
  
   (1630–1648)
• The Northern Wars
  Northern Wars
  Northern Wars is a term used for a series of wars fought in northern and northeastern Europe in the 16th and 17th century. An internationally agreed nomenclature for these wars has not yet been devised...
  
   (1655–1661)
• The Scanian War
  Scanian War
  The Scanian War was a part of the Northern Wars involving the union of Denmark-Norway, Brandenburg and Sweden. It was fought mainly on Scanian soil, in the former Danish provinces along the border with Sweden and in Northern Germany...
  
   (1674–1679)
• The Great Northern War
  Great Northern War
  The Great Northern War was a conflict in which a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in northern Central Europe and Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the anti-Swedish alliance were Peter I the Great of Russia, Frederick IV of...
  
   (1700–1721)
• The Seven Years' War
  Seven Years' War
  The Seven Years' War was a global military war between 1756 and 1763, involving most of the great powers of the time and affecting Europe, North America, Central America, the West African coast, India, and the Philippines...
  
   (1757–1762)
• The First War against Napoleon
  First War against Napoleon
  The Pomeranian War or the First War against Napoleon, was the first involvement by Sweden in the Napoleonic Wars when the country joined the Third Coalition to assist in the overthrow of Napoleon.-Background:...
  
   (1805–1810)
• The Finnish War
  Finnish War
  The Finnish War was fought between Sweden and the Russian Empire from February 1808 to September 1809. As a result of the war, the eastern third of Sweden was established as the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland within the Russian Empire...
  
   (1808–1809)
• The Second War against Napoleon (1813–1814)
• The Campaign against Norway
  Swedish campaign against Norway (1814)
  The Swedish-Norwegian War, also known as the Campaign against Norway, was fought between Sweden and Norway in the summer of 1814. The war resulted in Norway entering into union with Sweden, but with its own constitution and parliament.-Background:...
  
   (1814)

Organisation

1634(?)

• Livkompaniet
• Överstelöjtnantens kompani
• Majorens kompani
• Norra Wedbo kompani
• Västra Härads kompani
• Wässbo kompani
• Ösbo härads kompani
• Wista härads kompani

1814(?)

• Livkompaniet
• Norra Vedbo kompani
• Västra Härads kompani
• Vista kompani
• Mo kompani
• Norra Vestbo kompani
• Östbo kompani
• Södra Vestbo kompani

Name, designation and garrison

Name	Translation	From		To
Jönköpings regemente	Jönköping Regiment	27 June 1623	–	31 December 1927

Designation	From		To
I 12	1816	–	31 December 1927

Training ground or garrison town	From		To
Skillingaryd Skillingaryd Skillingaryd is a locality situated in Vaggeryd Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 3,808 inhabitants in 2005. Together with Vaggeryd the seat of Vaggeryd Municipality....	1777	–	1913
Jönköping Jönköping -Notable people:*Lillian Asplund, RMS Titanic survivor*John Bauer, illustrator, painter*Amy Diamond, singer*Agnetha Fältskog, ABBA*Carl Henrik Fredriksson, editor-in-chief and co-founder of Eurozine*Anders Gustafsson, kayaker, Olympian... (G)	1913	–	31 December 1927