Östgöta infanteriregemente (Östergötland Infantry Regiment) 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

Infantrymen are soldiers who are specifically trained for the role of fighting on foot to engage the enemy face to face and have historically borne the brunt of the casualties of combat in wars. As the oldest branch of combat arms, they are the backbone of armies...

 regiment

Regiment

A regiment is a major tactical military unit, composed of variable numbers of batteries, squadrons or battalions, commanded by a colonel or lieutenant colonel...

 that traced its origins back to the 16th century. It was merged with another unit to form a new regiment in 1791. The regiment's soldiers were recruited from the 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...

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History

The regiment has its origins in fänikor (companies) raised in Östergötland in the 16th century. In 1619, these units—along with fänikor from the nearby 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 :...

—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 nine of the total 24 companies were recruited in Östergötland. Östergötlands storregemente consisted of three field regiments, of which Östgöta infanteriregemente was one. Sometime between 1623 and 1628, the grand regiment was permanently split into three smaller regiments, of which Östgöta infanteriregemente was one.

The regiment was officially raised in 1636 although it had existed since the 1620s. Östgöta infanteriregemente was one of the original 20 Swedish infantry regiments mentioned in the Swedish constitution

Constitution

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 of 1634. The regiment's first commander was Johan Banér

Johan Banér

Johan Banér was a Swedish Field Marshal in the Thirty Years' War.-Biography:Johan Banér was born at Djursholm Castle in Uppland. As a four year old he was forced to witness how his father, the Privy Councillour Gustaf Banér, and uncle, Sten Axelsson Banér , were executed at the Linköping Bloodbath...

. It 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 1685.

Östgöta infanteriregemente was merged with Östgöta kavalleriregemente

Östgöta kavalleriregemente

Östgöta kavalleriregemente was a Swedish Army cavalry regiment that traced its origins back to the 16th century. It was merged with another unit to form a new regiment in 1791. The regiment's soldiers were recruited from the province of Östergötland.- History :The regiment has its origins in...

 in 1791 to form Livgrenadjärregementet

Livgrenadjärregementet

Livgrenadjärregementet , designations I 4 and I 4/Fo 41, was a Swedish Army infantry regiment that traced its origins back to the 16th century. It was disbanded in 1997...

. The reorganisation and renaming to a "life grenadier" title of honour was conducted in regard to the regiment's achievements during Gustav III's Russian War. Östgöta infanteriregemente was renamed to Livgrenadjärregementets rotehållsdivision and retained some form of semi-independence.

Campaigns

• The Northern Seven Years' War
  Northern Seven Years' War
  The Northern Seven Years' War was the war between Kingdom of Sweden and a coalition of Denmark–Norway, Lübeck and the Polish–Lithuanian union, fought between 1563 and 1570...
  
   (1563–1570)
• The War against Sigismund
  War against Sigismund
  The war against Sigismund was a war between Duke Charles, later King Charles IX and Sigismund, King of Sweden and Poland. Lasting from 1598 to 1599, it is also called War of Deposition against Sigismund, since the focus of the conflicts was the attempt to depose the latter from the throne of Sweden...
  
   (1598–1599)
• 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 Kalmar War
  Kalmar War
  The Kalmar War was a war between Denmark–Norway and Sweden. Though Denmark soon gained the upper hand, she was unable to defeat Sweden entirely...
  
    (1611–1613)
• 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 Torstenson War (1643–1645)
• 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 Gustav III's Russian War (1788–1790)

Organisation

1634(?)

• Livkompaniet
• Överstelöjtnantens kompani
• Majorens kompani
• Ydre kompani
• Östanstångs kompani
• Kinds kompani
• Västanstångs kompani
• Vadstena kompani

17??(?)

• Livkompaniet
• Stångebro kompani
• Kinds kompani
• Östanstångs kompani
• Ombergs kompani
• Vreta Klosters kompani
• Motala kompani
• Ydre kompani

Name, designation and garrison

Name	Translation	From		To
Östgöta infanteriregemente	Östergötland Infantry Regiment	1636	–	1791

Designation	From		To
No designation		–

Training ground or garrison town	From		To
Malmen	17th century	–	1791