Uplandia Grand Regiment

Uplandia Grand Regiment, Upplands storregemente (also Regiment of the Land in Uplandia, Landsregementet i Uppland) was one of the nine grand regiments organized by Gustav II Adolph in the late 1610s and split into smaller regiments in the 1620s.

History

Raised from fänikor in the provinces of Uplandia, Dalecarlia and Westmannia in 1617 and counting 3,000 men. The fänikor where smaller units of 500 men. The regiment had six fänikor in 1617. The grand regiment was in turn organized into three field regiments (fältregementen) and a cavalry regiment, thus actually being more like a brigade in spite of the name.

The regiment did not take part in any campaign during its short lifetime. The grand regiments of Sweden where re-organized during the early 1620s to consist of three field regiments, each of eight companies of 150 men, thus making the total number 3,600 soldiers per grand regiment. It is unsure whether or not the cavalry regiment was included in the total number.

Between 1623 and 1626, the regiment was split into four smaller regiments, Uplandia Regiment, Westmannia Regiment, Dalecarlia Regiment and the Uplandia Cavalry Regiment.

Organization

Before being split, the regiment was organized as follows:

• 1:a fältregementet (1st Field Regiment)
  • 8 companies from Dalecarlia
• 2:a fältregementet (2nd Field Regiment)
  • 8 companies from Uplandia
• 3:e fältregementet (3rd Field Regiment)
  • 6 companies from Westmannia
  • 2 companies from Dalecarlia
• Kavalleriregementet (Cavalry Regiment)
  • 8 companies from Uplandia

Campaigns

• None known.

See also

• List of Swedish regiments
• List of Swedish wars
• History of Sweden
• Provinces of Sweden