Bohuslän Regiment

Bohuslän Regiment
Bohusläns regemente
(I 17)

Insignia
Active 1661–1992
Country  Sweden
Branch Swedish Army
Type Infantry
Size Regiment
Colours Green
Battle honours Lund (1676)
Landskrona (1677)
Helsingborg (1710)
Gadebusch (1712)
Svensksund (1790)

The Bohuslän Regiment (Swedish: Bohusläns regemente), designation I 17, was a Swedish Army infantry regiment that traces its origins back 1661. It was disbanded in 1992. The regiment's soldiers were originally recruited from the provinces of Bohuslän, and it was later garrisoned there in the town Uddevalla.

Commander

Regimental commanders:[1]

  • 1898–1907: Olof Bernhard Malm
  • 1907–1915: Charles Daniel Tottie
  • 1915–1921: Olof Werling Melin
  • 1921–1923: Bengt Carl Arvid Ribbing
  • 1923–1930: Carl Henrik Victor Landegren
  • 1930–1936: Erik Emil Harald Malmberg
  • 1936–1942: Thorsten Gustaf Gabriel Rudenschiöld
  • 1942–1948: Sven Erhard Öberg
  • 1948–1957: Erik Sellin
  • 1957–1963: Carl Gunnar Smedmark
  • 1963–1966: Claës Skoglund
  • 1966–1971: Bertil Carl Johan Kamph
  • 1971–1977: Erik Gunnar Åberg
  • 1977–1980: Åke Carl Herman von Schéele
  • 1980–1982: Lars Jerker Löfberg
  • 1982–1985: Arne Rolff
  • 1985–1987: Jan–Olof Borgén
  • 1987–1990: Kaj Åke Lennart Sjösten
  • 1990–1990: Thorsten Lennart Bergqvist
  • 1991–1992: Lars Sigurd Andréasson

References

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  1. ↑ Kjellander, Rune (2003). Sveriges regementschefer 1700-2000: chefsbiografier och förbandsöversikter (in Swedish). Stockholm: Probus. p. 251. ISBN 91-87184-74-5.

Coordinates: 58°20′52″N 11°57′26″E / 58.34778°N 11.95722°E / 58.34778; 11.95722


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