Crown Prince's Hussar Regiment, or Kronprinsens husarregemente, also K 7, is a Swedish Army cavalry regiment that traces its origins back to the 18th Century. It was disbanded in 1927.
History
The regiment has its origin in a hussar corps raised in 1757. The following year, the corps was organized into the Swedish Hussar Regiment with Georg Gustaf Wrangel as commander. The regiment was split in two in 1762 forming Blue and Yellow Hussar Regiment. These two were merged back to one in 1766 with the name Hussar Regiment.
The regiment changed name quite a few times during the years, being renamed Mörnerian Hussar Regiment in 1801, Cederströmian Hussar Regiment in 1816 and in 1822, when then-Crown Prince Oscar I became colonel in the regiment, it was renamed Crown Prince's Hussar Regiment. For some months in 1859 and 1860 it was named Crown Prince's Enlisted Hussar Regiment before being renamed to Hussar Regiment King Charles XV. And finally, as the crown prince Gustav VI Adolf was born in 1882 the regiment was renamed back to Crown Prince's Hussar Regiment.
Crown Prince's Hussar Regiment was given the designation K 7 (7th Cavalry Regiment) after a general order in 1816. It was a very special regiment because of two things. Firstly, it was the only unit in the Swedish Army without the prefix "Royal" ("Kingly"), as it was the Crown Prince's, secondly, it was the largest (with ten squadrons) in one town garrisoned cavalry regiment in the world. It was disbanded in 1927 with personnel being transferred to Norrland Dragoon Regiment and the newly created Scanian Cavalry Regiment .
Campaigns
Organization
Various
The regimental names:
| Swedish Hussar Regiment | Svenska husarregementet | 1758-04-24 | - | 1762
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| Blue Hussar Regiment | Blå husarregementet | 1762 | - | 1766-10-07
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| and Yellow Hussar Regiment | Gula husarregementet | 1762 | - | 1766-10-07
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| Hussar Regiment | Husarregementet | 1766-10-08 | - | 1801-07-12
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| Mörnerian Hussar Regiment | Mörnerska husarregementet | 1801-07-13 | - | 1816-01-08
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| Cederströmian Hussar Regiment | Cederströmska Husarregementet | 1816-01-09 | - | 1822-02-04
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| Crown Prince's Hussar Regiment | Kronprinsens husarregemente | 1822-02-05 | - | 1859-08-10
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| Crown Prince's Enlisted Hussar Regiment | Kronprinsens värvade husarregemente | 1859-08-11 | - | 1860-06-17
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| Hussar Regiment King Charles XV | Husarregementet Konung Karl XV | 1860-06-18 | - | 1882-11-24
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| Crown Prince's Hussar Regiment | Kronprinsens husarregemente | 1882-11-25 | - | 1927-12-31
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The regimental designations:
The regimental training grounds and garrison towns:
The regimental colour is dark blue.
There is no regimental motto.
The regimental victory names:
See also
References
See the Swedish regiments article for general references.
Last updated: 06-06-2005 21:15:47
