Life Regiment Dragoons

Life Regiment Dragoons
Livregementets dragoner
Heraldic arms
Active1791–1927
Country Sweden
AllegianceSwedish Armed Forces
BranchSwedish Army
TypeCavalry
SizeRegiment
Part of
  • 4th Military District (1833–1893)
  • 4th Army Division (1893–1901)
  • IV Army Division (1902–1927)
Garrison/HQStockholm
ColorsWhite and gold
March"Dragonerna komma" (Ericson)[note 1]
Anniversaries4 December (Battle of Lund 1676)
Battle honoursLützen (1632), Lund (1676), Kliszów (1702), Holowczyn (1708)

The Life Regiment Dragoons (Swedish: Livregementets dragoner), designated K 2, was a Swedish Army cavalry regiment that was active in various forms 1791–1927. The unit was based in the Stockholm Garrison in Stockholm and belonged to the King's Life and Household Troops (Kungl. Maj:ts Liv- och Hustrupper) until 1974.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Sandberg 2007, p. 29
  2. ^ Braunstein 2003, pp. 123–125
  3. ^ Kjellander 2003, p. 286
  4. ^ Holmberg 1993, p. 18


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