Uppland Regiment

Uppland Regiment
Upplands regemente
Active1626–1709, 1709–1957
Country Sweden
AllegianceSwedish Armed Forces
BranchSwedish Army
TypeInfantry
SizeRegiment
Part of4th Military District (1833–1888)
5th Military District (1888–1893)
5th Army Division (1893–1901)
V Army Division (1902–1927)
Eastern Army Division (1928–1936)
IV Army Division (1937–1942)
IV Military District (1942–1957)
Garrison/HQUppsala
ColorsRed and yellow
March"Utgångsmarsch" (Bergström)[note 1]
Battle honoursVarberg (1565), Narva (1581), Lützen (1632), Warsaw (1656), Fredriksodde (1657), March Across the Belts (1658), Rügen (1678), Düna (1701), Kliszow (1702), Holovczyn (1708), Helsingborg (1710), Svensksund (1790)

The Uppland Regiment (Swedish: Upplands regemente), designation I 8, was a Swedish Army infantry regiment that traced its origins back to the 16th century. It was disbanded in 1957. The regiment's soldiers were originally recruited from the province of Uppland, and it was later garrisoned there.

  1. ^ Sandberg 2007, p. 18


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