norrland grand regiment

Norrland Grand Regiment, Norrlands storregemente (also Regiment of the Land in Norrland, Landsregementet i Norrland) 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 fnikor in Norrland, more specifically the provinces of Westrobothnia, Angermannia, Medelpadia, Helsingia and Gestricia in 1615 and counting 3,000 men. The fnikor where smaller units of 500 men. In 1617, the regiment was led by Svante Banr and consisted of seven fnikor. The grand regiment was in turn organized into three field regiments (fltregementen), thus actually being more like a brigade in spite of the name. One of the field regiments was used in 1621 in the war against Poland and was present at the siege of Riga between August 10th and September 13th with eight companies of 150 men each. The grand regiments of Sweden where re-organized during the period to consist of three field regiments, each of eight companies of 150 men, thus making the total number 3,600 soldiers per grand regiment. Jakob Duwall was commander of the regiment in 1624. During the same year, the grand regiment was split into three smaller regiments, Westrobothnia Regiment, Helsingia Regiment, and the third regiment was transferred to the navy.

Organization

Before being split, the regiment was organized as follows:

1:a fltregementet (1st Field Regiment)

6 companies from Helsingia
1 company from Medelpadia
1 company from Gestricia

2:a fltregementet (2nd Field Regiment)

3 companies from Angermannia
2 companies from Helsingia
2 companies from Gestricia
1 company from Medelpadia

3:e fltregementet (3rd Field Regiment)

7 companies from Westrobothnia
1 company from Angermannia

Campaigns

One field regiment on expedition in 1621 to Livonia during the Polish War.