Norrbottens regemente

Norrbottens regemente (Norrbotten Regiment), designation I 19, is a Swedish Army armoured and light infantry regiment that traces its origins back to the 19th century. The regiment's soldiers were originally recruited from the province of Norrbotten, and it is currently garrisoned in Boden, Norrbotten.

History

The regiment was created in 1841 when Västerbottens fältjägarregemente was split into two corps units of battalion size, one of them being Norrbottens fältjägarkår. The unit was upgraded to regimental size and renamed to Norrbottens regemente in 1892. The regiment had its training grounds at various places in Norrbotten, but was eventually garrisoned in Boden in 1907. A skiing battalion was created in 1917, and in 1943 this battalion was split off from the regiment and was eventually reorganised in 1975 into Lapplands jägarregemente.

Norrbottens regemente was given the designation old designation of Västerbottens regemente, I 19 (19th Infantry Regiment), when it was split off. The regiment merged with Norrbottens pansarbataljon (P 5) in 1975 to form Norrbottens regemente med Norrbottens pansarbataljon, and the unit gained the designation I 19/P 5. For a short time in the 1990s, the unit was then merged with the wartime organised Norrbottensbrigaden, designation MekB 19. In 2000, the unit was reorganised once again, and was redesignated back to its old designation I 19 despite being an armoured regiment, the name was also changed back to Norrbottens regemente.

Campaigns

• None

Organisation

1841

• Livkompaniet
• Piteå kompani
• Kalix kompani
• Råneå kompani

2000

• Norrbottens pansarbataljon
• Norrlands artilleribataljon
• Norrlands ingenjörbataljon
• Norrlands luftvärnsbataljon
• Norrlands signalbataljon

2007

• Norrbottens pansarbataljon
• Arméns Jägarbataljon

Name, designation and garrison

Name	Translation	From		To
Norrbottens fältjägarkår	Norrbotten Field Jäger Corps	1841	–	1892-12-11
Norrbottens regemente	Norrbotten Regiment	1892-12-12	–	1975-06-30
Norrbottens regemente med Norrbottens pansarbataljon	Norrbotten Regiment with Norrbotten Armoured Battalion	1975-07-01	–	1994-06-30
Norrbottens regemente och Norrbottensbrigaden	Norrbotten Regiment and Norrbotten Brigade	1994-07-01	–	2000-06-30
Norrbottens regemente	Norrbotten Regiment	2000-07-01	–

Designation	From		To
I 19	1841	–	1975-06-30
I 19/P 5	1975-07-01	–	1994-06-30
MekB 19	1994-07-01	–	2000-06-30
I 19	2000-07-01	–

Training ground or garrison town	From		To
Pitholms hed	1841	–	1907-09-30
Näsby hed	1841	–	1907-09-30
Notvikens lägerplats	1883-05-02	–	1907-09-30
Boden (G)	1907-10-01	–

See also

• List of Swedish regiments
• Provinces of Sweden

References

External links

• Norrbottens regemente – official site