North Scanian Infantry Regiment
military unit
North Scanian Infantry Regiment (Swedish: Norra skånska infanteriregementet), designation I 6, was a Swedish Army infantry regiment that operated from 1812 to 1963. The unit was based in the Kristianstad Garrison in Kristianstad. In 1963 the regiment was transferred to the Swedish Armoured Troops under the name of North Scanian Regiment (P 6).
History
The North Scanian Infantry Regiment was raised on 10 December 1811, and its first commander, major general Georg Carl von Döbeln, was appointed on 14 January 1812. The regiment was roterade (an old feudal method of recruiting) in the northern part of Scania with 522 numbers in Kristianstad County and 462 in Malmöhus County, and it was mainly carried out by using extra roteringen (new formation of regiments from district till then privileged). Through the 1892 organization, the regiment received some numbers from Kronoberg Regiment. The regiment received its conscripts from Kristianstad County, with the exception of Östra and Västra Göinge Hundred, and from the northern part of Malmöhus County.
The regiment participated in the 1813 campaign in Germany and the 1814 campaign in Norway. From 1816, however, the regiment was allotted and the force was reduced to 1,000 men, while the rotering was extended to parts of Malmöhus County.
In 1816, all Swedish regiments received an order number, where the North Scanian Infantry Regiment was awarded No 24.
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