Life Guard Dragoons (Sweden)
| Life Guard Dragoons | |
|---|---|
| Livgardets dragoner | |
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| Active | 1949–2000 |
| Country |
 Sweden
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| Allegiance | Swedish Armed Forces |
| Branch | Swedish Army |
| Type | Cavalry regiment |
| Size | Regiment |
| Part of |
Milo Ö (1949–1984) Svea Life Guards (1984–1994) Milo M (1994–2000) |
| Garrison/HQ | |
| Colors | White and blue |
| March | "Dragonerna komma" (Eriksson) |
| Anniversaries | 4 December (Battle of Lund) |
| Battle honours |
Lützen (1632) Oldendorf (1633) (1636) Leipzig (1642) Warsaw (1656) Frederiksodde (1657) March Across the Belts (1658) Lund (1676) Battle of Landskrona (1677) Düna (1701) Kliszów (1702) Pułtusk (1703) Holowczyn (1708) Helsingborg (1710) Svensksund (1790) |
The Life Guard Dragoons (Swedish: Livgardets dragoner), designated K 1, was a Swedish Army cavalry unit active from 1949 to 2000. The unit was formed as a squadron called the Life Guards Squadron (Livgardesskvadronen) in 1949, as a replacement for the previous K 1, the Mounted Life Regiment (Livregementet till häst) (1928–1948). In 1975 the squadron were made into a regiment, titled the Life Guard Dragoons with Stockholm Defense Area (Livgardets dragoner med Stockholms försvarsområde K 1/Fo 44), redesignated the Life Guard Dragoons in 1984. The regiment had ceremonial mounted cavalry duties, as well as training recruits and providing part of the garrison in Stockholm. In 2000, the regiment was amalgamated into the Life Guards, which combines the infantry and cavalry guard units of the Swedish Army.
The unit was formed as the Life Guards Squadron (Livgardesskvadronen, K 1) on 1 October 1949, this in conjunction when the Mounted Life Regiment (Livregementet till häst, K 1) was disbanded according to the 1948 Defense Bill. In the disbandment decision it was decided that a squadron would be maintained until further notice, where the Stockholm Staff Company (Stockholms stabskompani) whould be included. In 1955 it was decided to retain the Life Guards Squadron as a partial mounted garrison unit, in order to cover the needs of the Royal Guard troops in Stockholm. The number of horses was reduced from 177 to 60.
In connection with OLLI reform, which was carried out within the Swedish defence during the years 1973-1975, the Life Guards Squadron were merged with the Stockholm Defense Area (Stockholms försvarsområde, Fo 44) that after the merger adopted the name Life Guard Dragoons (Livgardets dragoner). From 1 July 1975 the defense area regiment K 1/Fo 44 was established. This resulted in that the Life Guard Dragoons withing the Stockholm Defense Area became an A unit (defense area regiment) and that the Svea Life Guards (I 1), Svea Engineer Regiment (Ing 1) and Roslagen Air Defence Regiment (Lv 3) became B units (training units). The Life Guard Dragoons received the overall mobilization and material responsibility within the defense area, and the B units responsibility was only as training units. With the reorganization into a regiment, followed a series of take-over of units from other units. Among other things, a Swedish Navy staff company was transferred to the Life Guard Dragoons. Furthermore the military police education was in 1974 transferred from the Life Regiment Hussars (K 3) in Skövde to the Life Guard Dragoons. On 1 January 1977, the regiment was transferred responsibility for the Medical Training School (Medicinalfackskolan, MedfackS). On 1 July 1979 the regiment was transferred responsibility for the Frösunda Detachment.
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