Life Guards (Sweden)
| Life Guards | |
|---|---|
| Livgardet (LG) | |
Coat of Arms of Livgardet
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| Active | 2000–Present (roots dating back to 1521) |
| Country |
 Sweden
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| Branch |
 Swedish Army
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| Type | Household Infantry and Cavalry |
| Role |
Infantry Ceremonial |
| Size | Regiment |
| Part of | ATS (2000–) |
| RHQ | Kungsängen |
| Motto(s) |
Possunt nec Posse Videntur (They can what it seems they cannot) |
| Colors | Infantry: yellow Cavalry: white |
| March |
Infantry: Quick - Svea livgardes marsch (Körner) March Past - Svea livgardes defileringsmarsch (Gustafsson) Cavalry: Quick - Dragonerna komma (Ericson) Canter - Fehmarn-Sund-Marsch (Piefke) |
| Anniversaries | 14 January |
| Battle honours |
Swedish War of Liberation (1521)
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| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
Colonel Christian Tistam |
| Current deputy commander | Colonel Stefan Nacksten |
| Honorary Chief | His Majesty The King |
Swedish War of Liberation (1521)
Thirty Years' War
The Life Guards (Swedish: Livgardet) is a combined Swedish Army cavalry/infantry regiment, with guard of honour and training responsibility. Established in 2000 from the Svea Life Guards and the Life Guard Dragoons, it's today mainly located in Brunna north of Kungsängen in Upplands-Bro Municipality and at the Cavalry Barracks in .
Svea Life Guards dates back to the year 1521, when the men of Dalarna chose 16 young able men as body guards for Gustav Vasa, thus making the Life Guards one of the world's oldest regiments still in active duty.
The King's Battalion's Life Company is the world's oldest company. Since the year 1523 the section, now enlarged, has been known as the Royal Corps of Halberdiers and, under various names, the regiment has had its natural home at the Palace in Stockholm. The Halberdiers were transformed in 1619 into the Household Company which accompanied Gustavus Adolphus wherever he went in Europe. It was from this time too that the unit was classed as a regiment. In 1633 the company brought the king's body home from Lützen and thereafter formed the basis of Queen Christina's new guards regiment within the royal household.
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