Västergötland Cavalry Regiment

Västergötland Cavalry Regiment
Västgöta kavalleriregemente
An officer and trooper of the regiment during the Great Northern War
Active1628–1811
CountrySweden
BranchSwedish Army
TypeCavalry
SizeRegiment
ColoursYellow and black
Battle honoursSkara (1611), Skillingehed (1612), Burgstall (1631), Breitenfeld (1631), Dirschau (1627), Stuhm (1629), Lützen (1632), Lund (1676)

The Västergötland Cavalry Regiment (Swedish: Västgöta kavalleriregemente) was a cavalry regiment of the Swedish Army raised in 1628. It was reorganized into an infantry regiment in 1811. The regiment's soldiers were recruited from the province of Västergötland.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.