Gotlands nationalbeväring (Gotland National Conscript) was a Swedish Army

Swedish Army

The Swedish Army is one of the oldest standing armies in the world and a branch of the Swedish Armed Forces; it is in charge of land operations. General Sverker Göranson is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Army.- Organization :...

 infantry

Infantry

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 regiment

Regiment

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 that traced its origins back to the 19th century. It was split into two new regiments in 1887. The regiment's soldiers were recruited on the island of Gotland

Gotland

Gotland is a county, province, municipality and diocese of Sweden; it is Sweden's largest island and the largest island in the Baltic Sea. At 3,140 square kilometers in area, the region makes up less than one percent of Sweden's total land area...

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History

The regiment was created in 1811 when it was decided to organize Nationalbeväringen på Gotland (later Gotlands nationalbeväring) after having experienced the Russian occupation of the island in 1808–1809. The unit was 6,781 men strong and consisted of three artillery companies

Company (military unit)

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 and 43 companies of infantry and rangers. Gotlands nationalbeväring was reformed into two separate units, Gotlands infanteriregemente

Gotlands infanteriregemente

Gotlands infanteriregemente , designations I 27 and I 18, was a Swedish Army infantry regiment that traced its origins back to the 19th century. It was reorganized into an armoured regiment in 1963...

 and Gotlands artillerikår, in 1887.

Organisation

1861

• Norra bataljonen
  • 6 companies
• Mellersta bataljonen
  • 7 companies
• Södra bataljonen
  • 8 companies

Name, designation and garrison

Name	Translation	From		To
Nationalbeväringen på Gotland	National Conscript on Gotland	1811-02-05	–	?
Gotlands nationalbeväring	Gotland National Conscript	?	–	1886-12-31

Designation	From		To
No designation		–

Training ground or garrison town	From		To
No training ground		–