Allotment system
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The allotment system was a system used in Sweden for keeping a trained army at all times. This system came into use in around 1640, and was replaced by the modern Swedish Armed Forces conscription sys
Drawing of Swedish soldiers belonging to the "new" allotment system and wearing uniforms of the 1830s
Gustav Vasa, founder of the old allotment system
Charles XI introduced the new allotment system.
Swedish croft soldiers at a general muster, drawing by Gustaf Cederström, 1887.
Caroleans
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Caroleans, from Carolus, the Latin form of the name Charles, is a term used to describe soldiers of the Swedish army during the reigns of Kings Charles XI and Charles XII of Sweden, and specifically f
Allotment system
…necessarily from the regiments' respective provinces. Before the reform, soldiers of the same company generally stemmed from the same village and region. Caroleans History of Sweden…
Contemporary depiction of Caroleans at the Battle of Gadebusch
Depiction of Carolean artillerymen by Emil Åberg (1864–1940)
Charles XI exercising the Life Guards of Foot at Gärdet in 1691