Life Guards (Sweden)
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The Life Guards is a combined Swedish Army cavalry/infantry regiment. Its responsibilities include the defence of Stockholm as well as provision of the royal guard of honour for the King of Sweden and
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Gustav Eriksson addressing men from Dalarna in Mora. Painting by Johan Gustaf Sandberg.
Uniforms of Svea Life Guards 1803-1845, lithography by Adolf Ulrik Schützercrantz
1868 colour of the Life Company
Svea Life Guards
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The Svea Life Guards, also I 1, was a Swedish Army infantry regiment that was active in various forms 1521–2000. The unit was based in the Stockholm Garrison in Stockholm and belonged to the King's Li
Life Guards (Sweden)
…oldest military units in continuous operational existence in the world. It was established in its present form in July 2000, following a merger of the Svea Life Guards and the Life Guard Dragoons. Headquarters are mainly located in Brunna north of Kungsängen in Upplands-Bro Municipality and at the "Cavalry Barracks…
Charles XI exercising the Life Guards of Foot at Gärdet in 1691
The barracks of Svea Life Guards and Göta Life Guards at Linnégatan, Stockholm, circa 1890.
Administration building in Sörentorp, Solna. Today part of the Swedish National Police Academy.
Life colour m/1815 of Svea Life Guards.