Life Guard Dragoons (Sweden)

Life Guard Dragoons
Livgardets dragoner
Active	1949–2000
Country	Sweden
Allegiance	Swedish Armed Forces
Branch	Swedish Army
Type	Cavalry
Size	Regiment
Part of	VII Military District (1949–1966) Eastern Military District (1966–1984) Svea Life Guards (1984–1994) Middle Military District (1994–2000)
Garrison/HQ	Stockholm
Colors	White and blue
March	"Dragonerna komma" (Ericson)[note 1]
Anniversaries	4 December (Battle of Lund)
Battle honours	Lützen (1632) Oldendorf (1633) Wittstock (1636) Leipzig (1642) Warsaw (1656) Frederiksodde (1657) March Across the Belts (1658) Lund (1676) Landskrona (1677) Düna (1701) Kliszów (1702) Pułtusk (1703) Holowczyn (1708) Helsingborg (1710) Svensksund (1790)
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The Life Guard Dragoons (Swedish: Livgardets dragoner), designated K 1, was a Swedish Army cavalry unit active from 1949 to 2000. The unit was formed as a squadron called the Life Guards Squadron (Livgardesskvadronen) in 1949, as a replacement for the previous K 1, the Life Regiment of Horse (1928–1948). In 1975 the squadron were made into a regiment, titled the Life Guard Dragoons with Stockholm Defence District (Livgardets dragoner med Stockholms försvarsområde K 1/Fo 44), redesignated the Life Guard Dragoons in 1984. The regiment had ceremonial mounted cavalry duties, as well as training recruits and providing part of the garrison in Stockholm. In accordance with that year's Defence Act, the regiment was amalgamated into the Life Guards in 2000, thus combining the infantry and cavalry guard units of the Swedish Army.

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