Svea Life Guards

Svea Life Guards
Svea Life Guards
Svea livgarde
Active	1521–2000
Country	Sweden
Allegiance	Swedish Armed Forces
Branch	Swedish Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Regiment
Part of	4th Military District (1833–1888); 5th Military District (1889–1893); 4th Army Division (1893–1901); IV Army Division (1902–1927); Eastern Army Division (1928–1936); IV Army Division (1937–1943); IV Military District (1943–1966); Milo Ö (1966–1991); Milo M (1991–2000);
Garrison/HQ	Stockholm (1843–1946); Solna (1947–1970); Kungsängen (1970–2000)
Motto(s)	Possunt nec posse videntur; ("They do what appears to be impossible")
Colors	Yellow
March	"Kungl. Svea Livgardes Marsch" (W. Körner); "Kungl. Svea Livgardes Defileringsmarsch" (I. Gustavsson); "Kungl. Svea Livgardes Gamla Marsch, Inspektionsmarsch" (unknown)
Battle honours	Swedish War of Liberation 1521; Rhine 1631; Lützen 1632; Warsaw 1656; March Across the Belts 1658; Halmstad 1676; Lund 1676; Landskrona 1677; Narva 1700; Düna 1701; Kliszów 1702; Holowczyn 1708; Svensksund 1790

59°30′56″N 17°46′10″E / 59.51556°N 17.76944°E / 59.51556; 17.76944

The Svea Life Guards (Swedish: Svea livgarde), 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 Life and Household Troops (Kungl. Maj:ts Liv- och Hustrupper) until 1974.^[5]

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^ "Valspråk". Livgardets historik (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. Archived from the original on 2010-08-26. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
^ Sveagardesföreningen.
^ Handbok: parad 6: traditionsvård 2017, p. 45
^ Sandberg 2007, p. 208
^ Kjellander 2003, p. 313

[2] "Valspråk". Livgardets historik (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. Archived from the original on 2010-08-26. Retrieved 2011-01-01.

[FOOTNOTESveagardesföreningen-3] Sveagardesföreningen.

[4] Handbok: parad 6: traditionsvård 2017, p. 45

[6] Sandberg 2007, p. 208

[Kjellander_(2003),_p._313-7] Kjellander 2003, p. 313

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Svea Life Guards
Svea livgarde

Active	1521–2000^[a]
Country	Sweden
Allegiance	Swedish Armed Forces
Branch	Swedish Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Regiment
Part of	4th Military District (1833–1888) 5th Military District (1889–1893) 4th Army Division (1893–1901) IV Army Division (1902–1927) Eastern Army Division (1928–1936) IV Army Division (1937–1943) IV Military District (1943–1966) Milo Ö (1966–1991) Milo M (1991–2000)
Garrison/HQ	Stockholm (1843–1946) Solna (1947–1970) Kungsängen (1970–2000)
Motto(s)	Possunt nec posse videntur ("They do what appears to be impossible")^[b]
Colors	Yellow
March	"Kungl. Svea Livgardes Marsch" (W. Körner)^[4] "Kungl. Svea Livgardes Defileringsmarsch" (I. Gustavsson) "Kungl. Svea Livgardes Gamla Marsch, Inspektionsmarsch" (unknown)
Battle honours	Swedish War of Liberation 1521 Rhine 1631 Lützen 1632 Warsaw 1656 March Across the Belts 1658 Halmstad 1676 Lund 1676 Landskrona 1677 Narva 1700 Düna 1701 Kliszów 1702 Holowczyn 1708 Svensksund 1790