Grand Regiments
Storregementen or landsregementen (regiments of the land), these regiments were organized by Gustavus Adolphus in the end of the 1610s from the smaller units fänika and fana raised in the various parts of Sweden during the time of Gustav Vasa:
- Norrlands storregemente (Norrland Grand Regiment)
- Upplands storregemente (Uppland Grand Regiment)
- Södermanlands storregemente (Södermanland Grand Regiment)
- Östergötlands storregemente (Östergötland Grand Regiment)
- Västergötlands storregemente (Västergötland Grand Regiment)
- Smålands storregemente (Småland Grand Regiment)
- Finlands storregemente (Österbotten Grand Regiment)
- Karelska storregementet (Karelian Grand Regiment)
- Västra Finlands storregemente (Western Finland Grand Regiment)
- Mellersta Finlands storregemente (Middle Finland Grand Regiment)
- Östra Finlands storregementet (Eastern Finland Grand Regiment)
Read more about this topic: List Of Swedish Regiments
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