The Crown Prince's Hussar Regiment (), designated K 7, was a Swedish Army cavalry regiment located in the province of Scania that traced its origins back to the 18th century. It had a number of names over its history, most famously Mörner's Hussar Regiment (Mörnerska husarregementet) during the Napoleonic Wars. It was disbanded in 1927.
History The regiment has its origin in a hussar corps raised in 1757. The following year, the corps was organized into Svenska husarregementet with Georg Gustaf Wrangel as commander. The regiment was split in two in 1762 forming Blå and Gula husarregementet (the Blue and Yellow regiments). These two were merged back to one in 1766 with the name Husarregementet.
The regiment changed name quite a few times during the years, being renamed Mörnerska husarregementet in 1801, Cederströmska husarregementet in 1816 and in 1822, when Crown Prince Oscar (the later King Oscar I) became colonel in the regiment, it was renamed Kronprinsens husarregemente. For some months in 1859 and 1860 it was named Konungens värvade husarregemente before being renamed to Husarregimente Konung Karl XV. And finally, as the crown prince Gustaf VI Adolf was born in 1882 the regiment was renamed back to Kronprinsens husarregemente.
Kronprinsens husarregemente was given the designation K 7 (7th Cavalry Regiment) after a general order in 1816. It was a very special regiment because of two things. Firstly, it was the only unit in the Swedish Army without the prefix "Royal" (Kungliga), as it was the Crown Prince's, secondly, it was the largest (ten squadrons) cavalry regiment garrisoned in one town, in the world. It was disbanded in 1927 with personnel being transferred to Norrland Dragoon Regiment and the newly created Scanian Cavalry Regiment, which also contained personnel from the Scanian Dragoon Regiment and the Scanian Hussar Regiment, also disbanded in 1927.
Campaigns The Second War against Napoleon 1813–1814
Commanding officers Regimental commander from 1758 to 1927. From 1761 to 1766, the regiment was divided into two regiments.
1757–1758: F.U. von Putbus P.J.B. von Platen 1758–1759: Georg Gustaf Wrangel af Adinal 1759–1761: J. Sparre 1761–1764: Fredrik Ulrik von Putbus (Blue (Putbus) Hussar Regiment) 1764–1766: H.S. Mörner (Blue (Putbus) Hussar Regiment) 1761–1763: Georg Gustaf Wrangel af Adinal (Yellow (Wrangel) Hussar Regiment) 1763–1764: Lars Åkerhielm (Yellow (Wrangel) Hussar Regiment) 1764–1766: M.C. Lewenhaupt (Yellow (Wrangel) Hussar Regiment) 1766–1797: H.S. Mörner 1797–1801: S.H. Horn 1801–1816: Hampus Mörner 1816–1822: Bror Cederström 1822–1830: G.B.M. Stackelberg 1830–1849: Achates Carl von Platen 1849–1858: F.A. Sjöcrona 1858–1864: C.M.L. Björnstjerna 1864–1874: C.A.B. Cederström 1874–1883: G.F.A. Boy 1883–1891: Aron Siöcrona 1891–1893: R.W.T. Berg 1893–1902: G.A. von Platen 1902–1910: Christofer von Platen 1910–1913: Bror Munck 1913–1920: Bror Cederström 1920–1920: Edward af Sandeberg 1920–1927: Axel Braunerhjelm
Various NamesSvenska husarregementetSwedish Hussar Regiment1758-04-24–1762Blå (Putbusska) husarregementet &Gula (Wrangelska) husarregementetBlue (Putbus) Hussar Regiment &Yellow (Wrangel) Hussar Regiment1762–1766-10-07HusarregementetHussar Regiment1766-10-08–1801-07-12Mörnerska husarregementetMörnerian Hussar Regiment1801-07-13–1816-01-08Cederströmska HusarregementetCederströmian Hussar Regiment1816-01-09–1822-02-04Kronprinsens husarregementeCrown Prince's Hussar Regiment1822-02-05–1859-08-10Konungens värvade husarregementeKing's Enlisted Hussar Regiment1859-08-11–1860-06-17Husarregementet Konung Karl XVHussar Regiment King Charles XV1860-06-18–1882-11-24Kronprinsens husarregementeCrown Prince's Hussar Regiment1882-11-25–1927-12-31
DesignationsK 71816–1927-12-31
Training grounds and garrison townsBonarps hed1772–1875Helsingborg (G)1875–1897-09-30Malmö (G)1897-10-01–1927-12-31
See also
List of Swedish regiments
References
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