The Gotland Infantry Regiment ( Swedish : Gotlands infanteriregemente ), designations I 27 and I 18 , was a Swedish Army infantry regiment that traced its origins back to the 19th century. It was reorganized into an armoured regiment in 1963. The regiment's soldiers were originally recruited on the island of Gotland , and it was later garrisoned there.
16-536: The regiment has its origins in the unit Gotland National Conscription which was created in 1811. By a parliamentary decision in 1866 the Gotland National Conscription was transformed into an infantry regiment and an artillery corps (I 27 and A 4 ). A colonel was made regimental commander who also acted as the commander of Gotland's troops. The lieutenant colonel of the regiment came actually to serve as regimental commander until 1937. As of 1 January 1887
32-537: The Swedish Armoured Troops . The coat of the arms of the Gotland Infantry Regiment. It was used by Gotland Group ( Gotlandsgruppen ) since 2000. Blazon : "Azure, the provincial badge of Gotland, a ram passant argent, armed or, banner gules, crosstaff, edging and five flaps or. The shield surmounted two swords in saltire or". Commanding officers active at the regiment the years 1884–1963. During
48-507: The World War I and the 1920s so far that I 18 (which the regiment was designated from 1928) circa 1930 became the Sweden's first bicycle regiment with motorized trains . The Defence Act of 1925 meant the end of the regiment. The regiment was downgraded to a corps which took over Västmanland Regiment designation I 18. The officers corps was reduced by 2/3. The mainland contingent of conscripts
64-483: The 1949 war organization, I 18, supported by P 1 G, became responsible for an armored reinforced bicycle brigade of five battalions. The seven armored companies received via Stridsvagn m/41 , Stridsvagn m/40, Infanterikanonvagn 102 finally Stridsvagn 74 . On 1 April 1963, the detachment was amalgamated with Gotland Infantry Regiment (I 18) and formed the Gotland Regiment (P 18) and was simultaneously transferred to
80-400: The following companies: Middle battalion (which in 1870 consisted of 1,730 men) consisted of the following companies: Southern battalion (which in 1870 consisted of 2,350 men) consisted of the following companies: The number of conscripts amounted to 8,496 men and the officer corps comprised 111 men. The state cost for the conscripts amounted to 139,562 riksdaler and 92 öre , of which
96-594: The military accounted for 2,000. The Military Commanders of Gotland from 1811 to 1886. After Lennart Reuterskiöld's withdrawal as military commander the post of Military Commander and County Governor came to be united until 1873, then the posts were separated into two. Both Rudolf Cederström and Lennart Reuterskiöld were Military Commander and Deputy County Governor. Conscription in Sweden Sweden has had partial conscription for both men and women since 2017. After completing training, conscripts are placed in
112-507: The percentage of female conscripts was gradually increased over the following years, reaching 20% in 2022 and 24% in 2023. The conscripts were chosen from a pool of approximately 13,000 young people born in 1999 to serve for 12 months. In early 2019, after fines had been received by dozens of young people for draft evasion, the first jail sentences since the return of conscription were handed out to those refusing to carry out their military service. Conscientious objectors in Sweden have
128-658: The population and raised four battalions in addition to artillery. The officers were appointed by the King; non-commissioned officers were elected by the men. In 1887, the Gotland National Conscription was reformed into two separate units, the Gotland Infantry Regiment and the Gotland Artillery Corps . Northern battalion (which in 1870 consisted of 5,040 men) consisted of the following companies: Visby battalion (which in 1870 consisted of 1,690 men) consisted of
144-427: The regiment's name was Royal Gotland Infantry Regiment with the designation I 27. The regiment got a similar organization to other infantry regiments. The National Conscription's company area division remained until 1900 as the registration authority. In 1892, the agreement that Gotland's troops may not be called for military service outside the island was repealed. At the same time the name Gotland National Conscription
160-451: The reserve and assigned positions in the table of organization and equipment of a reserve unit. Between the 17th century and 1900, Sweden had an allotment system . Mandatory military service for men was introduced in 1901. During the height of the Cold War , about 85% of Swedish men were conscripted. In 2010, the male-only system was replaced with a gender-neutral conscription system; at
176-450: The right to choose alternative service . After completing alternative service, the conscript then belongs to the civilian reserve. From 1983 to 2010, some conscripts had their service period extended to 450 days to allow for company command training. During the extended training, they held the rank of sergeants . After training, they were placed in the reserve as second lieutenants and assigned as platoon leaders or quartermasters in
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#1733084515382192-503: The same time conscription was mothballed. Mandatory conscription was re-activated by the then Social democratic government in 2017, which cited increased threats to national security. The Swedish Armed Forces planned to call 4,000 recruits annually for basic military training in 2018 and 2019. As the relevant age cohort was about 100,000, this meant that roughly 4% were to be enlisted. Beginning in 2018, over 4,000 conscripts were indeed called up. 85% of those called up were men;
208-452: The years 1884–1927 and 1937–1963, the commanding officer was referred to as regementschef ("regimental commander"). During the years 1928–1937 the commanding officer was referred to as kårchef ("corps commander"). 57°36′48″N 18°16′57″E / 57.61333°N 18.28250°E / 57.61333; 18.28250 Gotland National Conscription The Gotland National Conscription ( Swedish : Gotlands nationalbeväring )
224-450: Was a Swedish Army infantry unit that traced its origins back to the 19th century. It was split into two new regiments in 1887. The regiment's soldiers were recruited on the island of Gotland . Gotland National Conscription was raised in 1811 through an agreement, a convention between the people of Gotland and the king. It became Sweden's first military conscript defence with exercise duty even in peacetime. It mobilized nearly 20% of
240-628: Was also reduced substantially. In 1936, the Royal Swedish Gotland Infantry Corps was upgraded to a regiment with the name Royal Gotland Infantry Regiment, I 18. During World War II , armored units were added through the Göta Armoured Life Guards' Company in Gotland (P 1 G). Before the end of the war, this detachment was able to organize three companies ( Stridsvagn m/42 and Stridsvagn m/37 and Pansarbil m/41 ). Through
256-401: Was dropped. In 1901, the army order on the mainland and Gotland became similar. This admitted, among other things, that conscripts from the mainland were transferred for training at I 27. There, at the same time, bicycle infantry training began. In 1915, the regiment got Visborg Kungsladugård's land as training area and all the buildings as storehouses. The bicycle infantry was developed during
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