# North Scanian Infantry Regiment

North Scanian Infantry Regiment (Swedish: Norra skånska infanteriregementet), designation I 6, was a Swedish Army infantry regiment that operated from 1812 to 1963. The unit was based in the Kristianstad Garrison in Kristianstad. In 1963 the regiment was transferred to the Swedish Armoured Troops under the name of North Scanian Regiment (P 6).

## History

The North Scanian Infantry Regiment was raised on 10 December 1811, and its first commander, major general Georg Carl von Döbeln, was appointed on 14 January 1812. The regiment was roterade (an old feudal method of recruiting) in the northern part of Scania with 522 numbers in Kristianstad County and 462 in Malmöhus County, and it was mainly carried out by using extra roteringen (new formation of regiments from district till then privileged). Through the 1892 organization, the regiment received some numbers from Kronoberg Regiment. The regiment received its conscripts from Kristianstad County, with the exception of Östra and Västra Göinge Hundred, and from the northern part of Malmöhus County.
The regiment participated in the 1813 campaign in Germany and the 1814 campaign in Norway. From 1816, however, the regiment was allotted and the force was reduced to 1,000 men, while the rotering was extended to parts of Malmöhus County.
In 1816, all Swedish regiments received an order number, where the North Scanian Infantry Regiment was awarded No 24. In 1914, all order numbers within the army were adjusted. For the North Scanian Infantry Regiment, this meant that the regiment was assigned the designation I 24. The adjustment of the designation made it possible to distinguish the regiments between the service branches, but also from their possible reserve and duplication regiment.
Through the Defence Act of 1925, a larger number of regiments were disbanded, which meant that the unit designations in the lower series became vacant. This meant, among other things, that the North Scanian Infantry Regiment was awarded the designation I 6 on 1 January 1928, a unit designation that was taken over from Västgöta Regiment.
In 1942, the regiment was organized as a bicycle infantry unit. In 1963, the North Scanian Infantry Regiment was reorganized into the armored regiment called the North Scanian Regiment (P 6).

## Units

The regiment came through the Defence Act of 1942 to organize two field regiments, the North Scanian Infantry Regiment (I 6) and Kristianstad Regiment (I 36). Through the Defence Act of 1948, the field regiments came to be reorganized into infantry brigades. At the North Scanian Infantry Regiment, only one field regiment came to be reorganized into a brigade. Kristianstad Regiment (I 36) was omitted.

### Kristianstad Brigade

The Kristianstad Brigade (IB 26) was formed in 1949 when the field regiment North Scanian Infantry Regiment (I 6) was reorganized into a brigade. The brigade was initially the only brigade of the regiment and came to be organized after the IB 49 unit types. In 1963, the brigade was reorganized together with the regiment into an armour unit. The brigade retained its name, but received the new designation PB 26.

### Scania Brigade

The Scania Brigade (IB 37) was formed in 1949 when the field regiment Malmöhus Regiment (I 37) was reorganized into an infantry brigade. The brigade originally belonged to the South Scanian Infantry Regiment (I 7), but came to be transferred in 1957 to the North Scanian Infantry Regiment. When it was determined that the North Scanian Infantry Regiment was reorganized into an armour unit, IB 37 was the brigade that was suggested to be reorganized into an armored brigade. This was not done, however, because its area of mobilization lay east of the Ringsjön and with it too far from the regiment in Kristianstad. The brigade was disbanded in connection with the regiment being reorganized into an armored regiment.

### Swedish Army School of Photography

The Swedish Army School of Photography (Arméns fotoskola, FotoS), nicknamed the Ökenfortet ("Desert Fort"), was a school within the army that was formed on 1 April 1957. The school annually trained about 20 photo technicians and 40-50 army photographers. The school's conscripts belonged to a peace-time unit that raised a war-time unit which included photo groups or photo sections. On 30 June 1974, the school was disbanded.

### Companies

* Life Company
* Frosta Company
* Västra Göinge Company
* Gärds Company
* Norra Åsbo Company
* Rönneberg Company
* Luggude Company
* Onsjö Company

## Barracks and training areas
### Barracks

In the early 1920s, a new barracks establishment was erected in Kristianstad. The establishment was erected after the 1901 Defence Reform's building program after the Barracks Building Committee's (Kasernbyggnadsnämnden) second series of type establishments for the infantry. The regiment moved into the barracks area in October 1920, and ceremony was held on 18 May 1923. After the regiment was reorganized into an armored unit, several new buildings were erected in connection with the barracks area. A total of 130 buildings were built. When the regiment was disbanded, the entire area was sold in 1993 to the National Swedish Board of Public Building (Byggnadsstyrelsen), and in 1994 the area was completely abandoned. Since 1995, Kristianstad University has been housed within the former barracks area.

#### Training areas

The regiment trained at Kvidinge heath and Bonarp heath, but from 1831 at Ljungbyhed. After the regiment moved to Kristianstad, it began training at Näsby training area, which was managed by the regiment since 1914. In 1950 the training area was incorporated with Wendes Artillery Regiment's training area at Näsby and Norra Lingenäset. In 1966, the Tvedegård area was also purchased, which was incorporated into the training area. During the construction of the training area, the ground consisted mainly of marshy farmland, which meant that the area had to be drained and that forest was planted. Some well-known examples are a birch grove that was planted in 1927 at Hjärte backe and the willow alley planted in 1928 at Näsby gård. There were also three shooting ranges on the training area. The area comprised 625 hectares. Näsby training area was vacated in connection with the disbandment of the regiment and when Wendes Artillery Regiments was relocated in 1994.

## Heraldry and traditions
### Anniversary

The anniversary of the regiment was 13 September, and went under the name "Döbeln's Day" (Döbelnsdagen), and was commemorated in memory of the Battle of Jutas, which was a battle in Finland in 1808 between Sweden and Russia. The Swedish forces were led by Georg Carl von Döbeln, who became the first regimental commander of the North Scanian Infantry Regiment. The regimental motto, "Honor, Duty and Will" (Ära, Skyldighet och vilja) was von Döbeln's own motto.

### Colours, standards and guidons

When the regiment was reorganized into an armoured regiment, the units 1866 colour from followed. However, it came to be replaced on 11 September 1971, when Crown Prince Carl Gustaf presented a new colour. The colour was lowered at the regiment on 23 June 1994, and was then deposited at the Scana Dragoon Regiment (Skånska dragonregementet), which from 1 July 1994 adopted the name of the North Scanian Dragoon Regiment (Norra skånska dragonregementet), and further carried on the traditions of the regiment.
* Battalion colour m/1863, 1st Battalion, North Scanian Infantry Regiment.
* Battalion colour m/1863, 2nd Battalion, North Scanian Infantry Regiment.
* Company colour m/1812-1840 for the North Scanian Infantry Regiment (I 6) and the South Scanian Infantry Regiment (I 7).
* Colour for the Adlercreutz Regiment. Later used as company colour m/1812-1840 for the North Scanian Infantry Regiment (I 6) and the South Scanian Infantry Regiment (I 7).

## Commanding officers

Regimental commander from 1812 to 1963.
* 1812–1816: Georg Carl von Döbeln
* 1816–1833: Ernst Fabian Wrede
* 1833–1852: Erik Anders Cederström
* 1852–1860: Carl Antonson Rappe
* 1860–1867: Claes Axel Meurling
* 1867–1872: G R Abelin
* 1872–1875: C C O Reuterskiöld
* 1875–1889: J L O Toll
* 1887–1889: H A E C Rappe
* 1889–1891: J O H Nordenskjöld
* 1891–1899: Carl Warberg
* 1904–1906: G W Lagercrantz
* 1906–1908: Oscar Silverstolpe
* 1908–1914: Carl Gustaf Spens
* 1914–1926: Robert Marks von Wurtemberg
* 1926–1929: Erik Testrup
* 1929–1936: Martin Hanngren
* 1936–1936: Helge Jung
* 1936–1942: Henry Kellgren
* 1942–1947: Justus Holmgren (acting in 1938)
* 1947–1951: Olof Sjöberg
* 1951–1954: Herman Levin
* 1954–1963: Curt Thorstensson Alsterlund

## Names, designations and locations

| Name | Translation | From | | To |
| Kungl. Norra skånska infanteriregementet | Royal North Scanian Infantry Regiment | 1812-01-14 | – | 1963-03-31 |
| Designation | | From | | To |
| No 24 | | 1816-10-01 | – | 1914-09-30 |
| I 24 | | 1914-10-01 | – | 1927-12-31 |
| I 6 | | 1928-01-01 | – | 1963-03-31 |
| Locations | | From | | To |
| Kristianstad Garrison | | 1920-11-20 | – | 1963-03-31 |