The regiment traces its heritage to the
fänika (tactical unit used in the late dark ages) raised in Uppland
during the 1500:s. The oldest documents are from 1557. Gustaf II Adolf used this
infantry to form a regiment that in 1626 was split into three smaller regiments
of which one in Uppland. The other two developed into Dalregementet I13
and Västmanlands regiment I18. Its first commander was the wellknown
Nils Brahe. It was located in Uppsala and disbanded in 1957. Today the name
Upplands regiment is used by the signals regiment.
The regiments colors where red and gold.
The banner had the regal apple in yellow (gold) on red background and the
victorynames were in red on a yellow background
Victory names:
VARBERG 1565 NARVA 1581 LUETZEN 1632 WARZAWA 1656 FREDERIKSODDE 1657
THE CROSSING OF THE BÄLT 1658 RUEGEN 1678 DUENA 1701 KLISZOW 1702
HOLLOVCZYN 1708 HÄLSINGBORG 1710 SVENSKSUND 1790
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