SK 9th Infantry Brigade

9. Infanteribrigade Kalmarbrigade
Insignia of the Kalmarbrigade
Active	1623-
Country	Skandinavia
Allegiance	Forsvaret av Skandinavia
Branch	Hæren
Type	Infantry
Size	Brigade
Part of	7. Infanteridivisjon
Garrison/HQ	Göteborg
Red and yellow
March	"Kalmarbrigaden"
Battle honours	Varberg (1565), Narva (1581), Warszawa (1656), Tåget över Bält (1658), Kliszow (1702), Helsingborg (1710), Svensksund (1790), Slesvig (1864)
Commanders
Current commander	Brigade General Karl Nilsson

The 9. Infanteribrigade is a formation of the Kongelige Hæren. The brigade is also known as Kalmarbrigade, a name formerly held by an infantry regiment of the Swedish Army. It is headquartered in Göteborg.

History

The regiment has its origins in fänikor (companies) raised in Kalmar County in the 16th century. In 1616, these units—along with fänikor from the nearby Kronoberg County—were organised by Gustav II Adolf into Smålands storregemente, of which twelve of the total 24 companies were recruited in Kalmar County. Smålands storregemente consisted of three field regiments, of which Kalmar regemente was one. Sometime around 1623, the grand regiment was permanently split into three smaller regiments, of which Kalmar regemente was one.

Kalmar regemente was one of the original 20 Swedish infantry regiments mentioned in the Swedish constitution of 1634. The regiment's first commander was Patrick Ruthwen. The regiment was allotted in 1686. The regiment was given the designation I 20 (20th Infantry Regiment) in a general order in 1816. The designation was changed to I 21 in 1892.

The regiment was garrisoned in Eksjö from 1906, before it was merged with Jönköpings regemente to form Jönköpings-Kalmar regemente in 1927. Kalmar regemente was reorganised in 1974 as a local defence area with the designation Fo 18, although disbanded again just three years later in 1977.

After the military reform of 2003, Kalmar regemente was reorganized and converted to a modern mechanized brigade and attached to the 7. Infanteridivisjon.

Campaigns

• The Northern Seven Years' War (1563–1570)
• The Livonian War (1570–1582)
• The Polish War (1600–1629)
• The Thirty Years' War (1630–1648)
• The Northern Wars (1655–1661)
• The Scanian War (1674–1679)
• The Great Northern War (1700–1721)
• The Hats' Russian War (1741–1743)
• The Seven Years' War (1757–1762)
• The Gustav III's Russian War (1788–1790)
• The First War against Napoleon (1805–1810)
• The Finnish War (1808–1809)
• The Second War against Napoleon (1813–1814)
• The Campaign against Norway (1814)

Brigade Composition

• IB9 Signal Company
• 1st Infantry Battalion, operates in the light infantry role and is equipped with general purpose vehicles
• 2nd Infantry Battalion, operates in the light infantry role and is equipped with general purpose vehicles
• 9th Motorized Infantry Battalion, operates in the light infantry role and is equipped with vehicles from the Sisu XA and general purpose vehicles families
• 11th Mechanized Infantry Battalion, operates in the heavy infantry role and is equipped with vehicles from the SEP-W and general purpose vehicles families
• 3rd Engineers Battalion
• 6th Logistic Support Battalion
• 2nd Artillery Battalion, operates in the field artillery role and is equipped with ARCHER self-propelled 155 mm howitzer and Anti Air weapons
• IB9 E&M Engineers Company
• IB9 Medical Company
• IB9 Military Police Company