Scanian Hussar Regiment

The Scanian Hussar Regiment (Swedish: Skånska husarregementet, K 5) was a Swedish Army cavalry unit which operated in various forms between 1658–1709 and 1709–1927.

Scanian Hussar Regiment
Skånska husarregementet
Active	1658–1709, 1709–1927
Country	Sweden
Allegiance	Swedish Armed Forces
Branch	Swedish Army
Type	Cavalry
Size	Regiment
Part of	1st Military District (1833–1893) 1st Army Division (1893–1901) I Army Division (1902–1927)
Garrison/HQ	Helsingborg
Colors	Light blue
March	"Skånska husarregementets marsch" (unknown)[note 1]
Battle honours	Landskrona (1677), Pultusk (1703), Posen (1704), Fraustadt (1706)
Commanders
Notable commanders	Georg Henrik Lybecker
Insignia
Shoulder sleeve insignia m/1906

Commanding officers

Regimental commanders from 1658 to 1927.^[2]

• 1658–1659: Erik Leijonhufvud
• 1659–1679: G H Lybecker
• 1679–1686: Gyllenstierna
• 168?–1694: Nils Gyllenstierna
• 1694?–1694 Carl Gustaf Rehnskiöld
• 1698–1704: H I Ridderhielm
• 1704–1709: Gustaf Horn af Marienborg
• 1709–1719: H Gyllenbielke
• 1719–1727: G D Hasenkampff
• 1727–1753: J C von Düring
• 1753–1762: R Barnekow
• 1762–1762: F U Sparre
• 1762–1765: G A Horn
• 1765–1772: B G Frölich
• 1772–1796: P J B von Platen
• 1796–1809: B Cederström
• 1809–1813: H H von Essen
• 1813–1824: C Thott
• 1824–1829: H R Horn
• 1829–1841: D H Stierncrona
• 1841–1848: P O Liedberg
• 1848–1853: G A F W von Essen
• 1853–1856: P Sjöcrona
• 1856–1869: F W R Fock
• 1869–1884: Gustaf Oscar Peyron
• 1884–1898: C G Bergenstråhle
• 1898–1907: E T Grönwall
• 1907–1912: Axel Ribbing
• 1912–1916: Philip von Platen
• 1916–1924: Claes Cederström
• 1924–1927: Otto Ramel

Names, designations and locations

Name	Translation	From		To
Kungl. Skånska kavalleriregementet	Royal Scanian Cavalry Regiment	1658-05-21	–	1676
Kungl. Norra skånska kavalleriregementet	Royal Northern Scanian Cavalry Regiment	1676-??-??	–	1801-06-04
Kungl. Skånska linjedragonregementet	Royal Scanian Line Dragoon Regiment	1801-06-05	–	1807-05-31
Kungl. Skånska husarregementet	Royal Scanian Hussar Regiment	1807-06-01	–	1927-12-31
Designation		From		To
No. 5		1816-10-01	–	1914
K 5		1914-10-14	–	1927-12-31
Location		From		To
Tomarps Kungsgård Castle		1804-??-??	–	1858-??-??
Herrevad Abbey		1858-??-??	–	1897-10-31
Helsingborg Garrison		1897-11-01	–	1927-12-31

See also

• List of Swedish cavalry regiments

Footnotes

1. The march was adopted circa 1850, and was taken over by the Scanian Cavalry Regiment (Skånska kavalleriregementet, K 2) in 1927.^[1]