Norrland Grand Regiment, Norrlands storregemente (also Regiment of the Land in Norrland, Landsregementet i Norrland) was one of the nine grand regiments organized by Gustav II Adolph in the late 1610s and split into smaller regiments in the 1620s.
Raised from fänikor in Norrland, more specifically the provinces of Westrobothnia, Angermannia, Medelpadia, Helsingia and Gestricia in 1615 and counting 3,000 men. The fänikor where smaller units of 500 men. In 1617, the regiment was led by Svante Banér and consisted of seven fänikor. The grand regiment was in turn organized into three field regiments (fältregementen), thus actually being more like a brigade in spite of the name.
One of the field regiments was used in 1621 in the war against Poland and was present at the siege of Riga between August 10th and September 13th with eight companies of 150 men each. The grand regiments of Sweden where re-organized during the period to consist of three field regiments, each of eight companies of 150 men, thus making the total number 3,600 soldiers per grand regiment.
Jakob Duwall was commander of the regiment in 1624. During the same year, the grand regiment was split into three smaller regiments, Westrobothnia Regiment, Helsingia Regiment, and the third regiment was transferred to the navy.
Organization
Before being split, the regiment was organized as follows:
1:a fältregementet (1st Field Regiment)
6 companies from Helsingia
1 company from Medelpadia
1 company from Gestricia
2:a fältregementet (2nd Field Regiment)
3 companies from Angermannia
2 companies from Helsingia
2 companies from Gestricia
1 company from Medelpadia
3:e fältregementet (3rd Field Regiment)
7 companies from Westrobothnia
1 company from Angermannia
Campaigns
One field regiment on expedition in 1621 to Livonia during the Polish War.
Norrland is a name for the northernmost part of Sweden, historically one of the four lands of Sweden.
Norrland comprises of the historical provinces (landskap) Gästrikland, Medelpad, Ångermanland, Hälsingland, Jämtland, Härjedalen, Västerbotten, Norrbotten and Lappland, roughly 59% of Sweden's total area.
In older history, Norrland is one of the four lands of Sweden.
Kebnekaise, Sweden's tallest mountain at 2,111 metres (6,926 feet), is located in Lappland in upper Norrland.
In the southern part of Norrland, Swedish and Norwegian settlers lived side by side with the Sami population.
The southern border was first everything north of the Gästrikland province (until the 14th or 15th century a part of Uppland), but from the mid 17th century further also Gästrikland is considered a part of Norrland.
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