Nyland and Tavastehus County Cavalry Regiment , Nylands och Tavastehus läns kavalleriregemente in Swedish, was one of the three original Finnish provincial cavalry regiments in the Swedish Army, officially set up in 1632. Nyland and Tavastehus County, Nylands och Tavastehus län or Uudenmaan ja Hämeen lääni, was a County of Sweden from 1634 to 1808, named after Nyland and Tavastehus. ... Nyland (Uusimaa) is the name of a geographical region in Finland which can refer to: Nyland - a historical Province of Sweden (Historical provinces of Finland) Nyland och Tavastehus län - a former County of Sweden (Counties in Finland) Nylands län - a former Province of Finland Nylands landskap - a current Region of... Hämeenlinna (Tavastehus in Swedish) is a municipality and city of about 47,000 inhabitants in the heart of the historical province of Häme in the south of Finland. ... Län and lääni are the Swedish and Finnish terms for the administrative divisions used in Sweden and Finland, and sometimes in other countries, especially as a translation of the Russian word oblast. The word literally means fief. ... Swedish Army - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... See also: 1632 (novel) Events February 22 - Galileos Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published July 23 - 300 colonists for New France depart Dieppe November 8 - Wladyslaw IV Waza elected king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth after Zygmunt III Waza death November 16 - Battle of Lützen...

The original provincial regiments (landskapsregementen) had been raised raised by splitting the old Grand regiments (Storregementen, also "regiments of the land" (landsregementen), organized by Gustav II Adolph at the end of the 1610s, forming 21 infantry and eight cavalry regiments as written in the Swedish constitution of 1634. Gustav II Adolph Gustav II Adolph (December 9, 1594 - November 6, 1632) (also known as Gustav Adolph the Great, under the Latin name Gustavus Adolphus or the Swedish form Gustav II Adolf) was a King of Sweden. ... Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century Decades: 1560s 1570s 1580s 1590s 1600s - 1610s - 1620s 1630s 1640s 1650s 1660s Years: 1610 1611 1612 1613 1614 1615 1616 1617 1618 1619 Events and Trends Start of the Golden Age of the Netherlands. ... Events Moses Amyrauts Traite de la predestination is published Curaçao captured by the Dutch Treaty of Polianovska First meeting of the Académie française The witchcraft affair at Loudun Jean Nicolet lands at Green Bay, Wisconsin Opening of Covent Garden Market in London English establish a settlement...

The regiment was made of two battalions, each with four squadrons:

The Southern Battalion (Södra bataljonen) comprised the Helsing Squadron, the Raseborg Squadron, the Major's Squadron or Borgå Squadron and the "Life Squadron" (Livkskvadron). 

The Northern Battalion (Södra bataljonen) comprised the Lieutenant-colonel's Squadron, the Lower Hållola Squadron, the Upper Hållola Squadron and the Säxmäki Squadron.

The other Swedish cavalry regiments from Finland were:

• Åbo and Björneborg County Cavalry Regiment, Åbo och Björneborgs läns kavalleriregemente.
• Viborg and Nyslott County Cavalry Regiment, Viborgs och Nyslotts läns kavalleriregemente.

The Nyland and Tavastehus Regiment has its origins in the "Horsemen of Nyland" (Nylands Ryttare) organized in 1618. Finnish horsemen were also known as Hakkapeliitat. Their most famous commander was Torsten Stålhandske, who was commissioned as a lieutenant-colonel with the Nyland and Tavastehus Regiment in 1629 and led it for the first time into the Thirty Years' War. Hakkapeliitta or Hackapelit, or Hackapelite or Haccapelite — Hakkapelit, plural Hakkapeliter in Swedish, was the name given in Germany to the Finnish horsemen of King Gustav II Adolph of Sweden during the Thirty Years War. ... Torsten StÃ¥lhandske (BorgÃ¥ 1594 -† Haderslev, April 21, 1644) — Swedish for Torsten Steelglove, sometimes written StÃ¥lhansch in the Swedish of the times, and referred to in German literature as Torsten Staalhansch, was a Finnish officer in the Swedish army during the Thirty Years War. ... Events March 4 - Massachusetts Bay Colony is granted a Royal charter. ... The victory of Gustavus Adolphus at the Battle of Breitenfeld (1631) The Thirty Years War was a conflict fought between the years 1618 and 1648, principally in the Central European territory of the Holy Roman Empire, but also involving most of the major continental powers. ...

In the spring of 1700 the regiment was transferred to Wellingk's army corps in Livonia. From 1702 on, the regiment, with more or less 2 companies, had joined the main army. In 1705 - 1706 it was part of Rehnskiöld's corps. After the Battle of Poltava on June 28, 1709, the regiment was present at the capitulation in Perevolochna three days later. After Poltava, the Regiment got to be reconstituted and doubled in size. It was then stationed with the Army in Finland. The regiment was also part of General Armfeldt's army of 7.500 which invaded Norway through the Jämtland in August 1718. Events January 1 - Russia accepts Julian calendar. ... Livonia (Latvian: Livonija; Estonian: Liivimaa; German: Livland; Polish: Inflanty; Russian: Лифляндия or Liflandiya) once was the land of the Finnic Livonians, but came in the Middle Ages to designate a much broader territory controlled by the Livonian Order on the eastern coasts of the Baltic Sea in present-day Latvia and... Events March 8 - William III died; Princess Anne Stuart becomes Queen Anne of England, Scotland and Ireland. ... Events Construction begins on Blenheim Palace, in Oxfordshire, England. ... Events March 27 - Concluding that Emperor Iyasus I of Ethiopia had abdicated by retiring to a monastery, a council of high officials appoint Tekle Haymanot I Emperor of Ethiopia May 23 - Battle of Ramillies November 5 - The Dublin Gazette publishes its first edition. ... The Battle of Poltava (or Pultowa) was a battle between the armies of Peter I of Russia and Charles XII of Sweden on 28 June (new style 8 July) 1709, the most famous of the battles of the Great Northern War. ... (Some entries on this page have been duplicated on August 1. ... // Events January 12 - Two-month freezing period begins in France - The coast of the Atlantic and Seine River freeze, crops fail and at least 24. ... Perevolochna, Ukr. ... Jämtland is the name of a geographical region in Sweden which can refer to: Jemtia, or Jämtland - a historical Province of Sweden Main part of Jämtland County, or Jämtlands län - a current County of Sweden Formerly a part of Västernorrland County, or Västernorrlands... // Events July 21 - Treaty of Passarowitz signed November 22 - Off the coast of Virginia, English pirate Edward Teach (best known as Blackbeard) is killed in battle when a British boarding party cornered and then shot and stabbed him more than 25 times. ...

In 1721 the regiment was reorganized as Dragoons, becoming the Nylands och Tavastehus dragonregemente. 1721 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... A light dragoon from the American Revolution A dragoon is a soldier trained to fight on foot, but transport himself on horseback. ...

In 1791 many Cavalry regiments in the Swedish Army were converted to infantry. The horsemen of Nyland and Tavastehus then became light infantry. The Northern Battalion was incorporated into the Tavastehus County Infantery Regiment as its third Battalion, while the Southern Battalion became part of the Nyland Infantry regiment.   1791 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

But by 1792 two of the regiment's squadrons had already been restored, the Major's Squadron or Borgå Squadron, and the Helsing Squadron. They were added to the Carelian Dragoon Corps. By 1803, four squadrons had been put on horseback again, and these, together with the Kymmenegård Squadron taken from the Carelian Dragoon Corps, became the Nyland Brigade, a part of the Nyland Dragoon Corps (Nylands dragonkår). 1792 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

The Nyland Dragoon Corps as well as the Tavastehus jägarbataljon took part in the Finnish war in 1808 and was disbanded after the Kalix capitulation of the Swedish army to the Russians on March 25, 1809. The Regiment's reserve had been in the Sveaborg fortress outside of Helsinki when it fell on May 3, 1807.. The Finnish War was fought between Sweden and Russia from February 1808 to September 1809. ... 1808 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Kalix is a Municipality in Norrbotten County, in northern Sweden. ... March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ... 1809 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Utsikt över Sveaborg (View over Sveaborg), painting by Augustin Ehrensvärd Suomenlinna (Finnish), or Sveaborg (Swedish), is an inhabited sea fortress built on six islands, today within Helsinki, the capital of Finland. ... Province Southern Finland Region Uusimaa District Helsinki City manager Jussi Pajunen Official languages Finnish, Swedish Area  - total  - land ranked 342nd 185. ... May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). ... 1807 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

Regiments were the principal fighting unit in the Swedish Army from the time of Gustavus Adolphus on to the Second World War. In 1949, the Swedish Army was reorganised, with the regiments being used as training units for conscripts during peacetime. The new main fighting unit was the brigade, only organised in wartime (with a few exceptions). Gustav II Adolf (December 9, 1594 – November 6, 1632 O.S.), widely known by the Latinized name Gustavus Adolphus and in Protestant propaganda as the Lion of the North, was King of Sweden from 1611 until his death. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ...

See: List of Swedish regiments This is a list of Swedish regiments and other military units (divisions, brigades, battalions, companies) that have existed since the 16th century. ...