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Introduction

This article illustrates the different types of uniforms used by the Swedish Army throughout the centuries. There is a subpage for each century beginning with the 17th century. Describing uniforms of former days isn't easy. It is a lot of special terms, often very old terms - terms not used today. Translating this into the correct English terms isn't easy if you don't know the correct corresponding terms in English. If you in this article spot English names or terms of uniform details that you suspect or know are incorrect, please contact me with suggested changes.

Terminology - Designation of Uniform Models

The Swedish Army uniforms has a designation system for introduced uniforms consisting a a prefix, the lower-case letter “m” followed by a slash “/” and the year of issue. This year is refereed to as the year of model or model year. The designation code for the uniforms is written as m/YYYY. For example, if we take infantry uniform m/1860 it tells us that this uniform was first issued in 1860. See also "Nomenclature" for terms of uniform details.

The History of Swedish Army Uniforms

Uniforms of the Swedish Army, 1600s Uniforms of the Swedish Army, 1700s Uniforms of the Swedish Army, 1800s Uniforms of the Swedish Army, 1900s Uniforms of the Swedish Home Guards Uniforms of the Landstorm (A forerunner to the Swedish Home Guard) Nomenclature Unit Designation Listing of the Swedish Military Units Branch and unit insignias of the Army Uniforms of the Swedish Navy Uniforms of the Swedish Air Force Military Uniforms of the Women’s Voluntary Defense Services Designation of Swedish military uniform models

Related Links

Swedish/English dictionary - Military terms Military headgears, images of military headgears by Marcus Holst.

Source References

1. Dräkt och uniform av Erik Bellander, 1973 2. Skånska kriget 1675 - 79, Fanor och uniformer av Lars-Eric Höglund, 1998. 3. Stora Nordiska Kriget 1700 - 1721, Fanor och uniformer av Lars-Eric Höglund och Åke Sallnäs, 2000. 4. Från Brunkeberg till Nordanvind, 500 år med svenskt infanteri av Bertil Nelsson, 1993 5. Armémuseum 6. Svenska regementenas historia, J Mankell, andra upplagan 1866. 7. Nationalencyklopedin 8. Svenska försvarets hemsida 9. Kronans kläder, Årsbok 2010, Armémuseum 10. Svenska arméns uniformer 1875 - 2000 av Simon Olsson, 2011. 11. Hemvärnet 1940 - 1990, Alf Åberg m.fl. 1990. Is it OK to copy material (text or images) from this page or from any other page on this website and publish it on your own homepage? The answer is NO! However, it is OK to have a link to my pages. Top of page

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Militaria Hans Högman
Copyright © Hans Högman 2020-07-23

Introduction

This article illustrates the different types of uniforms used by the Swedish Army throughout the centuries. There is a subpage for each century beginning with the 17th century. Describing uniforms of former days isn't easy. It is a lot of special terms, often very old terms - terms not used today. Translating this into the correct English terms isn't easy if you don't know the correct corresponding terms in English. If you in this article spot English names or terms of uniform details that you suspect or know are incorrect, please contact me with suggested changes.

Terminology - Designation of Uniform

Models

The Swedish Army uniforms has a designation system for introduced uniforms consisting a a prefix, the lower-case letter “m” followed by a slash “/” and the year of issue. This year is refereed to as the year of model or model year. The designation code for the uniforms is written as m/YYYY. For example, if we take infantry uniform m/1860 it tells us that this uniform was first issued in 1860. See also "Nomenclature" for terms of uniform details.

The History of Swedish Army

Uniforms

Uniforms of the Swedish Army, 1600s Uniforms of the Swedish Army, 1700s Uniforms of the Swedish Army, 1800s Uniforms of the Swedish Army, 1900s Uniforms of the Swedish Home Guards Uniforms of the Landstorm (A forerunner to the Swedish Home Guard) Nomenclature Unit Designation Listing of the Swedish Military Units Branch and unit insignias of the Army Uniforms of the Swedish Navy Uniforms of the Swedish Air Force Military Uniforms of the Women’s Voluntary Defense Services Designation of Swedish military uniform models

Related Links

Swedish/English dictionary - Military terms Military headgears, images of military headgears by Marcus Holst.

Source References

1. Dräkt och uniform av Erik Bellander, 1973 2. Skånska kriget 1675 - 79, Fanor och uniformer av Lars-Eric Höglund, 1998. 3. Stora Nordiska Kriget 1700 - 1721, Fanor och uniformer av Lars-Eric Höglund och Åke Sallnäs, 2000. 4. Från Brunkeberg till Nordanvind, 500 år med svenskt infanteri av Bertil Nelsson, 1993 5. Armémuseum 6. Svenska regementenas historia, J Mankell, andra upplagan 1866. 7. Nationalencyklopedin 8. Svenska försvarets hemsida 9. Kronans kläder, Årsbok 2010, Armémuseum 10. Svenska arméns uniformer 1875 - 2000 av Simon Olsson, 2011. 11. Hemvärnet 1940 - 1990, Alf Åberg m.fl. 1990. Is it OK to copy material (text or images) from this page or from any other page on this website and publish it on your own homepage? The answer is NO! However, it is OK to have a link to my pages. Top of page

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