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29-602: The North Scanian Infantry Regiment was raised on 10 December 1811, and its first commander, major general Georg Carl von Döbeln , was appointed on 14 January 1812. The regiment was roterade (an old feudal method of recruiting ) in the northern part of Scania with 522 numbers in Kristianstad County and 462 in Malmöhus County , and it was mainly carried out by using extra roteringen (new formation of regiments from district till then privileged). Through

58-735: A great career and after his death considered a war hero, von Döbeln lived his last years impoverished. Döbelns Park in central Umeå in northern Sweden is the oldest park in Umeå. It came to be named after Döbeln when his monument was placed in the park in 1867. There is also a smaller park called "Döbelns plan" in the same city. A 1942 film was made about his 1813 campaign in North Germany. Kristianstad University 56°02′51″N 14°08′47″E  /  56.04740°N 14.14638°E  / 56.04740; 14.14638 The Kristianstad University ( Swedish : Högskolan Kristianstad )

87-533: A letter to a relative, expressing the desire to be allowed to fight in the conflict, and serve out his sentence after the fighting concluded. The letter's contents became known to the Crown Prince, whose Gascon romanticism was touched, and he fully pardoned Döbeln. The two remained on good terms until Döbeln's death in 1820. He was married to Kristina Karolina Ullström (they later divorced). The couple had one son, Napoleon (1802–1847). Although popular, having had

116-543: A peace-time unit that raised a war-time unit which included photo groups or photo sections. On 30 June 1974, the school was disbanded. In the early 1920s, a new barracks establishment was erected in Kristianstad. The establishment was erected after the 1901 Defence Reform's building program after the Barracks Building Committee's ( Kasernbyggnadsnämnden ) second series of type establishments for

145-596: A planned attack on the Swedish capital, Stockholm . Döbeln was the commanding officer of the North Army on 8 October 1809, when the last formal ties between Sweden and Finland were cut through the dismissal of the last Swedish-Finnish army in the church park of Umeå in Västerbotten North Sweden. Döbeln's final orders to the parading army, issued verbally prior to dismissal, is considered to be

174-569: A week later when the French XIII Corps, numbering 34,000 under the famed Marshal Davout , arrived to re-take Hamburg. For violating the Crown Prince's repeated and explicit orders to not liberate Hamburg, Döbeln was court-martialled and sentenced to be executed. However, the execution order was countermanded by Charles John himself, who had Döbeln sequestered in Vaxholm Prison during the autumn of 1813. While there, Döbeln wrote

203-462: Is a university college ( högskola ) in Kristianstad , Sweden . Established in 1977, Kristianstad University is one of the newest Swedish institutions of higher education. However, higher education in the region is much older. Teacher education can be traced back to 1835. A training course for nursing was started in 1893. Technical education was established in 1912. Despite the young age of

232-680: Is an associate member of the European University Association . It also participates in the Erasmus Programme . The student governing body also known as the Student Union is Kristianstad Stundentkår ! Education and research is conducted at the Faculty of health science within four departments: Education and research are conducted at the faculty within three departments: Education and research

261-639: The Battle of Jutas . For this, he would become legendary as the main hero of the war. His reputation was further enhanced when Johan Ludvig Runeberg wrote his epic Döbeln at Jutas in the Finnish National Poem Fänrik Ståls Sägner (in Swedish). He successfully led the Swedish retreat from the Åland islands over the frozen Baltic Sea . Having re-organized his troops, he engaged Russian forces which ultimately stopped

290-523: The Ringsjön and with it too far from the regiment in Kristianstad. The brigade was disbanded in connection with the regiment being reorganized into an armored regiment. The Swedish Army School of Photography ( Arméns fotoskola , FotoS), nicknamed the Ökenfortet ("Desert Fort"), was a school within the army that was formed on 1 April 1957. The school annually trained about 20 photo technicians and 40-50 army photographers. The school's conscripts belonged to

319-514: The 1892 organization, the regiment received some numbers from Kronoberg Regiment . The regiment received its conscripts from Kristianstad County, with the exception of Östra and Västra Göinge Hundred, and from the northern part of Malmöhus County. The regiment participated in the 1813 campaign in Germany and the 1814 campaign in Norway . From 1816, however, the regiment was allotted and the force

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348-557: The Defence Act of 1948, the field regiments came to be reorganized into infantry brigades. At the North Scanian Infantry Regiment, only one field regiment came to be reorganized into a brigade. Kristianstad Regiment (I 36) was omitted. The Kristianstad Brigade (IB 26) was formed in 1949 when the field regiment North Scanian Infantry Regiment (I 6) was reorganized into a brigade. The brigade was initially

377-499: The South Scanian Infantry Regiment ( Södra skånska infanteriregementet , I 7), but came to be transferred in 1957 to the North Scanian Infantry Regiment. When it was determined that the North Scanian Infantry Regiment was reorganized into an armour unit, IB 37 was the brigade that was suggested to be reorganized into an armored brigade. This was not done, however, because its area of mobilization lay east of

406-490: The Tvedegård area was also purchased, which was incorporated into the training area. During the construction of the training area, the ground consisted mainly of marshy farmland, which meant that the area had to be drained and that forest was planted. Some well-known examples are a birch grove that was planted in 1927 at Hjärte backe and the willow alley planted in 1928 at Näsby gård. There were also three shooting ranges on

435-475: The area was completely abandoned. Since 1995, Kristianstad University has been housed within the former barracks area. The regiment trained at Kvidinge heath and Bonarp heath, but from 1831 at Ljungbyhed . After the regiment moved to Kristianstad, it began training at Näsby training area, which was managed by the regiment since 1914. In 1950 the training area was incorporated with Wendes Artillery Regiment 's training area at Näsby and Norra Lingenäset. In 1966,

464-535: The citizens of Hamburg to protect them from the French, to which he gave his word that he would make an attempt to take the city. Despite a further written order from Swedish Crown Prince Charles John (formerly French Marshal Bernadotte), the commander-in-chief of the Swedish Army, Döbeln's troops defeated the French masking force and occupied Hamburg on 21 May 1813. He and his forces would be forced to retreat

493-409: The first regimental commander of the North Scanian Infantry Regiment. The regimental motto, "Honor, Duty and Will" ( Ära, Skyldighet och vilja ) was von Döbeln's own motto. When the regiment was reorganized into an armoured regiment, the units 1866 colour from followed. However, it came to be replaced on 11 September 1971, when Crown Prince Carl Gustaf presented a new colour. The colour was lowered at

522-557: The infantry. The regiment moved into the barracks area in October 1920, and ceremony was held on 18 May 1923. After the regiment was reorganized into an armored unit, several new buildings were erected in connection with the barracks area. A total of 130 buildings were built. When the regiment was disbanded, the entire area was sold in 1993 to the National Swedish Board of Public Building ( Byggnadsstyrelsen ), and in 1994

551-613: The institution of Business Administration the BSc programme in business administration is ranked top 3 in the country by the Swedish Council of Higher Education since 2012 (ranked 1st 2012 and 2017). In 1995, Kristianstad University moved into the present main campus. The college has 12 000 students in various fields of study., Programmes and courses are offered in teaching, behavioural, social, natural and health sciences, business administration and engineering. Kristianstad University

580-463: The only brigade of the regiment and came to be organized after the IB 49 unit types. In 1963, the brigade was reorganized together with the regiment into an armour unit. The brigade retained its name, but received the new designation PB 26. The Scania Brigade (IB 37) was formed in 1949 when the field regiment Malmöhus Regiment (I 37) was reorganized into an infantry brigade. The brigade originally belonged to

609-581: The regiment on 23 June 1994, and was then deposited at the Scana Dragoon Regiment ( Skånska dragonregementet ), which from 1 July 1994 adopted the name of the North Scanian Dragoon Regiment ( Norra skånska dragonregementet ), and further carried on the traditions of the regiment. Regimental commander from 1812 to 1963. Georg Carl von D%C3%B6beln Georg Carl von Döbeln (29 April 1758 – 16 February 1820)

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638-469: The regiments between the service branches, but also from their possible reserve and duplication regiment. Through the Defence Act of 1925 , a larger number of regiments were disbanded, which meant that the unit designations in the lower series became vacant. This meant, among other things, that the North Scanian Infantry Regiment was awarded the designation I 6 on 1 January 1928, a unit designation that

667-546: The training area. The area comprised 625 hectares. Näsby training area was vacated in connection with the disbandment of the regiment and when Wendes Artillery Regiments was relocated in 1994. The anniversary of the regiment was 13 September, and went under the name "Döbeln's Day" ( Döbelnsdagen ), and was commemorated in memory of the Battle of Jutas , which was a battle in Finland in 1808 between Sweden and Russia. The Swedish forces were led by Georg Carl von Döbeln , who became

696-723: The very essence of rhetoric in Swedish, and has been taught to generations of school-children. In the War of the Sixth Coalition he commanded troops in Swedish Pomerania and led 15,000 troops to relieve Hamburg , which was besieged by the French , contrary to royal standing orders to not engage French forces unless possessing a three-to-one advantage, or to cross the Elbe River. Döbeln had received an urgent appeal from

725-694: Was a Swedish friherre (baron), Lieutenant general and above all known for his efforts on the Swedish side during the Finnish War . Georg Carl was born at the Stora Torpa manor in Segerstads parish in Västergötland (now Falköping Municipality ) to district court judge ( häradshövding ) Johan Jakob von Döbeln and Anna Maria Lindgren. He was also the great-grandson of professor and city physician Johan Jacob Döbelius . When von Döbeln

754-576: Was eight years old his father died and he was put in school by relatives with the aim of him becoming a priest. The boy however, showed affinity for a military life and he was enrolled at the Karlskrona naval academy in 1773. Upon graduating as an officer in 1775, he was directed by the family towards a career in law. Disliking this, he sought employment as a junior officer in 1778. As a lieutenant , Döbeln took part in Gustav III's Russian War and

783-437: Was reduced to 1,000 men, while the rotering was extended to parts of Malmöhus County. In 1816, all Swedish regiments received an order number, where the North Scanian Infantry Regiment was awarded No 24. In 1914, all order numbers within the army were adjusted. For the North Scanian Infantry Regiment, this meant that the regiment was assigned the designation I 24. The adjustment of the designation made it possible to distinguish

812-409: Was shot in the head at the Battle of Porrassalmi . The wound did not heal properly and he was forced to wear a black silken bandanna for the rest of his life. During the operation he stayed awake and wrote about it while looking at the whole process with the help of a mirror. He then rapidly advanced to colonel and took part in the Finnish War . On 13 September 1808, he led the Swedish troops in

841-481: Was taken over from Västgöta Regiment . In 1942, the regiment was organized as a bicycle infantry unit. In 1963, the North Scanian Infantry Regiment was reorganized into the armored regiment called the North Scanian Regiment (P 6). The regiment came through the Defence Act of 1942 to organize two field regiments, the North Scanian Infantry Regiment (I 6) and Kristianstad Regiment (I 36). Through

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