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The Baltic States Alliance 1805

Current Ruler: Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden

Capital: Stockholm

Current States: Sweden, Finland, Baltic States, Olso-Denmark, Norway

Current Alliances, Defense Pacts, Trade Rights, Peace/Ceasefire Agreements:
-Prussian-Norsk Trading Pact (with Prussia)+3
-Prussian-Norsk Peace Treatie
-England-Norsk Trading Pact

Regular Army Units in 1805
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The regular units of the Swedish army and their number strength and company (or squadron) establishment during the Napoleonic wars are shown in the tables below, starting with the army’s establishment at the beginning of 1805. For clarity the Swedish and Finnish establishments has been separated; indeed the Finnish army was semi-independent from the Swedish forces, having, among other things, it’s own General-en-Chef and Inspector of infantry and cavalry and unique uniforms. Also for clarity each table lists infantry, cavalry and artillery separately, and also separates indelta from värvade units. Units in each ‘category’ are listed in order of seniority; in the official list of seniority units from both Sweden and Finland and from all combat arms and of different types were intermixed.
Starting with the indelta units in 1805 it must be noted that at that time the indelningsverk had seen little change since it’s foundation in the 1690’s. From the beginning indelta units - with the exception of the Horse Life-regiment and the Life-dragoons - invariably were given the name of the county or district they were based in; thus they are sometimes referred to as "county regiments" (landskapsregementen). This naming practice went back to Gustavus Adolphus and the 1620’s and 1630’s, when the national cavalry and infantry units were first named after counties. Most national cavalry and infantry units raised during Gustavus reign still existed in the 1680’s and were used to create the new indelta units, so by 1805 most indelta units could trace their regimental linage and history almost 200 years back in time.

With the exception of the larger, ten company strong Nerike och Vermlands regemente the infantry units had a number strength between 1000 and 1200 men, and were organized in eight companies. Battalions had four companies. The cavalry and dragoon regiments had a number strength of 1000 and an eight squadron establishment, with the exception of the larger Horse Life-regiment and the diminutive Jemtlands hästjägaresqvadron ("Jemtlands chasseurs à cheval squadron").

It will immediately be seen from the tables that these generalizations aren’t wholly true, neither for the Swedish nor for the Finnish army. These aberrations are mostly due to changes during the 18th century, of which the most important are described here.

The first major overhaul of the indelningsverk came in 1791, roughly a century after it’s creation. The war with Russia in 1788 - 1790 had shown that the indelta army’s cavalry forces were oversized, especially in the wooded Finland, were light infantry now was the most important combat arm. Therefore several cavalry units were turned into infantry. Henceforth this meant that there were actually rusthålls infantry units. Those peasants that had supported the now dismounted units had to pay a fee to the crown to compensate the lower cost of keeping an infantryman.

In Sweden the 1791 reform turned close to 2000 cavalrymen from three indelta cavalry units into infantry. Livregementet till häst (Horse Life-regiment), the most senior indelta cavalry regiment, and also the largest with a strength of 1505 in twelve squadrons, was split in three near equally large units, of which one was turned into infantry. After some further reorganizations and several name changes, by 1805 these three units, which all belonged to the so called Lifregementsbrigaden (the Life-regiment brigade), actually the old Livregementet till häst regimental staff, were styled Lifregementbrigadens kyrassiercorps (Cuirassier corps of the Life-regiment brigade), Lifregementbrigadens husarcorps (Hussar corps of the Life-regiment brigade), and Lifregementetsbrigadens grenadiercorps (Grenadier corps of the Life-regiment brigade) respectively. As can be seen the Grenadiercorps was five hundred men strong and ranked as the most senior indelta infantry unit.

Also dismounted was the second most senior cavalry regiment, Östgöta kavalleriregemente, which, together with the most senior indelta infantry unit, Östgöta regemente, were renamed to Lifgrenadierregementet (Life-grenadier regiment). This created a double sized regiment of grenadiers; the largest infantry unit to serve in the Swedish army during the Napoleonic period. It should be noted that the old infantry and cavalry parts of this unit for various administrative purposes were named as rothålls- and rusthållsfördelning (division) respectively. Finally, the Bohusläns Dragoons, which had already 504 infantrymen on its establishment, dismounted its last 400 numbers and was renamed Bohusläns regemente. Thus the 1791 reform turned 1900 cavalry troopers into infantry, of whom no less the 1500 were styled grenadiers. (Grill, pp.39, 103, 113-114, 122, 150, 224)

Originally the enlisted units were either styled "Guard" or "Life-regiment" or given the name of their colonel, and this was still the practice during the Napoleonic was, though some units had county names - a new practice from the 1780’s and 1790’s. The enlisted units didn’t have a standardized establishment as the indelta had, and they weren’t as organizationally stable as the indelta units; changes of names and establishments were frequent, and some units were disbanded and new created during the period.

In 1805 there were three guard regiments: Svea Lifgarde (Svea Lifeguards), Göta gardesregemente (Göta Guard-regiment), and Finska gardesregementet (Finnish Guard- regiment). The former could trace it origin to the beginning of the 17th century, while the two latter were from the 18th century. Traditionally, the guard units were stationed in Stockholm; indeed, this was the source of their guard status, rather than any military excellence.

The enlisted infantry belonging to the Swedish part of the army also included Kungens eget värfvade regemente (King’s Own enlisted regiment), Drottningens lifregemente (Queen’s Life-regiment), and Engelbrechtenska regementet. The latter two regiments garrisoned Stralsund in Swedish Pomerania and attracted many recruits of German nationality, and were therefore sometimes referred to as "the German regiments". These three units had all been raised during the 18th century.

The värvade -chasseur battalion) in the Swedish part of the army - didn’t serve as garrison troops, but were more akin to the indelta units, in social compounits with county names - only Vermlands fältjägarebataljon (Vermlands fieldsition, in training and in terms of service, with the difference that they received cash salaries and were craftsmen or farm hands in peacetime instead of farmers. All non-garrisoned enlisted units were light infantry or - in Swedish - jägare (hunter; i.e. light infantry or chasseurs). They are marked ‘*’ in the tables below.

The enlisted cavalry included Lätta Lifdragon regementet (Light Life-dragoon regiment) and the famous Mörnerska husarregementet the only cavalry unit in the Swedish army that was truly elite. (No less a person than Marshal Blücher started his military career in the Mörner Hussars!). Both were rather young for being units in the Swedish army, being raised in the middle of the 18th century. (Sveriges Krig, vol. 1, pp.148-154)

The artillery regiments were created in 1794 when the only existing and very large artillery regiment was split into four new regiments, of whom three belonged to the Swedish establishment: Svea, Göta and Vendes artillery regiments. (Sveriges Krig, vol. 1, pp.154-156)

Please note that allunits marked ’*’ in the tables below are non-garrison type värvade units. Companies or squadrons and number strengths in parenthesis were vacant peacetime and were to be raised in wartime. It should also be noted that the "number strength" of a unit isn’t its whole establishment; it’s the part of a unit’s establishment that consisted of corporals and privates. Thus the actual strength of a unit in the Swedish army is it’s number strength plus officers plus other personnel. Värvade units did have establishments for officers, regimental band, craftsmen and administrative personnel but they are not included in their number strength. For indelta units, the officers and NCOs had their own establishments as a part of the "true" indelningsverk as described above; the original regulations of the indelningsverk didn’t include regimental band, craftsmen and administrative personnel in the official establishment. By the Napoleonic wars it was customary to set aside some part of the units number strength to support any such personnel, so indelta units actually had fewer privates and corporals than their number strength indicates.

INFANTRY
The Swedish Army in 1805
Unit name and type
infantry units
>Lifregementetsbrigadens grenadiercorps
>Lifgrenadierregementets rothållsfördelning
>Lifgrenadierregementets rusthållsfördelning
>Uplands regemente
>Skaraborgs regemente
>Södermanlands regemente
>Kronobergs regemente
>Jönköpings regemente
>Dalregementet
>Helsinge
>Elfsborg regemente
>Vestgötadals regemente
>Bohuläns regemente
>Vestmanlands regemente
>Vesterbottens regemente
>Kalmar regemente
>Nerike och Vermlands regemente
>Jemtlands regemente
- - -
Värvade infantry units
>Svea Lifgarde
>Göta gardesregemente
>Finska gardesregementet
>Kungens eget värfvade regemente
>Drottningens lifregemente
>Engelbrechtenska regementet
>Vermlands fältjägarebataljon *



CALVARY
Unit name and type
Indelta cavalry units
>Lifregementbrigadens kyrassiercorps
>Lifregementbrigadens husarcorps
>Västgöta dragonregemente
>Smålands dragonregemente
>Skånska dragonregementet
>Skånska karabinierregementet
>Jemtlands hästjägaresqvadron
- - -
Värvade cavalry units
>Lätta Lifdragon regementet
>Mörnerska husarregementet
- - -
Artillery units (all värvade)
>Svea artilleriregemente
>Göta artilleriregemente
>Vendes artilleriregemente

Current Strength;

Baltic States- 18 Field Armies. Tot. 1,440,000 men, 36,000 Cavalry, 1,800 Cannon.
60 Ships. Tot. 36,000 men, 4,200 Cannon
Credits Total: 37
Trade Bonus: (9)
Alliance Bonus: (0)
Support Costs: (14)

Current Deployment;

1 Base(s) in Denmark

3 Army(s) in Sweden
3 Army(s) in Norway
3 Army(s) in Denmark
4 Army(s) in Finland
5 Army(s) in Baltic

20 Ships in Swedish Ports
20 Ships in Denmark Ports
20 Ships in Baltic Ports

Swedish Army Group
C.O. - Field Marshal Henry Vintiz
1st Field Army
C.O. - General Christoffer Svein
Position - Sweden
2nd Field Army
C.O. - General Iiro Albin
Position - Sweden
15th Field Army
C.O. - General Gustov Valimir
Position - Sweden

Norwegian Army Group
C.O. - Field Marshal Bernt Josef
3rd Field Army
C.O. - General Konrad Juuso
Position - Norway
6th Field Army
C.O. - General Frederik Frode
Position - Norway
16th Field Army
C.O. - General Kasper Viggo
Position - Norway

Denmark Army Group
C.O. - Field Marshal Reino Hasse
4th Field Army
C.O. - General Jørgen Verner
Position - Denmark
5th Field Army
C.O. - General Lars Henning
Position - Denmark
17th Field Army
C.O. - General Gregers Karla
Position - Denmark

Baltic Army Group
C.O. - Field Marshal Basmus Guda
7th Field Army
C.O. - General Greger Frideborg
Position - Baltic State
8th Field Army
C.O. - General Hermann Hjalmar
Position - Baltic State
9th Field Army
C.O. - General Valter Marira
Position - Baltic State
10th Field Army
C.O. - General Krist Isak
Position - Baltic State
18th Field Army
C.O. - General Alexandre Benoite
Position - Baltic State

Finnish Army Group
C.O. - Field Marshal Kaarlo Huttunen
11th Field Army
C.O. - General Markus Päätalo
Position - Finland
12th Field Army
C.O. - General Petri Manninen
Position - Finland
13th Field Army
C.O. - General Jukka Saarikoski
Position - Finland
14th Field Army
C.O. - General Ylermi Arajärvi
Position - Finland

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Swedish Troops Surrounded at Trangen

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Swedish Infantry 1814

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Norwegian Ski-Troops

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Norwegian Ski-Troops Attacking at Trangen


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