Active 1690/1703–1715 Branch Swedish Army Size Regiment | Allegiance Sweden Type Infantry Engagements Great Northern War | |
The Bremen Infantry Regiment (Swedish: Bremiska infanteriregementet), was a Swedish Army infantry regiment organised in Germany in the early 18th century.
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History
The regiment has its origins in Bidals kretsbataljon organised in 1682. That battalion then became was reformed as a regiment in either 1690 or 1703, and was made up of 1,128 men enlisted in Stade in Germany. In 1707 255 men were transferred to Pommerska infanteriregementet. Bremiska infanteriregementet was disbanded when Stralsund capitulated in 1715.
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