The artillery regiments wore in the beginning of the 1800s an uniform introduced in 1794. This was a unified uniform for the entire artillery. However, the color of the collars was different depending of regiment.In 1802 the artillery officers enacted a tailcoat, m/1801. The tailcoat was equipped with an open standing collar cut on the bias. Headdress was a hat with a yellow plume.In 1802 the Life Company of the Wendes Artillery Regiment was reorganized into horse artillery (Swe: ridande artilleri). Horse artillery was a type of light, fast-moving, and fast-firing artillery which provided highly mobile fire support, especially to cavalry units.Once horse artillery, the Life Company adopted jodhpurs and high boots. In 1806 a second horse artillery company was raised.In 1805 the horse artillery company was supplied with white plumes. In 1806 the enlisted artillery men was supplied with single-breasted jackets with 10 buttons. The trousers were long trousers with high gaiters.Pick a uniform:
Artillery 1800 - 1900
Uniforms of the Swedish Army - 1800s (E)
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Uniform m/1808
The artillery uniform was submitted to changes in 1808 and the artillery uniform now showed more resemblance to the infantry uniforms than to the cavalry uniforms. The artillery jacket was single-breasted, and the collar was equipped with two yellow buttonholes of yarn. The trousers were dark blue and leather-covered on the inner sides. From knee and down was 12 brass buttons on the outer side of the legs. High gaiters made of leather were used. The gaiters were equipped with spurs. The greatcoat was of the same kind used by the cavalry. Headdress was a 22 cm (9 inches) high felt hat which widen upwards and was equipped with a feather plume. The brass front-plate had two crossed canons engraved. A company badge was worn on the left side of the hat.The NCO uniform was pretty much like the uniform of the men. The cuffs pointed upwards and the buttonholes on the cuffs were made of smooth braid. The trousers were equipped with buttons on the entire length of the outer sides. Further, the NCOs wore high boots. Their hats were equipped with a yellow cockade instead of a company badge.The uniform of the officers was basically the old artillery uniform. The coat lapels were in 1808 equipped with two buttonholes of gold and pointed cuffs. The trousers were dark blue with braids of gold in the front and was worn over the high boots. The headdress was of the same kind as described above but was equipped with a twisted gold braid around the crown and white hanging silk tassels.The image to the right shows an artillery officer of the Finnish Artillery Regiment (red collar) in 1808. The white armlet on the left upper arm was a part of the uniform worn in memory of King Gustav III of Sweden’s coup d’état in 1772. Army Museum. Photo Hans Högman 2003.The artillery uniform was changed after the Napoleonic Wars. In 1815 a new uniform was introduced but wasn’t adopted until 1816. However, the Wendes Horse Artillery Battalion didn’t adopt this uniform.
Uniform m/1815
The artillery uniform m/1815 was jointly adopted by the artillery regiments. The jacket was of tailcoat style and made of blue broadcloth. The tails of the officers’ tailcoat were longer than the tails worn by the men. The collar was equipped with so-called buttonholes. The tails were adorned with flaming grenades made of brass. Aiguillettes were worn on the shoulders. Further, part of the uniform was a sleeveless waistcoat. The trousers were blue equipped with a leather-covered crotch and yellow piping along the outer seems. Footwear was high boots. Headgear was a shako widen upwards and equipped with a front-plate with two crossed canons and a hanging plume.The color of the collars was distinguishing to each artillery regiment. For example, Svea Artillery Regiment wore blue collar, Göta Artillery Regiment yellow and Wendes Artillery Regiment white collars. In 1822 the artillery regiments adopted a blue and yellow belt similar to the belt worn by the infantry. Further, the former greatcoats were replaced in 1822 by new blue greatcoats similar to the greatcoats worn by the Mounted Life Guards.The Siege Artillery (Swe: Belägringsartilleriet) adopted the same uniform as the Field Artillery, i.e. uniform m/1815, except for the aiguillettes. Instead they wore epaulettes. The officers only wore epaulettes on their left shoulders and was made of gold. Other ranks wore epaulettes yellow worsted on both shoulders. The NCO epaulettes were adorned with a golden grenade, corporals wore a brass grenade. From 1821 also officers wore epaulettes on both shoulders. However, in 1825 epaulettes were replaced with aiguillettes.Wendes Horse Artillery Battalion also adopted the uniform m/1845 but with some exceptions. Instead of tailcoat they wore dolman jackets. This dolman was equipped with 60 tight-fitted brass buttons and blue wool cords. Their headgear was a shako. Around the waist they wore a blue and yellow sash instead of the infantry style belt.In 1827 the shako was abandoned in favor of a helmet with a crest. The crest was made of horsehair for the enlisted men and NCOs, while officer wore crests of bearskin. Now the aiguillettes were abandoned in favor epaulettes. The rank insignias for the officers was worn on the epaulettes in the same manner as in the infantry. The enlisted gunners didn’t wear epaulettes. In 1828 a new blue greatcoat (Swe: kapott) was introduced instead of the former gray greatcoat.The officers adopted a new greatcoat in 1830. The standing collar was dark blue with a yellow flap for the officers in Svea and Göta artillery regiments while Wendes Artillery Regiment wore a dark blue collar with a white flap.In 1830 all companies of Wendes Artillery Regiment were reorganized into horse artillery companies. Therefore, adopted all companies the uniform already worn by the Horse Artillery Battalion of the regiment.
Uniform m/1845
The artillery enacted a new dark blue uniform in 1845, m/1845. This uniform was similar to the infantry uniform m/1845.The tunic was single-breasted, and headgear was helmet m/1845 with a shorter crest than the former helmet. The trousers were equipped with yellow piping on the outer seems of the legs. Wendes Horse Artillery Regiment kept their former dolman. The dolman was the original hussar jacket and was extensively adorned with braiding and several rows of buttons.A regulation of 1860 established the regimental colors worn on shoulder straps and epaulettes: dark blue for Svea Artillery regiment, yellow for Göta Artillery regiment and white for Wendes Artillery regiment.The image to the left shows the m/1845 jacket, Göta Artillery Regiment (A2), yellow collar. Wikipedia. The image to the right shows artillery uniform m/1845. Army Museum. Photo Hans Högman 2003.Helmet m/1845 was, in 1858, replaced with the kepi m/1858. This kepi was tall, equipped with a flat circular top and a peak. The kepi used by the artillery was equipped with a metal front plate made of brass. The officer’s front plate was blue enameled.The image to the right shows Kepi m/1858 with front plate for enlisted men in the artillery. Wikipedia.The heavy and tall kepi m/1858 was unsuitable as a military hat and was in 1865 replaced with the cap m/1865, a cap also worn by the infantry.
Uniform m/1872
In 1872 the artillery adopted a new uniform worn by all artillery regiments, m/1872. The atilla m/1872 was introduced as the new jacket for the enlisted men. The atilla was dark blue and adorned with a rich black braiding on the chest consisting of three vertical rows of buttons with 7 buttons in each row. The standing collar was open and cut on the bias. The shoulders were equipped with shoulder straps. The color of the collars was unique to each artillery regiment. The trousers were supplied with black stripes.New headgear was cap m/1865 which was the same cap worn by the infantry. The artillery also adopted the same greatcoat worn by the infantry.The officers wore atilla m/1873 which was dark blue and equipped with a black braiding and three vertical rows of button with 10 buttons each. The collar was a high standing collar, open and cut on the bias. The top edge of the collar was adorned with cords of black worsted (yellow for A2 and white for A3). The shoulders were equipped with shoulder marks. Rank insignias were worn on the collar.A new garment was the kollett. See kollett m/1872 below.The color of the collars for respective artillery regiment:•Artillery Regiment: Color of the Collar: •Svea Artillery Regiment, A1 Medium blue•Göta Artillery Regiment, A2 Yellow•Wendes Artillery Regiment, A3 White•Norrland Artillery Regiment, A4 Orange•Uppland Artillery Regiment (Second Svea Artillery Regiment), A5 Red•Småland Artillery Regiment (Second Göta Artillery Regiment), A6 Bright red•Gottland Artillery Regiment, A7 Green•Vaxholm Artillery Corps, A8 Dark blue•Karlsborg Artillery Corps, A9 Dark blueIn 1880 there were some changes made to the uniform. The black stripes on the trousers was replaced with yellow stripes. Officers were supplied with a gold and black sash. A new headgear was the kepi m/1880 with a plume.The kepi was equipped with a peak and a front plate of metal. The officer’s front plate was blue enameled. The kepi was also equipped with a pompon and plume. The sides of the kepi had a triangular patch with a different color depending of unit. This patch had the same color as the collar. Enlisted men wore the designated numeral for his battery. Note, this kepi was also equipped with a small peak at the back. The image to the right shows Kepi m/1880 for an officer at Svea Artillery Regiment (A1) with medium blue color of the triangular patch. Wikipedia.
Kollett m/1872
A new garment was introduced into the artillery in 1872, the kollett m/1872. Kollett was a type of jacket shorter than the coat, had a standing collar with very short tails or no tails at all. The kollett was used during summers and drill exercises. It was not equipped with any adornments. The corresponding garment in English is probably coatee.Kollett m/1872 was dark blue, single-breasted with 8 buttons and equipped with a high standing collar, shoulder straps. Enlisted men wore a flaming grenade on their shoulder straps.The kollett was the service dress uniform of the artillery.Rank insignias was worn on the collar in the shape of stars. For example, a Second Lieutenant wore one star, Lieutenant two stars and Captain three stars. The image to the right shows kollett m/1872. Wikipedia.
An artillery officer wearing atilla m/1873. The officer is Second Lieutenant Håkan Björnström-Steffansson (1883-1962) with the Svea Artillery Regiment (A1) in Stockholm. He immigrated to the USA and was one of the survivals of the RMS Titanic disaster in 1912.Photo: Ernest Florman, Stockholm (Kungl. Hovfotograf).
The artillery regiments wore in the beginning of the 1800s an uniform introduced in 1794. This was a unified uniform for the entire artillery. However, the color of the collars was different depending of regiment.In 1802 the artillery officers enacted a tailcoat, m/1801. The tailcoat was equipped with an open standing collar cut on the bias. Headdress was a hat with a yellow plume.In 1802 the Life Company of the Wendes Artillery Regiment was reorganized into horse artillery (Swe: ridande artilleri). Horse artillery was a type of light, fast-moving, and fast-firing artillery which provided highly mobile fire support, especially to cavalry units.Once horse artillery, the Life Company adopted jodhpurs and high boots. In 1806 a second horse artillery company was raised.In 1805 the horse artillery company was supplied with white plumes. In 1806 the enlisted artillery men was supplied with single-breasted jackets with 10 buttons. The trousers were long trousers with high gaiters.Pick a uniform:
Artillery 1800 - 1900
Uniforms of the Swedish
Army - 1800s (E)
Uniform m/1808
The artillery uniform was submitted to changes in 1808 and the artillery uniform now showed more resemblance to the infantry uniforms than to the cavalry uniforms. The artillery jacket was single-breasted, and the collar was equipped with two yellow buttonholes of yarn. The trousers were dark blue and leather-covered on the inner sides. From knee and down was 12 brass buttons on the outer side of the legs. High gaiters made of leather were used. The gaiters were equipped with spurs. The greatcoat was of the same kind used by the cavalry. Headdress was a 22 cm (9 inches) high felt hat which widen upwards and was equipped with a feather plume. The brass front-plate had two crossed canons engraved. A company badge was worn on the left side of the hat.The NCO uniform was pretty much like the uniform of the men. The cuffs pointed upwards and the buttonholes on the cuffs were made of smooth braid. The trousers were equipped with buttons on the entire length of the outer sides. Further, the NCOs wore high boots. Their hats were equipped with a yellow cockade instead of a company badge.The uniform of the officers was basically the old artillery uniform. The coat lapels were in 1808 equipped with two buttonholes of gold and pointed cuffs. The trousers were dark blue with braids of gold in the front and was worn over the high boots. The headdress was of the same kind as described above but was equipped with a twisted gold braid around the crown and white hanging silk tassels.The image to the right shows an artillery officer of the Finnish Artillery Regiment (red collar) in 1808. The white armlet on the left upper arm was a part of the uniform worn in memory of King Gustav III of Sweden’s coup d’état in 1772. Army Museum. Photo Hans Högman 2003.The artillery uniform was changed after the Napoleonic Wars. In 1815 a new uniform was introduced but wasn’t adopted until 1816. However, the Wendes Horse Artillery Battalion didn’t adopt this uniform.
Uniform m/1815
The artillery uniform m/1815 was jointly adopted by the artillery regiments. The jacket was of tailcoat style and made of blue broadcloth. The tails of the officers’ tailcoat were longer than the tails worn by the men. The collar was equipped with so-called buttonholes. The tails were adorned with flaming grenades made of brass. Aiguillettes were worn on the shoulders. Further, part of the uniform was a sleeveless waistcoat. The trousers were blue equipped with a leather-covered crotch and yellow piping along the outer seems. Footwear was high boots. Headgear was a shako widen upwards and equipped with a front-plate with two crossed canons and a hanging plume.The color of the collars was distinguishing to each artillery regiment. For example, Svea Artillery Regiment wore blue collar, Göta Artillery Regiment yellow and Wendes Artillery Regiment white collars. In 1822 the artillery regiments adopted a blue and yellow belt similar to the belt worn by the infantry. Further, the former greatcoats were replaced in 1822 by new blue greatcoats similar to the greatcoats worn by the Mounted Life Guards.The Siege Artillery (Swe: Belägringsartilleriet) adopted the same uniform as the Field Artillery, i.e. uniform m/1815, except for the aiguillettes. Instead they wore epaulettes. The officers only wore epaulettes on their left shoulders and was made of gold. Other ranks wore epaulettes yellow worsted on both shoulders. The NCO epaulettes were adorned with a golden grenade, corporals wore a brass grenade. From 1821 also officers wore epaulettes on both shoulders. However, in 1825 epaulettes were replaced with aiguillettes.Wendes Horse Artillery Battalion also adopted the uniform m/1845 but with some exceptions. Instead of tailcoat they wore dolman jackets. This dolman was equipped with 60 tight-fitted brass buttons and blue wool cords. Their headgear was a shako. Around the waist they wore a blue and yellow sash instead of the infantry style belt.In 1827 the shako was abandoned in favor of a helmet with a crest. The crest was made of horsehair for the enlisted men and NCOs, while officer wore crests of bearskin. Now the aiguillettes were abandoned in favor epaulettes. The rank insignias for the officers was worn on the epaulettes in the same manner as in the infantry. The enlisted gunners didn’t wear epaulettes. In 1828 a new blue greatcoat (Swe: kapott) was introduced instead of the former gray greatcoat.The officers adopted a new greatcoat in 1830. The standing collar was dark blue with a yellow flap for the officers in Svea and Göta artillery regiments while Wendes Artillery Regiment wore a dark blue collar with a white flap.In 1830 all companies of Wendes Artillery Regiment were reorganized into horse artillery companies. Therefore, adopted all companies the uniform already worn by the Horse Artillery Battalion of the regiment.
Uniform m/1845
The artillery enacted a new dark blue uniform in 1845, m/1845. This uniform was similar to the infantry uniform m/1845.The tunic was single-breasted, and headgear was helmet m/1845 with a shorter crest than the former helmet. The trousers were equipped with yellow piping on the outer seems of the legs. Wendes Horse Artillery Regiment kept their former dolman. The dolman was the original hussar jacket and was extensively adorned with braiding and several rows of buttons.A regulation of 1860 established the regimental colors worn on shoulder straps and epaulettes: dark blue for Svea Artillery regiment, yellow for Göta Artillery regiment and white for Wendes Artillery regiment.The image to the left shows the m/1845 jacket, Göta Artillery Regiment (A2), yellow collar. Wikipedia. The image to the right shows artillery uniform m/1845. Army Museum. Photo Hans Högman 2003.Helmet m/1845 was, in 1858, replaced with the kepi m/1858. This kepi was tall, equipped with a flat circular top and a peak. The kepi used by the artillery was equipped with a metal front plate made of brass. The officer’s front plate was blue enameled.The image to the right shows Kepi m/1858 with front plate for enlisted men in the artillery. Wikipedia.The heavy and tall kepi m/1858 was unsuitable as a military hat and was in 1865 replaced with the cap m/1865, a cap also worn by the infantry.
Uniform m/1872
In 1872 the artillery adopted a new uniform worn by all artillery regiments, m/1872. The atilla m/1872 was introduced as the new jacket for the enlisted men. The atilla was dark blue and adorned with a rich black braiding on the chest consisting of three vertical rows of buttons with 7 buttons in each row. The standing collar was open and cut on the bias. The shoulders were equipped with shoulder straps. The color of the collars was unique to each artillery regiment. The trousers were supplied with black stripes.New headgear was cap m/1865 which was the same cap worn by the infantry. The artillery also adopted the same greatcoat worn by the infantry.The officers wore atilla m/1873 which was dark blue and equipped with a black braiding and three vertical rows of button with 10 buttons each. The collar was a high standing collar, open and cut on the bias. The top edge of the collar was adorned with cords of black worsted (yellow for A2 and white for A3). The shoulders were equipped with shoulder marks. Rank insignias were worn on the collar.A new garment was the kollett. See kollett m/1872 below.The color of the collars for respective artillery regiment:•Artillery Regiment: Color of the Collar: •Svea Artillery Regiment, A1 Medium blue•Göta Artillery Regiment, A2 Yellow•Wendes Artillery Regiment, A3 White•Norrland Artillery Regiment, A4 Orange•Uppland Artillery Regiment (Second Svea Artillery Regiment), A5 Red•Småland Artillery Regiment (Second Göta Artillery Regiment), A6 Bright red•Gottland Artillery Regiment, A7 Green•Vaxholm Artillery Corps, A8 Dark blue•Karlsborg Artillery Corps, A9 Dark blueIn 1880 there were some changes made to the uniform. The black stripes on the trousers was replaced with yellow stripes. Officers were supplied with a gold and black sash. A new headgear was the kepi m/1880 with a plume.The kepi was equipped with a peak and a front plate of metal. The officer’s front plate was blue enameled. The kepi was also equipped with a pompon and plume. The sides of the kepi had a triangular patch with a different color depending of unit. This patch had the same color as the collar. Enlisted men wore the designated numeral for his battery. Note, this kepi was also equipped with a small peak at the back. The image to the right shows Kepi m/1880 for an officer at Svea Artillery Regiment (A1) with medium blue color of the triangular patch. Wikipedia.
Kollett m/1872
A new garment was introduced into the artillery in 1872, the kollett m/1872. Kollett was a type of jacket shorter than the coat, had a standing collar with very short tails or no tails at all. The kollett was used during summers and drill exercises. It was not equipped with any adornments. The corresponding garment in English is probably coatee.Kollett m/1872 was dark blue, single-breasted with 8 buttons and equipped with a high standing collar, shoulder straps. Enlisted men wore a flaming grenade on their shoulder straps.The kollett was the service dress uniform of the artillery.Rank insignias was worn on the collar in the shape of stars. For example, a Second Lieutenant wore one star, Lieutenant two stars and Captain three stars. The image to the right shows kollett m/1872. Wikipedia.
An artillery officer wearing atilla m/1873. The officer is Second Lieutenant Håkan Björnström-Steffansson (1883-1962) with the Svea Artillery Regiment (A1) in Stockholm. He immigrated to the USA and was one of the survivals of the RMS Titanic disaster in 1912.Photo: Ernest Florman, Stockholm (Kungl. Hovfotograf).
