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.
1.Dräkt och uniform av Erik Bellander, 19732.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, 19935.Armémuseum6.Svenska regementenas historia, J Mankell, andra upplagan 1866.7.Nationalencyklopedin8.Svenska försvarets hemsida9.Kronans kläder, Årsbok 2010, Armémuseum10.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
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.
1.Dräkt och uniform av Erik Bellander, 19732.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, 19935.Armémuseum6.Svenska regementenas historia, J Mankell, andra upplagan 1866.7.Nationalencyklopedin8.Svenska försvarets hemsida9.Kronans kläder, Årsbok 2010, Armémuseum10.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
