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Svea Life Guards
Svea livgarde
Heraldic arms
Active1521–2000[a]
CountrySvea Life Guards Sweden
AllegianceSwedish Armed Forces
BranchSwedish Army
TypeInfantry
SizeRegiment
Part of
  • 4th Military District (1833–1888)
  • 5th Military District (1889–1893)
  • 4th Army Division (1893–1901)
  • IV Army Division (1902–1927)
  • Eastern Army Division (1928–1936)
  • IV Army Division (1937–1943)
  • IV Military District (1943–1966)
  • Milo Ö (1966–1991)
  • Milo M (1991–2000)
Garrison/HQStockholm (1843–1946)
Solna (1947–1970)
Kungsängen (1970–2000)
Motto(s)Possunt nec posse videntur
("They do what appears to be impossible")[b]
ColorsYellow
March"Kungl. Svea Livgardes Marsch" (W. Körner)[4]
"Kungl. Svea Livgardes Defileringsmarsch" (I. Gustavsson)
"Kungl. Svea Livgardes Gamla Marsch, Inspektionsmarsch" (unknown)
Battle honoursSwedish War of Liberation 1521
Rhine 1631
Lützen 1632
Warsaw 1656
March Across the Belts 1658
Halmstad 1676
Lund 1676
Landskrona 1677
Narva 1700
Düna 1701
Kliszów 1702
Holowczyn 1708
Svensksund 1790

The Svea Life Guards (Swedish: Svea livgarde), also I 1, was a Swedish Army infantry regiment that was active in various forms 1521–2000. The unit was based in the Stockholm Garrison in Stockholm and belonged to the King's Life and Household Troops (Kungl. Maj:ts Liv- och Hustrupper) until 1974.[5]


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  1. ^ "Valspråk". Livgardets historik (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. Archived from the original on 2010-08-26. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
  2. ^ Sveagardesföreningen.
  3. ^ Handbok: parad 6: traditionsvård 2017, p. 45
  4. ^ Sandberg 2007, p. 208
  5. ^ Kjellander 2003, p. 313

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