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Within 30 minutes, the Swedish cavalry was in full retreat on both flanks exposing the infantry in the centre to the hussars and the firepower of Chodkiewicz's infantry. [3] The Swedish defeat was utter and complete. [3] The army of Charles IX had lost at least 5,000 killed and 500 captured, [4] or up to 7,600–8,000 killed, captured, and ...
Sweden had hussars from about 1756 and Denmark introduced this class of cavalry in 1762. Britain converted a number of light dragoon regiments to hussars in the early 19th century. The Dutch Republic took a Bavarian regiment into service in 1745 (Regiment Frangipani). Several new regiments and corps were raised in 1747 and 1748, but eventually ...
Hussars of Husarregimentete Konung Karl XV as depicted in 1866. The regiment changed name quite a few times during the years, being renamed Mörnerska husarregementet in 1801, Cederströmska husarregementet in 1816 and in 1822, when Crown Prince Oscar (the later King Oscar I) became colonel in the regiment, it was renamed Kronprinsens ...
The Life Regiment Hussars (Swedish: Livregementets husarer; designated K 3) is one of the world's oldest regiments still active. The regiment descends directly from units set up by King Gustav I of Sweden (Gustav Vasa) in 1536, when Sweden set up a draft of horses and men north and south of Stockholm. The regiment was very active in the 1600s ...
The Scanian Hussar Regiment (Swedish: Skånska husarregementet, K 5) was a Swedish Army cavalry unit which operated in various forms the years 1658–1709 and 1709–1927. Commanding officers [ edit ]
Pages in category "Swedish historical films" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
This is a chronological list of films produced in Sweden and in the Swedish language in alphabetical order ordered by decade of release on separate pages. 1910s [ edit ]
Swedish cinema is known for including many acclaimed films; during the 20th century the industry was the most prominent of Scandinavia.This is largely due to the popularity and prominence of directors Victor Sjöström and especially Ingmar Bergman; and more recently Roy Andersson, Lasse Hallström, Lukas Moodysson and Ruben Östlund.