The Military Tradition

164 Years in the Dalarna Regiment

1709 – 1873 · eleven officers · six generations

From Major Johan Grönstedt, wounded at the Battle of Gadebusch in 1712, to the last family members who served in the 1800s – a history shaped by courage, duty and tradition.

Time span

1709–1873, 164 years

Officers

Eleven, across six generations

Gadebusch

Major Johan wounded, 1712

The regiment

Royal Dalarna Regiment (I 13)

The military history

Six generations in service

A 164-year tradition

The Grönstedt family’s military tradition in the Dalarna Regiment stretches from 1709 to 1873 – 164 years, six generations and eleven officers.

1709–1724: Major Johan Grönstedt founds the tradition
1700s: six officers serve through the fall of Sweden’s Age of Greatness and the Gustavian era
1811–1873: four officers bring the tradition to a close

Through Swedish history

The eleven officers served through some of the most dramatic periods in Swedish history: the fall of the Swedish Empire, the Gustavian era, the Napoleonic Wars and the loss of Finland, the union with Norway and the rise of industrialization.

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